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Noun fleet has 4 senses
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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