marine
Forms
- Comparative
- more marine
- Superlative
- most marine
- Plural
- marines
- present (v1)
- marine
- past (v2)
- marined
- past participle (v3)
- marined
- present participle
- marining
- 3rd person singular
- marines
Definitions
1.Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
2.Relating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
3.Used or adapted for use at sea.
4.Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
1.A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.
- He was a marine in World War II.
2.A marine corps.
- He fought with the Marines in World War II.
3.A painting representing some marine subject.
1.To adapt for use in a marine environment.
- Marine engines, until 1949, included many truck engine blocks marined up.
- The most popular model is the Chrysler 75 marined motor. This motor comes fully marined and fully reconditioned at $ 225 at Oakland.
- First was in Jimmy Pope's “Willow Point,” and both units were marined in Vancouver by Nolan Lowe, in his plant at 1925 W. Georgia St., Vancouver.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2979
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari).