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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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marine (recruit)
and marine officer
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marine (mə-rēn') Pronunciation Key
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tell it to the Marines
Go fool someone else because I won't believe that. For example, He's a millionaire? Tell it to the Marines! This term originated among British sailors, who regarded marines as naive and gullible. [c. 1800]