Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To sail; to float.

Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.

Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc..

Fleet :: 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 :: Fleet (v. i.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up)..

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.

Fleet-foot :: Fleet-foot (a.) Swift of foot.

Fleeted :: Fleeted (imp. & p. p.) of Flee.

Fleeten :: Fleeten (n.) Fleeted or skimmed milk.

Fleeting :: Fleeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flee.

Fleeting :: Fleeting (a.) Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments..

Fleetingly :: Fleetingly (adv.) In a fleeting manner; swiftly.

Fleetings :: Fleetings (n. pl.) A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.

Fleetly :: Fleetly (adv.) In a fleet manner; rapidly.

Fleetness :: Fleetness (n.) Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time..

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