(~s, ~ting, ~ted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an aircraft that is powered by ~ engines.
Her private ~ landed in the republic on the way to Japan...
He had arrived from Jersey by ~.
N-COUNT: also by N
see also jump ~
2.
If you ~ somewhere, you travel there in a fast plane.
He and his wife, Val, will be ~ting off on a two-week holiday in America...
VERB: V adv/prep
3.
A ~ of liquid or gas is a strong, fast, thin stream of it.
A ~ of water poured through the windows.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
4.
Jet is a hard black stone that is used in jewellery.
N-UNCOUNT