Definitions for fleets

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IPA: /flit/

Fleets is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in fleets (eeflst).

Definitions for fleets

noun

1. the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
2. the largest organization of warships under the command of a single officer.
3. a number of naval vessels or vessels carrying armed crew members.
4. a large group of ships, airplanes, trucks, etc., operated by a single company or under the same ownership:
5. a large group of airplanes, automobiles, etc., moving or operating together.
6. an arm of the sea; inlet.
7. a creek; stream; watercourse.
8. the Fleet, a former prison in London, long used for debtors.

adjective

1. swift; rapid:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause (time) to pass lightly or swiftly.
2. Nautical. to move or change the position of. to separate the blocks of (a tackle). to lay (a rope) along a deck.

verb (used without object)

1. to move swiftly; fly.
2. Nautical. to change position; shift.
3. Archaic. to glide along like a stream. to fade; vanish.
4. Obsolete. to float; drift; swim.

Origin of fleets

before 1000; Middle English flete, Old English flēot, derivative of flēotan to float; see fleet²

Examples for fleets

They were distributed among the captains of the fleet for transportation to Athens.

There we knew we should find the army, and might get tidings of the fleet.

The company also converts the gas into a liquid fuel that can run vehicles in its fleet.

With these steeds, so well fitted for hunting, were twelve sleek, fleet hounds.

One thousand of the best men in the fleet were sent to assist in the siege.

Russia is also working on new a fleet of ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines to operate under the ice caps.

That's what you'd become if you were to stay in fleet Street.

The player starts out with a fleet of three or four ships (depending on the machine), which he operates one at a time.

Waste Management, the large disposal company, has turned its landfills into a fleet of power producers.

In 2015, Monster Jam will have a fleet of eight female drivers.