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Definition of fleet

adjective:

• moving very fast; "fleet of foot", "the fleet scurrying of squirrels", "a swift current", "swift flight of an arrow", "a swift runner". Synonyms: swift.

noun:

• group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership.
• group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership.
• a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership.
• a group of warships organized as a tactical unit.

verb:

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches". Synonyms: dart, flit, flutter.
• disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off". Synonyms: blow over, evanesce, fade, pass, pass off.

Related words

argosy, armada, butterfly, flotilla.

Words nearby

flee, fleer, gleet, sleet.

Rhymes with

backseat, beat, beet, cheat, cleat, compete, complete, conceit, concrete, crete, deceit, deceit, defeat, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, downbeat, eat, effete.