fleet
f leet
- n group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
- n group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
- n a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
- n a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
- v move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
- v disappear gradually
- s moving very fast
fleet of foot
the fleet scurrying of squirrels
- As the Sixth Fleet moved in, a sweptwing, twin jet flew in from the Bulgarian coast, and came down low over the massed invasion fleet.
- Out to punish the "aggressors," a six-nation Blue fleet totaling nearly 160 fighting ships began steaming toward Norway.
- In less than 24 hours "The fleet is all lit up!" had become the joyful cry of all Britain.