a group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership

the small port supports a fishing fleet

a fleet of battleships

fast and nimble in movement

a man of advancing years, but fleet of foot

a marshland creek, channel, or ditch

a stream, now wholly underground, running into the Thames east of Fleet Street

move or pass quickly

a variety of expressions fleeted across his face

(of water) shallow

at or to a small depth