Ocean

['əʊʃ(ə)n] or ['oʃən]

Definition

(noun.) a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.

(noun.) anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume.

Typist: Melba--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.

Typed by Keller

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Sea, main, deep, great deep, great sea, high sea.

Checker: Roy

Definition

n. the vast expanse of salt water that covers the greater part of the surface of the globe: one of its five great divisions (Atlantic Pacific Indian Arctic Antarctic): any immense expanse or vast quantity.—adj. pertaining to the great sea.—n. O′cean-bā′sin the depression of the earth's surface in which the waters of an ocean are contained.—adjs. Ocean′ian pertaining to Oceania which includes Polynesia Micronesia Melanesia Australasia and Malaysia; Ocean′ic pertaining to the ocean: found or formed in the ocean or high seas pelagic: wide like the ocean.—ns.pl. Ocean′ic-is′lands islands far from the mainland situated in the midst of the ocean; Ocean′ides marine molluscs or sea-shells.—ns. O′cean-lane (see Lane); Oceanog′rapher one versed in oceanography.—adj. Oceanograph′ic.—ns. Oceanog′raphy the scientific description of the ocean; Oceanol′ogy the science of the ocean: a treatise on the ocean.

Typist: Owen

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of the ocean when it is calm is propitious. The sailor will have a pleasant and profitable voyage. The business man will enjoy a season of remuneration, and the young man will revel in his sweetheart's charms. To be far out on the ocean, and hear the waves lash the ship, forebodes disaster in business life, and quarrels and stormy periods in the household. To be on shore and see the waves of the ocean foaming against each other, foretells your narrow escape from injury and the designs of enemies. To dream of seeing the ocean so shallow as to allow wading, or a view of the bottom, signifies prosperity and pleasure with a commingling of sorrow and hardships. To sail on the ocean when it is calm, is always propitious.

Editor: Stu

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man—who has no gills.

Editor: Verna

Unserious Contents or Definition

An old toper who is always soaked, has many a hard night along the coast, floats many a schooner, lashes himself into a fury because so frequently crossed, and has his barks in every port. At sea, the king of the elements; on shore, a mere surf.

Checked by Evan

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