in English names, denotes a flood, a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, or a river; as in Fleet-street, North-flete, Fleet-prison.

A navy or squadron of ships; a number of ships in company, whether ships of war, or of commerce. It more generally signifies ships of war.

Swift of pace; moving or able to move with rapidity; nimble; light and quick in motion, or moving with lightness and celerity; as a fleet horse or dog.

Moving with velocity; as fleet winds.

Light; superficially fruitful; or thin; not penetrating deep; as soil.

Skimming the surface.

To fly swiftly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. To fleet away is to vanish. How all the other passions fleet to air.

To be in a transient state.

to float.

to skim the surface; to pass over rapidly; as a ship that fleets the gulf.

To pass lightly, or in mirth and joy; as, to fleet away time.

To skim milk. The verb in the transitive form is rarely or never used in America.