fleet
noun
[ fliːt ]
• a group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership.
• "the small port supports a fishing fleet"
Origin:
Old English flēot ‘ship, shipping’, from flēotan ‘float, swim’ (see fleet4).
fleet
adjective
• fast and nimble in movement.
• "a man of advancing years, but fleet of foot"
Similar:
nimble,
agile,
deft,
lithe,
limber,
lissom,
acrobatic,
supple,
light-footed,
nimble-footed,
light,
light of foot,
light on one's feet,
spry,
sprightly,
lively,
active,
quick,
quick-moving,
fast,
fast-moving,
swift,
swift-footed,
rapid,
speedy,
brisk,
smart,
nippy,
zippy,
twinkle-toed,
fleet-footed,
fleet of foot,
lightsome,
Origin:
early 16th century: probably from Old Norse fljótr, of Germanic origin and related to fleet4.
fleet
noun
• a marshland creek, channel, or ditch.
• a stream, now wholly underground, running into the Thames east of Fleet Street.
Origin:
Old English flēot, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vliet, also to fleet4.
fleet
verb
• move or pass quickly.
• "a variety of expressions fleeted across his face"
Origin:
Old English flēotan ‘float, swim’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieten and German fliessen, also to flit and float.
fleet
adjective
• (of water) shallow.
fleet
adverb
• at or to a small depth.
Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps based on an Old English cognate of Dutch vloot ‘shallow’ and related to fleet4.
