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Naval force

We have found the following answers matching the query 'Naval force' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Naval force crossword clue was last seen on May 16 2022 in the popular Wall Street Journal Crossword.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%FLEETNaval forceWall Street Journal
20%FLEETSNaval forces

Definition

• 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.

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