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11fleet — {{11}}fleet (adj.) swift, 1520s, but probably older than the record; apparently from or cognate with O.N. fliotr swift, and from the root of FLEET (Cf. fleet) (v.)). Related: Fleetness. {{12}}fleet (n.) O.E. fleot ship, raft, floating vessel,… …
12fleet — I. /flit / (say fleet) noun 1. the largest organised unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes. 2. the largest organisation of warships under the command of a single officer. 3. a number of naval vessels, or vessels carrying… …
13fleet — Synonyms and related words: Naval Construction Battalion, RN, Royal Navy, Seabees, USN, United States Navy, age group, agile, alert, animated, argosy, armada, ball the jack, band, barrel, battalion, beguile, bevy, body, boom, bottoms, bowl along …
14fleet — 1. noun /fliːt/ a) A group of vessels or vehicles. b) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. 2. verb /fliːt/ a) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of [Antony] Our severd… …
15fleet — I. verb Etymology: Middle English fleten, from Old English flēotan; akin to Old High German fliozzan to float, Old English flōwan to flow Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. obsolete drift 2. a. archaic …
16fleet in being — noun a naval fleet which avoids decisive action but which draws the enemy strength away from another engagement or location …
17The Magic Goes Away — is a fantasy short story written by Larry Niven in 1976, and later expanded to a novella of the same name which was published in 1978. While these works were not the first in the Magic Universe or Warlock series, they marked a turning point after …
18British Pacific Fleet — Infobox Military Unit unit name=British Pacific Fleet caption=The British aircraft carrier HMS Formidable going through the anti submarine boom in Sydney Harbour in 1945. The blackened funnel was the result of a kamikaze attack, in which a… …
19River Defense Fleet — Infobox Military Unit name=River Defense Fleet dates=March to June 1862 country=Confederate States of America branch=Army (see article) battles=Forts Jackson and St. Philip,Plum Point Bend,MemphisThe River Defense Fleet was a set of fourteen… …
20Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow caption=SMS Bayern sinking by the stern partof=First World War date=21 June 1919cite book |last=Longman |title=Island Fortress |pages=p. 452] place=Scapa Flow,… …
