English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of fleet

fleet

/noun/ बेड़ा; खाड़ी; नौका-समुदाय; जहाज़ों का बेड़ा;
/adjective/शीघ्रगामी; चंचल; चुस्त; छिछला; जहाजी बेड़ा; पोत समूह; वेगवान;

Synonym raft; bay; swift; playful; agile; shallow; Fleet; rapid;

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English Dictionary:

1. Fleet

[n. & a.]

- To sail; to float.
- To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.
- To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

2. Fleet

[v. i.]

- Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.
- Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
- A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
- A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London.
- A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).
- To take the cream from; to skim.

3. Fleet

[v. t.]

- To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
- To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.
- To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle.
- To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.