Fleet(n. & a.) To sail; to float.
Fleet(n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
Fleet(n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Fleet(v. i.) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.
Fleet(v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
Fleet(v. i.) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
Fleet(v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.
Fleet(v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
Fleet(v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.
Fleet(v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
Fleet(v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.
Fleet(v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.
Fleet(v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
Fleeted(imp. & p. p.) of Fleet
Fleeting(a.) Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.
Fleeting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleet
Fleetingly(adv.) In a fleeting manner; swiftly.
Fleetings(n. pl.) A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.
Fleetly(adv.) In a fleet manner; rapidly.
Fleetness(n.) Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time.
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