fleet

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for fleet

fleet 🔊 /fliˈt/

fleet : නාවික බළඇණිය

fleet : ශීඝ්‍ර

fleet : සමුදාය

fleet : මූදු කඩතොල්ල

fleet : නොගැඹුරු

fleet : නොදැනී වේයෙන් යනවා

fleet : නැව් කණ්ඩායම

fleet : වේගවත්

fleet definition

Noun. & Adjective.

  1. To sail; to float.
  2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
  3. To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

Transitive verb.

  1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
  2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.
  3. To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.
  4. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

Intransitive verb.

  1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.
  2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
  3. A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
  4. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.
  5. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
  6. To take the cream from; to skim.