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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleet \Fleet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fleeted}; p. pr & vb n. {Fleeting}.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS fle['o]tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS fliotan OHG. fliozzan G. fliessen Icel. flj[=o]ta to float, flow, Sw flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr ? to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail. [root]84. Cf {Fleet}, n. & a., {Float}, {Pluvial}, {Flow}.] 1. To sail; to float. [Obs.] And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet. --Spenser. 2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton. 3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleeting \Fleet"ing\, a. Passing swiftly away not durable; transient; transitory; as the fleeting hours or moments. Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See {Transient}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fleeting adj 1: moving or passing by very swiftly; "fleeting clouds passing before the face of the moon" 2: lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" [syn: {fugitive}, {momentaneous}, {momentary}]
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