Meaning of கடற்படை 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.
of Fleet
Having the lower part of the body like a fish.
One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.
Seamanship.
Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.
Nautical skill or experience.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone.
The navicular bone.
Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.
A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.
The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
One who follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.
Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.
of Seaman
Directed or situated toward the sea.
Toward the sea.