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fleet

2  [fleet] adjective, -er, est, verb
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–adjective
1. swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
–verb (used without object)
2. to move swiftly; fly.
3. Nautical. to change position; shift.
4. Archaic.
a. to glide along like a stream.
b. to fade; vanish.
5. Obsolete. to float; drift; swim.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cause (time) to pass lightly or swiftly.
7. Nautical.
a. to move or change the position of.
b. to separate the blocks of (a tackle).
c. to lay (a rope) along a deck.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME fleten to be fleet, OE flēotan to float; see float

Related forms:
fleetly, adverb
fleetness, noun

Synonyms:
6. speed, hasten; beguile.
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fleet 2   (flēt)   
adj.   fleet·er, fleet·est
  1. Moving swiftly; rapid or nimble. See Synonyms at fast1.
  2. Fleeting; evanescent.
v.   fleet·ed, fleet·ing, fleets

v.   intr.
  1. To move or pass swiftly.
  2. To fade out; vanish.
  3. Archaic To flow.
  4. Obsolete To drift.
v.   tr.
  1. To cause (time) to pass quickly.
  2. Nautical To alter the position of (tackle or rope, for example).

[Probably from Old Norse fljōtr. V., from Middle English fleten, to drift, float, from Old English flēotan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
fleet'ly adv., fleet'ness n.
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