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1. Moving very fast
   "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"
   - swift

1. Group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
    
2. Group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
    
3. A group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
    
4. A group of warships organized as a tactical unit

1. Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
   - flit, flutter, dart
    
2. Disappear gradually
   - evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, pass

Derived forms: fleeted, fleeter, fleets, fleetest, fleeting

See also: fast, fleetly, fleetness

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, disappear, go away, hurry, speed, steamship company, steamship line, travel rapidly, vanish, zip

Part of: airline, airline business, airway, bus line, naval forces, navy

Encyclopedia: Fleet, Dorset Fleet Fleet, Hampshire Fleet, Lincolnshire Fleet, Kent