fleet

fleet

englanti

  1. laivasto

  2. kulkuneuvojen ryhmä, esim. osana organisaation kalustoa

  3. mikä tahansa esineiden ryhmä

  4. suuri, järjestäytynyt ihmisryhmä

Esimerkkejä fleet sanan käytöstä:

The local public transportation system operates a 'fleet' of low-floor, biogas buses.

Liittyvät sanat: fleeting

Synonyymisanakirja

fleet

  1. ilma-alus, lentokone, bussi, linja-auto, taksi, pirssi, vuokra-auto, laivue, laivasto, autokanta.

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Käännökset

englanti

autokanta

laivasto

kiitää

laivue A group of vessels or vehicles.
Any group of associated items.
2004, Jim Hoskins, Building an on Demand Computing Environment with IBM

This is especially true in distributed printing environments, where a fleet of printers is shared by users on a network.
puhekieltä A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
puhekieltä 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.
puhekieltä A flood; a creek or inlet, a bay or estuary, a river subject to the tide. cognate to Low German fleet
Matthewes
Together wove we nets to entrap the fish / In floods and sedgy fleets.
puhekieltä A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
puhekieltä To float.

Antony "Our severd navy too,Have knit again, and fleet, threat'ning most sea-like." -- Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra''

To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of

a ship that fleets the gulf

(rfquotek)

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy
Shakespeare
Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly.

And so through this dark world they fleet / Divided, till in death they meet; -- Percy Shelley, Rosalind and Helen.

puhekieltä To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
puhekieltä To move or change in position.
F. T. Bullen
We got the long "stick" (..) down and "fleeted" aft, where it was secured.
puhekieltä To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
To take the cream from; to skim.
puhekieltä swift Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble; fast.
Milton
In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong.
1908: w:Kenneth Grahame|Kenneth Grahame, w:The Wind in the Willows|The Wind in the Willows
(..) it was not till the afternoon that they came out on the high-road, their first high-road; and there disaster, fleet and unforeseen, sprang out on them — disaster momentous indeed to their expedition (..)
puhekieltä Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

Riimisanakirja

fleet rimmaa näiden kanssa:

pikahiutaleet, sipulihiutaleet, bileet, teknobileet

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Läheisiä sanoja

flamingokukka, flanelli, flanellinen, flanellipaita, flegmaatikko, flegmaattinen

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