island

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

islands

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

island

past (v2)

islanded

past participle (v3)

islanded

present participle

islanding

3rd person singular

islands

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

   • Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles.

2. 2.An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

   • The quiet library was an island of tranquility in the noisy, bustling city.

3. 3.A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.

   • How long do you plan to stay on this island?

4. 4.A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.

   • How long do you plan to stay on this island?

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To isolate.

   • High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam / Islanded in Severn stream.

2. 2.To surround with water; make into an island.

   • The car soon seemed islanded in water.
   • We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.

3. 3.To set, dot (as if) with islands.

   • She knew that the town was islanded with many waters - the Hudson, the Harlem and the East rivers, and the Bay - but the rivers were hard to find in the universal velvetiness.

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