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FLEET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of warships organized as a tactical unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("fleet" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Meronyms (members of "fleet"):
guided missile frigate (a frigate that carries guided missiles)
combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fleet"):
flotilla (a fleet of small craft)
flotilla (a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships)
armada (a large fleet)
battle fleet (a fleet of warships prepared for battle)
wolf pack (a group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys)
Holonyms ("fleet" is a member of...):
naval forces; navy (an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("fleet" is a kind of...):
steamship company; steamship line (a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships)
Meronyms (members of "fleet"):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fleet"):
argosy (one or more large merchant ships)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("fleet" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Meronyms (members of "fleet"):
cab; hack; taxi; taxicab (a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money)
autobus; bus; charabanc; coach; double-decker; jitney; motorbus; motorcoach; omnibus; passenger vehicle (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fleet"):
motor pool (a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed)
Holonyms ("fleet" is a part of...):
bus line (an organization responsible for operating a bus transportation system)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("fleet" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Meronyms (members of "fleet"):
aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)
Holonyms ("fleet" is a part of...):
airline; airline business; airway (a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moving very fast
Example:
a swift runner
Synonyms:
fleet; swift
Classified under:
Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Derivation:
fleetness (rapidity of movement)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disappear gradually
Example:
The pain eventually passed off
Synonyms:
blow over; evanesce; fade; fleet; pass; pass off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "fleet" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
Example:
The hummingbird flitted among the branches
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "fleet" is one way to...):
hurry; speed; travel rapidly; zip (move very fast)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fleet"):
butterfly (flutter like a butterfly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples:
Farmers rarely bear the brunt of the damage, which mainly affects fishing fleets and coastal areas.
(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Following the GW170817 merger, ESO’s fleet of telescopes began monitoring the emerging kilonova explosion over a wide range of wavelengths.
(First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision, ESO)
Sao Paulo is the second largest Brazilian city, with 7 million vehicles on the roads and the largest urban fleet in the country of flexible-fuel cars that can use ethanol or gasoline interchangeably.
(Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air, SciDev.Net)
He tells me that he is nearly a hundred, and that he was a sailor in the Greenland fishing fleet when Waterloo was fought.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Mrs. March's warning was evidently thrown away, for five minutes later Laurie tore by the window on his own fleet horse, riding as if for his life.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope’s Court looked like a coster’s orange barrow.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From Orwell to the Dart there was no port which did not send forth its little fleet, gay with streamer and bunting, as for a joyous festival.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In Namibia, an example mentioned in the study, most of the fish is caught by local fleets, but then immediately exported, while 47 per cent of the country’s coastal population suffers from severe iron deficiency.
(Fairer fish trade could fix nutrient deficiencies in coastal countries, SciDev.Net)
A rather pathetic figure, the Lady Frances, a beautiful woman, still in fresh middle age, and yet, by a strange change, the last derelict of what only twenty years ago was a goodly fleet.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Without going into details, I may say that it defined the position of Great Britain towards the Triple Alliance, and fore-shadowed the policy which this country would pursue in the event of the French fleet gaining a complete ascendancy over that of Italy in the Mediterranean.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
