marine
/məˈɹiːn/ adjective, noun, verb
Forms marines marining marined
- adjective Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
- adjective Relating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
- adjective Used or adapted for use at sea.
- adjective (zoology) Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
- adjective (obsolete) Belonging to or situated at the seaside; maritime.
- adjective Of or concerning underwater conditions, either saltwater or freshwater ones, and the equipment used therein. “This grease is suitable for marine use.”
- noun (military, nautical) 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.”
- noun (capitalised in the plural): A marine corps. “He fought with the Marines in World War II.”
- noun A painting representing some marine subject.
- noun (archaic) Any fleet of ships (commercial, military, or both).
- verb To adapt for use in a marine environment.
- verb To temporarily inundate with water and/or other marine substances.
- verb To equip (a boat) with sailors and other personnel required for an ocean voyage.
- adjective Of, or pertaining to, a marine corps.
- noun A member of a marine corps.
Synonyms
navy devil dog jarhead leatherneck shipboard soldier nautical maritime
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). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
- adjective Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits. Marine acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. [Obs.] -- Marine barometer. See under Barometer.
- noun A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.
- noun The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.
Etymology [L. marinus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. marin. See Mere a pool.]
Etymology [F. marin a sea solider, marine naval economy, a marine picture, fr. L. marinus. See Marine, a.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “marine”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details