fleet
A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.
Noun 4 meanings
A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.
“A fleet of warships is heading this way.”
A large, coordinated group of people.
Any group of associated items.
The individual waves in corrugated fiberboard.
Verb 4 meanings
To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
To flee, to escape, to speed away.
To evanesce, disappear, die out.
Adjective 2 meanings
Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
Etymology
From Middle English flete, flet (“fleet”), from Old English flēot (“ship”), likely related to Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”).
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FLEET at a glance
FLEET has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (F 4 + L 1 + E 1 + E 1 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,005 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fleet
All rhymesOne letter away
- FLEES8
- SLEET5
- FLEER8
- GLEET6
- FREET8
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