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marine
[ muh-reen ]
adjective
- of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea:
marine vegetation.
- pertaining to navigation or shipping; nautical; naval; maritime.
- serving on shipboard, as soldiers.
- of or belonging to the marines.
- adapted for use at sea:
a marine barometer.
noun
- a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- one of a class of naval troops serving both on shipboard and on land.
- seagoing ships collectively, especially with reference to nationality or class; shipping in general.
- a picture with a marine subject; seascape.
- naval affairs, or the department of a government, as in France, having to do with such affairs.
marine
/ əˈː /
adjective
- of, found in, or relating to the sea
- of or relating to shipping, navigation, etc
- of or relating to a body of seagoing troops
marine corps
- of or relating to a government department concerned with maritime affairs
- used or adapted for use at sea
a marine camera
noun
- shipping and navigation in general
the merchant marine
- capital when part of a name a member of a marine corps or similar body
- a picture of a ship, seascape, etc
- tell it to the marines informal.an expression of disbelief
marine
- Relating to the sea.
- Relating to a system of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents and by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation. Water in the marine system is at or near the full salinity of seawater.
- Compare lacustrine
Other Word Forms
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Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of marine1
Idioms and Phrases
- tell it / that to the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.
- dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits.
Example Sentences
County lifeguards have begun taking mental health days off to cope with the devastation as an algae bloom is poisoning and killing marine life from San Diego to Santa Barbara.
Though Marineland has closed as a marine zoo business, they are still legally responsible for the welfare of the animals until they are rehomed.
The dreary trend is forecast to kick off Friday morning, with the possibility of a “patchy drizzle” developing from a deep marine layer over much of the region, according to National Weather Service forecasts.
“This is consistent with the many other marine mammals we have seen affected by domoic acid produced by the harmful algal bloom off Southern California first detected in February,” Milstein said in a statement.
He's been exposing marine creatures to low-carbon water under laboratory conditions.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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