fleet

A group of vessels or vehicles.

He did discourse to us of the Dutch fleete being abroad, eighty-five of them still, and are now at the Texell, he believes, in expectation of our Eastland ships coming home with masts and hempe, and our loaden Hambrough ships going to Hambrough.

It was planning to use an '807' for one day only as part of a shakedown test, ahead of the fleet's formal entry to service which is currently planned for November.

Any group of associated items.

This is especially true in distributed printing environments, where a fleet of printers is shared by users on a network.

A large, coordinated group of people.

And after the past few days, in which a fleet of Republicans and the president himself have utilized Jews as human shields for racist rhetoric, the Jews are tired, tired, tired of being used as defenses against naked racism, tired of being used to justify conditions at detention camps. Just plain tired.

A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

Despite the line proving to be a useful strategic route for men and supplies to the British naval fleets stationed at Scapa Flow in both world wars, the Duke's legacy looked to have passed into history when it was listed for closure in the infamous Beeching report.

Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.

An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.

a certain Flete [...] through which little Boats used to come to the aforesaid Town

Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets.

A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

To float.

Legions of Spirits fleeting in the aire, Direct our Bullets and our weapons pointes […]

Antony: Our force by land / Hath nobly held; our sever'd navy too, / Have knit again, and fleet, threat'ning most sea-like.

To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.

Long were to tell the troublous stormes, that tosse The private state, and make the life unsweet Who swelling sayles in Caspian sea doth crosse, And in frayle wood on Adrian gulf doth fleet

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.

They say he is already in the Forest of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there they live like the old Robin Hood of England. They say many young gentlemen flock to him every day and fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.

And so through this dark world they fleet / Divided, till in death they meet.

To flee, to escape, to speed away.

Gratiano:O, be thou damn'd, inexecrable dog! And for thy life let justice be accused. Thou almost makest me waver in my faith, To hold opinion with Pythagoras, That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men: thy currish spirit Govern'd a wolf, who, hang'd for human slaughter, Even from the gallows did his fell soul fleet, And, whilst thou lay'st in thy unhallow'd dam, Infused itself in thee; for thy desires Are wolfish, bloody, starved, and ravenous.

It began to be chill; the tide was rapidly fleeting seaward, the schooner settling more and more on her beam-ends.

To evanesce, disappear, die out.

Portia:How all other passions fleet to air, As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair, And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy! O love, be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rain thy joy; scant this excess! I feel too much thy blessing; make it less, For fear I surfeit!