Navy
['neɪvɪ] or ['nevi]
Definition
(noun.) an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare.
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Definition
(n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.
(n.) The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy.
(n.) The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fleet, ships of war.
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Definition
n. a fleet of ships: the whole of the ships-of-war of a nation: the officers and men belonging to the warships of a nation.—ns. Nā′vy-list a list of the officers and ships of a navy published from time to time; Nā′vy-yard a government dockyard.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of the navy, denotes victorious struggles with unsightly obstacles, and the promise of voyages and tours of recreation. If in your dream you seem frightened or disconcerted, you will have strange obstacles to overcome before you reach fortune. A dilapidated navy is an indication of unfortunate friendships in business or love. See Gunboat.
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Examples
- Why were we ever told to bring navy revolvers with us if we had to be protected at last by this infamous star-spangled scum of the desert? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I occupied a position on shore from which I could see the advancing navy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Swiss navy's no joke for us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- By the rules of precedency, a captain in the navy ranks with a colonel in the army; but he does not rank with him in the common estimation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Torpedo boats of this type have been acquired by, and now form a part of, the United States Navy. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- All battleships in the United States Navy are now fitted with the gyroscopic compass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The latest type of super-dreadnaught for the United States Navy, with a displacement of 27,500 tons and engines of 28,000 horse-power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was near the sea-shore with his back to it, and our navy occupied the harbors. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As we descended in great circles toward the navy docks a mighty multitude could be seen surging in the streets beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Vessels of the Monitor type still form useful parts of the United States Navy, in which the Monterey and Monadnock are its most representative types. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1810 Sir Robert Seppings, surveyor of the English navy, devised and introduced the system of diagonal bracing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1904 the navy of the United States possessed eight Holland boats and there were also a number of them in the British navy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He debarked his troops and apparently made every preparation to attack the enemy while the navy bombarded the main forts at Haines' Bluff. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In these the occupants were fully secure from the shells of the navy, which were dropped into the city night and dav without intermission. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Key West and Pensacola were also in our possession, while all the important ports were blockaded by the navy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You will think more highly of your genus when you have seen its armies and navies, its great cities, and its mighty engineering works. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Pisa was a republic in the middle ages, with a government of her own, armies and navies of her own and a great commerce. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To-day her piers are deserted, her warehouses are empty, her merchant fleets are vanished, her armies and her navies are but memories. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Of old navies used to stem the giant ocean-waves betwixt Indus and the Pole for slight articles of luxury. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The wooden walls of the navies disappeared as a defence after the conflict between the Monitor and the Merrimac, and muzzle-loading muskets became things of the past. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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