Meaning of FLEET in Tamil

Use in sentences of கடற்படை

Meaning of FLEET in English

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

Synonyms of ‘கடற்படை’

• கப்பற்படை
  FLEET, NAVY,

Antonyms of ‘கடற்படை’

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