marine

American  

[muh-reen] / məˈrin /

adjective

1. of or relating 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.

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noun

1. a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.

2. one of a class of naval troops serving both on shipboard and on land.

3. seagoing ships collectively, especially with reference to nationality or class; shipping in general.

4. a picture with a marine subject; seascape.

5. naval affairs, or the department of a government, as in France, having to do with such affairs.

idioms

1. dead marine, an empty bottle of beer or spirits.

2. tell it / that to the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.

marine British  

/ məˈriːn /

adjective

1. of, found in, or relating to the sea

2. of or relating to shipping, navigation, etc

3. of or relating to a body of seagoing troops

   marine corps

4. of or relating to a government department concerned with maritime affairs

5. used or adapted for use at sea

   a marine camera

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noun

1. shipping and navigation in general

   the merchant marine

2. (capital when part of a name) a member of a marine corps or similar body

3. a picture of a ship, seascape, etc

4. informal an expression of disbelief

marine Scientific  

/ mə-rēn′ /

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.

3. Compare lacustrine palustrine riverine

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Other Word Forms

• intermarine adjective
• nonmarine adjective
• semimarine adjective
• supermarine adjective
• unmarine adjective

Etymology

Origin of marine

1325–75; Middle English maryne < Middle French marin (feminine marine ) < Latin marīnus of the sea, derivative of mare sea; -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Samuel Wrobel, senior marine officer at the RSPB, the UK's leading bird charity, said "the sheer volume of reports coming in gives great cause for concern."

From BBC

Mike Jacob, president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Assn., which represents ocean carriers, marine terminal operators and others in the industry, said the tendency is to think of the tariffs as uniform.

From Los Angeles Times

"Most Asgards alive today have been found in environments without oxygen," explained Brett Baker an associate professor of marine science and integrative biology at UT.

From Science Daily

Thousands of likes and comments later, others seemed to confirm her suspicion that it was, in fact, an ancient marine animal.

From BBC

One reason fish could be abundant is that the Chagos is a protected marine reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• aquatic
• coastal
• deep-sea
• maritime
• naval
• saltwater
• seagoing