Définitions
1.NounA group of vessels or vehicles.
2.NounAny group of associated items.
3.NounA large, coordinated group of people.
4.NounA number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
5.NounAny 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.
6.NounThe individual waves in corrugated fiberboard.
7.NounAn arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
8.NounA location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.
9.VerbTo float.
10.VerbTo pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
11.VerbTo hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
12.VerbTo flee, to escape, to speed away.
13.VerbTo evanesce, disappear, die out.
14.VerbTo move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
15.VerbTo move or change in position.
16.VerbTo shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
17.VerbTo cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
18.VerbTo take the cream from; to skim.
19.AdjectiveSwift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
20.AdjectiveLight; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
21.NounObsolete form of flet (“house, floor, large room”).