Synonyms:
fleet, swift
Meaning: moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
fleet
Meaning: group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
Usage examples
The English fleet are coming!"
After walling off this spot, the fleet sailed off home.
This is the Fleet, ma'am. Wish you good-night, Mrs. Bardell.
After this the four stood watching the little fleet in silence.
Sir John," he shouted, "we are saved, the English fleet is in sight."
No reinforcements arrived after the first appearance of the British fleet.
The preparations were made with great dispatch, and the fleet sailed for Riga.
Farragut immediately despatched an advance section of his fleet up the Mississippi.
Under Louis XIV., not to go any further back, the king rightly desired to create a fleet.
He was accompanied by the admirals and vice admirals of the fleet, who were to serve as crew.