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ma⋅rine

  [muh-reen]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
2. pertaining to navigation or shipping; nautical; naval; maritime.
3. serving on shipboard, as soldiers.
4. of or belonging to the marines.
5. adapted for use at sea: a marine barometer.
–noun
6. a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
7. one of a class of naval troops serving both on shipboard and on land.
8. seagoing ships collectively, esp. with reference to nationality or class; shipping in general.
9. a picture with a marine subject; seascape.
10. naval affairs, or the department of a government, as in France, having to do with such affairs.
—Idioms
11. dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits.
12. tell it or that to the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.
Origin:
1325–75; ME maryne < MF marin (fem. marine) < L marīnus of the sea, deriv. of mare sea; see -ine 1
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ma·rine   (mə-rēn')   
adj.  
    1. Of or relating to the sea: marine exploration.
    2. Native to, inhabiting, or formed by the sea: marine animals.
  2. Of or relating to shipping or maritime affairs.
  3. Of or relating to sea navigation; nautical: a marine chart. See Synonyms at nautical.
  4. Of or relating to troops that serve at sea as well as on land, specifically the U.S. Marine Corps.
n.  
    1. A soldier serving on a ship or at a naval installation.
    2. Marine A member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
  2. The mercantile or naval ships or shipping fleet of a country.
  3. The governmental department in charge of naval affairs in some nations.
  4. A painting or photograph of the sea.

[Middle English marin, marine, from Old French, from Latin marīnus, from mare, sea; see mori- in Indo-European roots.]
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marine   (mə-rēn')  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Relating to the sea.
  2. Relating to a system of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents and by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation. Water in the marine system is at or near the full salinity of seawater. Compare lacustrine, palustrine, riverine.

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marines

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