fleet4 Syllabification: (fleet)Pronunciation: /flēt/Translate fleet | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of fleet verb [no object] literary move or pass quickly:a variety of expressions fleeted across his face time may fleet and youth may fade [with object] pass (time) rapidly. fade away; be transitory:the cares of boyhood fleet awayOrigin: Old English flēotan 'float, swim', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieten and German fliessen, also to flit and floatfleet in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of fleet in the British & World English dictionary
