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Fleeting   /flˈitɪŋ/   Listen
adjective
Fleeting  adj.  Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.
Synonyms: Evanescent; ephemeral. See Transient.


verb
Fleet  v. t.  
1.
To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf.
2.
To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. "Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly."
3.
(Naut.)
(a)
To draw apart the blocks of; said of a tackle.
(b)
To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
4.
(Naut.) To move or change in position; used only in special phrases; as, of fleet aft the crew. "We got the long "stick"... down and "fleeted" aft, where it was secured."


Fleet  v. t.  To take the cream from; to skim. (Prov. Eng.)


fleet  v. i.  (past & past part. fleeted; pres. part. fleeting)  
1.
To sail; to float. (Obs.) "And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet."
2.
To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. "All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand,... Dissolved on earth, fleet hither."
3.
(Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; said of a cable or hawser.
4.
(Naut.) To move or change in position; said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.





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"Fleeting" Quotes from Famous Books



... together along the mossy, winding path. A fleeting shower was falling, and the patter of it ...
— The Knave of Diamonds • Ethel May Dell
... were twice as fleeting, Longeth she for one last greeting; If her eyes might only dwell Once on his, ...
— Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse • Richard Doddridge Blackmore
... not, thou man of herbs, a fault, To add a double quantity of salt. And, lastly, o'er the flavored compound toss A magic soup-spoon of anchovy sauce. Oh, green and glorious! Oh, herbaceous treat! 'Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat; Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul, And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl! Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate can not harm me, ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various
... his mind still half full of fleeting thought. Absent-mindedly he knocked out his pipe and pocketed it, swung around to the manual of the televisor. His fingers reached ...
— Empire • Clifford Donald Simak
... perhaps she could never do with complete success or satisfaction; and like promise of nectar to thirsty lips was the vision of joys she had had to put aside for the performance of dull daily duty. How brief, how fleeting, had been those splendid visions when the universe seemed open for her young strength to battle and triumph in! How soon they had faded into the light of common day! At first, sympathy and grief were so keen she thought ...
— Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • Kate Douglas Wiggin


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