Definitions for Marine
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Marine, devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier(noun)

   a member of the United States Marine Corps

2. marine(adj)

   a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land

3. marine(adj)

   of or relating to the sea

   "marine explorations"

4. nautical, maritime, marine(adj)

   relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen

   "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance"

5. marine(adj)

   of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps)

   "marine barracks"

6. marine(adj)

   relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea

7. marine(adj)

   native to or inhabiting the sea

   "marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales"

GCIDE(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Marine(n.)

   Specifically: A member of the United States Marine Corps, or a similar foreign military force.

   Etymology: [F. marin a sea solider, marine naval economy, a marine picture, fr. L. marinus. See Marine, a.]

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. marine(Noun)

   A member of a marine corps.

   He was a marine in World War II.

2. marine(Noun)

   A marine corps.

   He fought with the Marines in World War II.

3. marine(Adjective)

   Of, or pertaining to, the sea (marine biology, marine insurance.)

4. Marine(Adjective)

   Of, or pertaining to, a marine corps.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Marine(adj)

   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

   Etymology: [L. marinus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. marin. See Mere a pool.]

2. Marine(adj)

   formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits

   Etymology: [L. marinus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. marin. See Mere a pool.]

3. Marine(adj)

   a solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy

   Etymology: [L. marinus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. marin. See Mere a pool.]

4. Marine(adj)

   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.]

5. Marine(adj)

   a picture representing some marine subject

   Etymology: [L. marinus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. marin. See Mere a pool.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Marine

   A Marine is a member of an infantry force that specializes in naval operations such as amphibious assault. In some countries, a marine force is often part of a navy, but can also be under army or independent command. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included providing protection from war while at sea, reflecting the pressed nature of the ships' company and the risk of mutiny. Other tasks would include boarding of vessels during combat or capture of prize ships and providing manpower for raiding ashore in support of the naval objectives. Marine elements would also contribute to the campaign ashore, in support of the military objective. With the industrialization of warfare in the 20th century the scale of landing operations increased; thus brought with it an increased likelihood of opposition and a need for co-ordination of various military elements. Marine forces evolved to specialize in the skills and capabilities required for amphibious warfare.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Marine

   ma-rēn′, adj. of or belonging to the sea: done at sea: representing the sea: near the sea.—n. a soldier serving on shipboard: the whole navy of a country or state: naval affairs: a sea-piece in painting.—ns. Mar′igraph, a self-registering tide-gauge; Marinade′, a liquor or pickle in which fish or meat is steeped before cooking, to improve the flavour.—v.t. Mar′inate, to salt or pickle.—n. Mar′iner, a seaman or sailor: one who assists in navigating ships.—Marine acid, hydrochloric acid; Marine boiler, a boiler fitted for use in steamships; Marine engine, an engine fitted for use in a steamship; Marine insurance, insurance of ships or their cargoes when at sea; Marine soap, a kind of coconut-oil soap, adapted for washing with sea-water; Marine store, a place where old ships' materials are bought and sold.—Tell that to the marines, a phrase expressive of disbelief and ridicule, from the sailor's contempt for the marine's ignorance of seamanship. [Fr.,—L. marinus—mare, sea.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. marine

   Belonging to the sea. It is a general name for the royal or mercantile navy of any state; also the whole economy of nautical affairs.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. marine

   A soldier serving on ship-board; a sea-soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty on vessels of war.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. marine

   Relating to the sea.

   The marine ecology system is so beautiful to see underwater, the colors, the type of plant systems are amazing.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 15, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Marine' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4398

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Marine' in Adjectives Frequency: #604

Anagrams for Marine »

1. airmen

2. Mainer

3. remain

How to pronounce Marine?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Marine in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Marine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Marine in a Sentence

1. Roy Wesley Brady:

   I’m walking to spread awareness of these issues to whoever will listen to me. If you saw me walking down the road, with my rucksack and Marine Corps flag waving behind me…and looked me up, then my plan worked. You are here learning about difficulties that wounded service members face.

2. Takashi Yamamoto:

   These [threats] include water pollution caused by oil development and marine transport as well as fishery-associated hazards, such as bycatch and depletion of prey species.

3. Ryan Maue:

   The combined flow at all levels of atmosphere was directed from the Atlantic over the Arctic and into Siberia, thus, warmer and moister marine air from Atlantic traveled over the Pole and raised temps to near or at freezing for a few hours. However, the warm advection event was short lived and temps are closer to normal well below 0.

4. Ken Buesseler:

   Despite the fact that the levels of contamination off our shores remain well below government-established safety limits for human health or to marine life, the changing values underscore the need to more closely monitor contamination levels across the Pacific.

5. Susan Jobling:

   This research helps further our understanding of these legacy industrial chemical pollutants and the effects that different levels of exposure, in complex mixtures, may have, learning more about PCB exposure in juvenile animals is vital, so that we can try to mitigate the impact of these dangerous chemicals on populations and help protect the future status of marine mammals in U.K. waters.

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