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marined

marined is the simple past and past participle of marine.

Meaning of marine

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
  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
  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

See all 15 meanings of marine

Adjective

marined (not comparable)

  1. Having the lower part of the body like a fish.
    • Near-synonym: mer-
    • Some other of the marined animals deserve special attention. Sea-horses in the earliest heraldic examples closely resemble the queer fish known by that name (the hippocampus), but classic art had furnished quite another type: the forequarters of a horse, with mane and hoofs, and the hindquarters...1915, Guy Cadogan Rothery, A. B. C. of Heraldry, page 76
    Synonyms:
    mer-

Synonyms of marined

Origin of marined

From marine + -ed; compare French mariné.

Questions about marined

What does marined mean?
Marined means having the lower part of the body like a fish.
What is marined the simple past and past participle of?
Marined is the simple past and past participle of marine.
What part of speech is marined?
Marined is an adjective.

Words near marined in the dictionary

  1. marine toads
  2. marine toilet
  3. marine toilets
  4. marine trumpet
  5. marine trumpets
  6. marined
  7. Marinelli
  8. Marinellis
  9. marinellite
  10. Marinello
  11. Marinellos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marined (page history and authors); marine (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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