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, especially 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.
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Dead marine
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
So is gobo. Does it mean:
Idioms11.dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits.
12.tell it/that to the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.
Origin: 1325–75; Middle English maryne <
Middle French marin (feminine
marine) <
Latin marīnus of the sea, derivative of
mare sea;
see -ine1 Related formsin·ter·ma·rine, adjective
non·ma·rine, adjective, noun
sem·i·ma·rine, adjective, noun
su·per·ma·rine, adjective
un·ma·rine, adjective