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fleeting
(encz) | fleeting,pomíjivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleeting
(encz) | fleeting,prchavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleeting
(gcide) | fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. fleeted; p. pr. &
vb. n. fleeting.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS.
fle['o]tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS.
fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj[=o]ta to
float, flow, Sw. flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
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2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
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All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
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3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
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4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
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Fleeting
(gcide) | Fleeting \Fleet"ing\, a.
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as,
the fleeting hours or moments.
Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See Transient.
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fleeting
(wn) | fleeting
adj 1: lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance";
"fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of
things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" [syn:
fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary] |
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a fleeting glance
(encz) | a fleeting glance,zběžný pohled Zdeněk Brož |
fleeting
(encz) | fleeting,pomíjivý adj: Zdeněk Brožfleeting,prchavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fleetingly
(encz) | fleetingly,pomíjivě adv: Zdeněk Brožfleetingly,prchavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
fleetingness
(encz) | fleetingness, |
fleeting
(gcide) | fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. fleeted; p. pr. &
vb. n. fleeting.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS.
fle['o]tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS.
fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj[=o]ta to
float, flow, Sw. flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr.
plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.
[root]84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]
1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]
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And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
--Spenser.
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2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit
as a light substance.
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All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . .
Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. --Milton.
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3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan
or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
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4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons;
as, the crew fleeted aft.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Fleeting \Fleet"ing\, a.
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as,
the fleeting hours or moments.
Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See Transient.
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Fleetingly
(gcide) | Fleetingly \Fleet"ing*ly\, adv.
In a fleeting manner; swiftly.
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Fleetings
(gcide) | Fleetings \Fleet"ings\, n. pl.
A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds. [prov. Eng.]
--Wright.
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fleeting
(wn) | fleeting
adj 1: lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance";
"fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of
things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" [syn:
fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary] |
fleetingness
(wn) | fleetingness
n 1: the property of lasting for a very short time [syn:
ephemerality, ephemeralness, fleetingness] |
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