ocean

5 definitions found

ocean - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.
     'wkeano`s 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.
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              Like the odor of brine from the ocean
              Comes the thought of other years.     --Longfellow.
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     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.
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     3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
        apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
        ocean of affairs. --Locke.
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              You're gonna need an ocean
              Of calamine lotion.                   --Lieber &
                                                    Stoller
                                                    (Poison Ivy:
                                                    song lyrics,
                                                    1994)
        [PJC]

  Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), a.
     Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean
     waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.
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ocean - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ocean
      n 1: a large body of water constituting a principal part of the
           hydrosphere
      2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn:
         ocean, sea]

ocean - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Ocean, NJ
    Zip code(s): 07712

ocean - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "ocean":
     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