fleet´ly

fleet´ly
fleet1 «fleet», noun.
1. a) a group of warships, naval aircraft, personnel, and bases under one command: »

The sixth fleet is based in San Francisco.

b) a group of warships engaged in a single mission. c) the entire navy of a nation or allied nations: »

the United States fleet.

defn>any group of ships or boats sailing together: »

a fleet of fishing boats. I must go Where the fleet of stars is anchored (James Elroy Flecker).

SYNONYM(S): flotilla.
2. a group of airplanes, automobiles, or the like, moving or working together: »

Each large Post Office has a fleet of trucks to help carry the mail.

[Old English flēot ship, vessel < flēotan to float. Compare etym. under fleet3. (Cf.fleet)]
fleet2 «fleet», adjective, verb.
–adj.
1. swiftly moving; rapid: »

a fleet horse. The fairest things have fleetest end (Francis Thompson).

2. not lasting; evanescent.
3. Dialect. having little depth; shallow.
–v.i.
1. to pass swiftly; move rapidly.
2. (of a crew or vessel) to alter in station or position; move; shift.
3. a) (of a vessel) to sail. b) Obsolete. to float. c) Obsolete. to swim.
4. Obsolete. to drift.
5. Obsolete. a) to dissolve or waste away; fall to pieces. b) (of immaterial things) to fade away; vanish.
–v.t.
1. Rare. to pass or while away (time).
2. to alter the station or position of (a crew or vessel); move; shift.
[probably < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic fliōtr swift)]
fleet´ly, adverb.
fleet´ness, noun.
fleet3 «fleet», noun. Obsolete or Dialect.
1. an inlet, especially an inlet from the sea; a tidal creek (surviving chiefly as an element in place names).
2. a drain; sewer.
[Old English flēot estuary, bay; water < flēotan to float, flow]

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