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11fleet — [fliːt] noun [countable] 1. TRANSPORT a group of cars, buses, trucks, planes, or ships owned or controlled by one company: • a distributor with a fleet of 55 trucks • the airline s new fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft • fleet car …
12Fleet tender — Fleet tenders were British merchant ships that were fitted with a wooden superstructure to resemble battleships during the Second World War. They were known as fleet tenders for security reasons, and were built to fool German reconnaissance… …
13fleet train — fleet train, the service or auxiliary ships that support the fighting ships of a country s navy …
14fleet rating — ➔ rating * * * fleet rating UK US noun [U] ► TRANSPORT, INSURANCE a special low price offered for insuring all the vehicles or ships owned by one organization …
15fleet — Ⅰ. fleet [1] ► NOUN 1) a group of ships sailing together. 2) (the fleet) a country s navy. 3) a number of vehicles or aircraft operating together. ORIGIN Old English. Ⅱ. f …
16fleet — fleet1 [flēt] n. [ME flete < OE fleot < fleotan, to float: see FLEET2] 1. a) a number of warships under one command, usually in a definite area of operation b) the entire naval force of a country; navy 2. any group of ships, trucks, buses,… …
17fleet|ful — «FLEET ful», noun, plural fuls. 1. as many as would make a fleet: »a fleetful of ships. 2. any large number: »The fleetfuls of foreign students who came to attend surprisingly advanced teaching... (Stephen L. Gwynn) …
18fleet — [adj] quick in movement agile, barreling, breakneck*, brisk, expeditious, expeditive, fast, flying, hasty, in nothing flat*, like greased lightning*, lively, mercurial, meteoric, nimble, nimble footed, on the double*, rapid, screaming, speedball* …
19Fleet review (Commonwealth realms) — This article is about reviews of naval ships in Commonwealth realms. For fleet reviews of the United States Navy, see Naval Review. For other uses, see Review (disambiguation). HMS Terrible at Queen Victoria s Diamond Jubilee Fleet Review in …
20Fleet Air Arm — For the division of the Royal Australian Navy, see Fleet Air Arm (RAN). Fleet Air Arm Founded 1937 …
