fleet

1. n. & a. To sail; to float. Source: opted

2. n. & a. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. Source: opted

3. n. & a. To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser. Source: opted

4. v. t. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. Source: opted

5. v. t. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. Source: opted

6. v. t. To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle. Source: opted

7. v. t. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain. Source: opted

8. v. i. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. Source: opted

9. v. i. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. Source: opted

10. v. i. A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. Source: opted

11. 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. Source: opted

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

13. v. i. To take the cream from; to skim. Source: opted

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