Meaning of OCEAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'owshun
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- [n] a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
- [n] anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
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| | Synonyms: | | sea |
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| | See Also: | | Antarctic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, body of water, deep, hydrosphere, Indian Ocean, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, water | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Ocean
Explores the endless diversity of life in the sea, from the humpback whale and its hour-long songs to the coral colonies that spawn all their young in a single night. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\O"cean\, n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.? ocean, in
Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.]
1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three
fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the
{sea}, or {great sea}.
Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the
thought of other years. --Longfellow.
2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great
ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific,
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
ocean of affairs. --Locke.
\O"cean\, a.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean
waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing an ocean in your dream, represents the state of your emotions and feelings. It is indicative of some spiritual refreshment, tranquility and renewal. |
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| | Definition: | | The great body of salt water that covers mores than two thirds of the surface of the earth; any of its five principal geographical divisions, the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antartic. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abundance, acres, bags, barrels, blue, brine, briny, bushel, copiousness, countlessness, deep, drink, flood, gobs, high seas, load, loads, lots, main, mass, mountain, much, multitude, numerousness, oceans, oodles, peck, plenitude, plenty, plethora, profusion, quantities, quantity, scads, sea, spate, superabundance, superfluity, the briny, the deep, the depths, tons, volume, world, worlds |
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