Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n. & a.) To sail; to float. 2. (n. & a.) To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. 3. (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser. 4. (v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. 5. (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy. 6. (v. t.) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle. 7. (v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain. 8. (v. i.) Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. 9. (v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil. 10. (n.) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. 11. (n.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London. 12. (n.) A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up). 13. (v. i.) To take the cream from; to skim.

Multi-Version Concordance Fleet (7 Occurrences) 1 Kings 9:26 And king Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion-Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. (DBY NAS RSV) 1 Kings 9:27 And Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon; (DBY NAS RSV NIV) 1 Kings 10:11 (And the fleet also of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir sandal-wood in very great abundance, and precious stones. (DBY RSV) 1 Kings 10:22 For the king had on the sea a Tarshish-fleet, with the fleet of Hiram: once in three years came the Tarshish-fleet, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. (DBY RSV NIV) 1 Kings 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber. (See NIV) 2 Chronicles 20:36 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. (See NIV) Daniel 11:40 At the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through. (See NIV)