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fleet verb1. [fli:t]
[Old English fleotan float, swim = Old Frisian fliata, Old Saxon fliotan (Dutch vlieten), Old High German flioan (German fliessen), Old Norse fljota float, flow, from Germanic.]
I. Float.
verb intrans. Rest on the surface of the water; be buoyed up; (of a vessel) be or get afloat. obsolete exc. dial. OE.
verb intrans. Drift or float in water or air. OE-M18.
b. Move unsteadily, as if floating; sway; fluctuate, waver. LME-M17.
verb intrans. Swim. Long obsolete exc. Hist. OE.
verb intrans. Travel by water, sail. ME-E18.
II. Flow, slip away, etc.
verb intrans. Of water, a river, etc.: flow. Long only Scot. ME.
a. verb intrans. Glide away or away; vanish, fade (away). Now only of immaterial things: esp. (of time) pass rapidly, slip away. Formerly also, waste away, disintegrate. Cf. FLEET adjective2 2. arch. ME.
b. verb trans. Pass, while away (time). rare. E17.
verb intrans. Move swiftly; flit, fly (away). Cf. FLEET adjective2 1. arch. LME.
III.
verb trans. Nautical. Change the position of, shift (a block, rope, etc.). L17.