marine

IPA: mɝˈin

noun

  • (military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.
  • (capitalised in the plural): A marine corps.
  • A painting representing some marine subject.
  • (archaic) Any fleet of ships (commercial, military, or both).
  • A member of a marine corps.

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.

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.
  • (zoology) Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
  • (obsolete) Belonging to or situated at the seaside; maritime.
  • Of, or pertaining to, a marine corps.
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Examples of "marine" in Sentences

  • That's what we call the marine layer, a very shallow layer of some very moist air.
  • Actually in Green Beret training the marine is supposed to clean it up and hide it.
  • He is a police officer, a volunteer fireman and a dive master who specializes in marine rescues.
  • The words she attributed to the marine is the tired, hackneyed Republican talking points she kept repeating ad nauseum during her campaign.
  • Boris Winterhalter, PhD, senior marine researcher (retired), Geological Survey of Finland, former adjunct professor in marine geology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
  • In response to declines in ocean health, and increasing pressures on coastal and marine resources, many nations, including the United States, are increasingly turning to what we call marine protected areas to help save their most valued coastal habitats.
  • Cdr.M. R. Morgan, PhD, FRMetS, climate consultant, former Director in marine meteorology policy and planning in DND Canada, NATO and World Meteorological Organization and later a research scientist in global climatology at Exeter University, UK, now residing in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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