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marine

Syllables: ma·rine/məˈɹiːn/

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obsolete/ˈmæɹɪn/

marine adjective: belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.

Adjective (1)

marine (comparative more marine, superlative most marine)

  1. Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
    • Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr...2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
  2. Relating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
  3. Used or adapted for use at sea.
  4. Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
  5. (obsolete) Belonging to or situated at the seaside; maritime.
  6. Of or concerning underwater conditions, either saltwater or freshwater ones, and the equipment used therein.
    • This grease is suitable for marine use.

Noun (1)

marine (plural marines)

  1. A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.
    • He was a marine in World War II.
  2. (capitalized, in plural) A marine corps.
    • He fought with the Marines in World War II.
  3. A painting representing some marine subject.
  4. (archaic) Any fleet of ships (commercial, military, or both).
    Synonyms:
    navy

Verb

marine (third-person singular simple present marines, present participle marining, simple past and past participle marined)

  1. To adapt for use in a marine environment.
    • The most popular model is the Chrysler 75 marined motor. This motor comes fully marined and fully reconditioned at $ 225 at Oakland.1938, Pacific Motor Boat - Volume 31, page 54
    • Frank Kennedy Sr. and Jr. watch mechanic make an adjustment on one of the two Minneapolis-Moline industrial diesel engines being marined by Kennedy-Morris Co., Biloxi, Miss.1956, Fishing Gazette - Volume 73, page 94
  2. To temporarily inundate with water and/or other marine substances.
    • "And Baptiste? It is there he is. The trunks of Monsieru to the number 12, and let it not loiter. And hey!" she cried with much haughtiness to an interloper who had opened the cab-door and was now officious in the transfer of the luggage, “ And hey, species of calf's head marined in mud, go, I pray...1893, Edgar Saltus, Madam Sapphira: A Fifth Avenue Story, page 97
    • As will be seen from this very sparing representation of indeterminable brachiopods etc. , this fauna can hardly be regarded as indicating marine submergence, for the shells of these organisms could just as readily have been swept in with the graptolites during the periods of marining.1937, Amadeus William Grabau, Palæozoic Formations in the Light of the Pulsation Theory, page 271
  3. To equip (a boat) with sailors and other personnel required for an ocean voyage.
    • And now, having marined this Royal Harry with as large a complement of men as I could muster, shall launch her.1863, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction to Entomology, page 569
    • Just as we had got the ship's head towards the stranger , with every stitch of canvas crowded upon her , and the eight-oared cutter, manned, armed, and marined, towing astern, they had got the captured West Indiaman before the wind, with everything set.1903, Captain Marryat, Rattlin, the Reefer, page 188

Adjective (2) capitalized: Marine

Marine (not comparable)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, a marine corps.

Noun (2) capitalized: Marine

Marine (plural Marines)

  1. A member of a marine corps.

marine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

marine in Hindi

of or pertaining to the sea
मैरीन mairīn
member of a marine corps
मैरीन mairīn

marine in Tamil

கடற் சார்ந்த, கடற் பற்றிய, கடலுக்குரிய, கடல்வாழ், கடல், கடல் மற்றும் அதனைச் சார்ந்த

marine in Urdu

marine
دریائی daryāī

marine in Bengali

marine, sea-
সামুদ্রিক śamudrik
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marine in Malayalam
കടലിൻറെ, കപ്പലോട്ടം സംബന്ധിച്ച, സമുദ്രത്തിലുപയോഗിക്കുന്ന
marine in Kannada
ಕಡಲಿನ ಸಂಬಂಧದ, ನೌಕಾಸಂಬಂಧದ, ಸಮುದ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ದೊರೆಯುವ, ಕಡಲಿನ
marine in Tagalog
karagatnin
marine in Arabic
بَحْرِيّ baḥriyy
marine in Malay
laut, kelautan, bahari, marin
marine in Indonesian
bahari, marinir
marine in Persian
آبزی âb-zi, بحری bahri
marine in Thai
ทะเล tá-lee

Examples of marine in a sentence

  • Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
  • Marine engines, until 1949, included many truck engine blocks marined up.1959, SAE Technical Paper Series, page 70:
  • First was in Jimmy Pope's “Willow Point,” and both units were marined in Vancouver by Nolan Lowe, in his plant at 1925 W.1964, “New I-H Diesel Adds Two Knots to Dragger's Speed”, in Western Fisheries, volume 68, page 101:
  • This type of protection is of particular value in case of buried structures such as tanks and pipelines, transmission line towers, marined piers, laid-up ships etc.2010, S. S. Dara, S. D. Shete, S. Chand’s Applied Chemistry Volume - 2, page 31:

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Synonyms of marine

Forms of marine

Adjective
comparativemore marine
superlativemost marine
Noun
pluralmarines
pluralMarines
Verb
third-person singular presentmarines
present participlemarining
past participlemarined
pastmarined

Plural of marine: marines

Origin of marine

Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.

Words formed from marine

Phrases with marine

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Questions about marine

What does marine mean?
Marine means belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
What is marine in Hindi?
Marine in Hindi is मैरीन (mairīn). See Marine meaning in Hindi.
How do you use marine in a sentence?
Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.
What part of speech is marine?
Marine can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce marine?
Marine is pronounced /məˈɹiːn/.

Words near marine in the dictionary

  1. Marindin
  2. Marindins
  3. Marinduque
  4. Marinduqueño
  5. Marinduqueños
  6. marine
  7. marine acid
  8. marine acid air
  9. marine aerodrome
  10. marine aerodromes
  11. marine art

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: marine (page history and authors); Marine (page history and authors); marine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); دریائی (Urdu) (page history and authors); সামুদ্রিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); marine (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); marine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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