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fleet

 
Adjective fleet has 1 sense
  1. fleet, swift - moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
    Antonym: slow (indirect, via fast)
Noun fleet has 4 senses
  1. fleet - group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
    --1 is a kind of
    collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
    --1 is a part of airline, airline business, airway
    --1 has member: aircraft
  2. fleet - group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
    --2 is a kind of
    collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
    --2 is a part of bus line
    --2 has members:
     cab, hack, taxi, taxicab; bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus
    --2 has particulars: motor pool
  3. fleet - a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
    --3 is a kind of
    steamship company, steamship line
    --3 has member: ship
    --3 has particulars: argosy
  4. fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
    --4 is a kind of
    collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
    --4 is a member of navy, naval forces
    --4 has members: guided missile frigate; warship, war vessel, combat ship
    --4 has particulars: flotilla; flotilla; armada; battle fleet; wolf pack
Verb fleet has 2 senses
  1. flit, flutter, fleet, dart - move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
    --1 is one way to travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
    --2 is one way to disappear, vanish, go away
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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