Fleet vs. Flotilla

Fleetnoun

A group of vessels or vehicles.

Fleetnoun

Any group of associated items.

Fleetnoun

(nautical) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

Fleetnoun

Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.

Fleetnoun

An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.

Fleetnoun

(nautical) A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

Fleetverb

To float.

Fleetverb

(transitive) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.

Fleetverb

(ambitransitive) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.

Fleetverb

(intransitive) To flee, to escape, to speed away.

Fleetverb

(intransitive) To evanesce, disappear, die out.

Fleetverb

(nautical) To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.

Fleetverb

To move or change in position.

Fleetverb

To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.

Fleetverb

To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

Fleetverb

To take the cream from; to skim.

Fleetadjective

(literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.

Fleetadjective

(uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

Fleetverb

To sail; to float.

Fleetverb

To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

Fleetverb

To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - said of a cable or hawser.

Fleetverb

To move or change in position; - said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.

Fleetverb

To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.

Fleetverb

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.

Fleetverb

To draw apart the blocks of; - said of a tackle.

Fleetverb

To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

Fleetverb

To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew.

Fleetverb

To take the cream from; to skim.

Fleetadjective

Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.

Fleetadjective

Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

Fleetnoun

A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.

Fleetnoun

A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; - obsolete, except as a place name, - as Fleet Street in London.

Fleetnoun

A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up).

Fleetnoun

group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

Fleetnoun

group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

Fleetnoun

a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

Fleetnoun

a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

Fleetverb

move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

Fleetverb

disappear gradually;

Fleetadjective

moving very fast;

Flotillanoun

(nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

Flotillanoun

A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.

Flotillanoun

a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships

Flotillanoun

a fleet of small craft

Flotilla

A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small flota (fleet) of ships), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet.