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marine
/mɚˈin/
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What does marine mean?
adjective
- Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
- Relating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
- Used or adapted for use at sea.
More meanings (12)
adjective
- Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
- Of or concerning underwater conditions, either saltwater or freshwater ones, and the equipment used therein.
- Of, or pertaining to, a marine corps.
- (obsolete) Belonging to or situated at the seaside; maritime.
noun
- A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.
- A marine corps.
- A painting representing some marine subject.
- A member of a marine corps.
- (archaic) Any fleet of ships (commercial, military, or both).
verb
- To adapt for use in a marine environment.
- To temporarily inundate with water and/or other marine substances.
- To equip (a boat) with sailors and other personnel required for an ocean voyage.
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IPA pronunciation
/mɚˈin/
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He had something of the look of sailors, who are accustomed to screw up their eyes to gaze through marine glasses.
It was evidently a hard impenetrable body, and not the soft substance that forms the bodies of the great marine mammalia.
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The aquatic species is by far the most remarkable, because it is the only existing lizard which lives on marine vegetable productions.
The deposits in which these remains are found are superficial, while those which contain shells and other marine remains lie much deeper.
So we see that it is necessary to look for such geographical changes as will interfere with the movements of marine currents.