Fleet

What “Fleet” means

Noun

1. A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.
2. A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.
3. A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.
4. A group of vessels or vehicles, generally operating in a unified way or traveling together.
5. A large, coordinated group of people.

Noun

1. An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
2. A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

Verb

1. To float.
2. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
3. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
4. To flee, to escape, to speed away.
5. To evanesce, disappear, die out.

Adj

1. Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English flete, flet (“fleet”), from Old English flēot (“ship”), likely related to Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”).

From Middle English flete (“bay, gulf”), from Old English flēot (“a bay, gulf, an arm of the sea, estuary, the mouth of a river”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleut, from Proto-Germanic *fleutą. Cognate with Dutch vliet (“stream, river, creek, inlet”), German Fleet (“watercourse, canal”).

From Middle English fleten (“float”), from Old English flēotan (“float”), from Proto-West Germanic *fleutan, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.

Business name ideas with “Fleet”

Industries where “Fleet” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Equipment Rental Business
• Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing