Continent

['kɒntɪnənt] or ['kɑntɪnənt]

Definition

(noun.) the European mainland; 'Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there'.

(noun.) one of the large landmasses of the earth; 'there are seven continents'; 'pioneers had to cross the continent on foot'.

(adj.) having control over urination and defecation .

Editor: Maureen--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

(a.) Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

(a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.

(a.) Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.

(a.) That which contains anything; a receptacle.

(a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.

Typed by Arlene

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Chaste, temperate.

n. Main land, great tract of land.

Edited by Eva

Definition

n. a large extent of land not broken up by seas: the mainland of Europe: one of the great divisions of the land surface of the globe.—adj. restraining the indulgence of pleasure esp. sexual: temperate: virtuous.—ns. Con′tinence Con′tinency the restraint imposed by a person upon his desires and passions: self-restraint in sexual indulgence often absolute: chastity.—adj. Continent′al characteristic of a continent as of climate &c.: pertaining to the European continent or to the colonies of North America at the period of independence.—n. Continent′alism anything peculiar to the usage of the Continent.—adv. Con′tinently.—Continental system the name given to Napoleon's plan for shutting out England from all commercial connection with Europe.

Editor: Megan

Examples

Editor: Megan

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