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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
marine
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a marine habitat (=a place in the sea where animals and plants live and grow)
▪ Cuttlefish are found in marine habitats worldwide.
a sea/marine creature (also an ocean creature)
▪ The first living creatures were marine creatures.
fish/marine/breeding tank (=for keeping or breeding fish in)
marine conservation (=relating to the sea and the life in it)
▪ marine conservation in offshore Australia
Marine Corps
marine ecology (=in the sea)
▪ Not much is known about the marine ecology of the Red Sea.
marine pollutionformal (= pollution of the sea)
▪ Oil spills are a major cause of marine pollution.
marine/coastal erosion (=on land that is close to the sea)
▪ Coastal erosion is worrying the local residents.
the marine environment (=the sea and the creatures that live there)
▪ Fish farming poses a threat to the marine environment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
animal
▪ A direct and obvious example is that many marine animals are dispersed around the globe by ocean currents.
▪ Probably the seabirds found extra food among the small fish and marine animals which clustered near the larger items of rubbish.
▪ Nearby is Sea World, the home of sea lions, killer whales and other marine animals which perform before entranced audiences.
▪ Many marine animals are poisonous, and you could receive a nasty sting - or worse.
▪ He worked with others for a strong resolution against cruelty to marine animals, but with only modest success.
▪ This versatile pump spray treats stings from insects, plantlife and marine animals.
aquarium
▪ Let's continue this look at the marine aquarium scene by looking at the latest thinking regarding the nutritional requirements of marine fish.
▪ Feeding and environment Many elements of marine aquarium care are interdependent and inexorably entwined.
▪ The genus as a whole shares its virtuous qualities with few others in the marine aquarium hobby.
biologist
▪ She had early ambitions to be a marine biologist, and always claimed that lack of formal educational opportunity prevented her.
▪ In the past few years, marine biologists have observed a jump in whale sightings in places not previously considered prime habitat.
▪ In another we see the same man, older, studiously working over a microscope as a marine biologist.
▪ Both started as marine biologists, and in Cambridge both worked on animals and plants.
creature
▪ Inevitably many marine creatures became extinct when their habitats were literally squeezed out of existence.
▪ The Yahgans used canoes to hunt marine creatures, their main source of food.
▪ The reef consists of 130 species of coral and supports over 300 species of fish as well as other assorted marine creatures.
▪ To some extent they are, and some marine creatures treat the whole maritime world as their oyster.
ecosystem
▪ Most threatening of these for the marine ecosystem is the exposure to increased ultra-violet radiation through the depletion of the ozone layer.
▪ Other members of marine ecosystems have also died as a result of red-tide blooms.
environment
▪ Scientists warned hunters not to kill other sharks indiscriminately, saying the creatures were crucial to the marine environment.
▪ Ash rings are characteristic of submarine eruptions, but they are by no means confined to marine environments.
▪ Meanwhile, the situation in the marine environment around Shetland is changing.
▪ These vacuum cleaners of the sea are vital in preventing fouling of the marine environment.
▪ Meanwhile tourism and fishing have wreaked havoc with the marine environment.
▪ Again, then, we see the patchiness of the marine environment, both in space and time.
erosion
▪ Coasts shaped by marine erosion. 2.
▪ A series of such oscillations, aided perhaps by marine erosion, is probably an important cause of island formation.
▪ A second contrast between subaerial and marine erosion is to be found in the relative importance of erosion and deposition.
▪ Thus the coastline receives not only the products of marine erosion but also the waste derived from subaerial erosion.
▪ Finally, it must be pointed out that the recession of a coastline is not merely the result of marine erosion.
fish
▪ Feeding techniques: fish Most marine fish feed continuously during their active period.
▪ Angel and butterflyfish are some of the most beautiful marine fish they hobbyist is ever likely to keep.
▪ Let's continue this look at the marine aquarium scene by looking at the latest thinking regarding the nutritional requirements of marine fish.
▪ Tropical marine invertebrates, unlike marine fish which are notoriously difficult to successfully breed in captivity, are far more accommodating.
▪ Arius are brackish water to marine fish, which means a tank especially for them.
▪ Paul lives in a tiny bungalow, and had kept marine fish in a four foot tank for several years.
▪ Good for beginners Q. Which marine fish would you recommend for the beginner?
▪ Members of the Monodactylidae family are marine fish that spend a portion of their lives in fresh or brackish water.
fishes
▪ Helminth communities in marine fishes - John C Homes.
▪ Benedenia attacks the eyes and body of most marine fishes, although many are immune.
▪ As the marine hobby blossomed the demand for good frozen food designed for marine fishes and invertebrates increased tremendously.
▪ Generally speaking, fewer marine fishes than freshwater fishes can be kept in the same volume of water.
▪ For one thing, marine fishes are usually larger than the freshwater tropicals kept in home aquariums.
▪ The extent to which certain species of marine fishes may be tamed was published some time ago in a popular weekly magazine.
▪ In nature, butterflyfishes are constantly nibbling and picking for food, as are many other small marine fishes.
▪ It is reported that fresh garden lettuce and canned spinach are relished by marine fishes.
insurance
▪ Our marine insurance covers such damage or loss after the first £320.
▪ Weather and subsidence claims were lower, motor and marine insurance results improved and only industrial disease claims required higher provisions.
▪ Mr Fox had become a millionaire through his marine insurance company in Liverpool.
invertebrates
▪ Saved for the table For many marine invertebrates mass reproduction and large members of offspring are essential to their survival.
▪ Corals, like the majority of marine invertebrates can also reproduce sexually by releasing eggs and sperm.
▪ Tropical marine invertebrates, unlike marine fish which are notoriously difficult to successfully breed in captivity, are far more accommodating.
▪ Other descendants of the marine invertebrates have also left the water.
▪ Fishes, however, do have a highly developed sense of smell, as do many marine invertebrates.
life
▪ Not everything that is naturally occurring in sea water is necessary or beneficial to marine life.
▪ Under pressure, power projects threatening water quality and marine life were halted.
▪ To say marine life is abundant is to be guilty of a gross understatement.
▪ They munch native marine life, mow down food supplies and occupy territory, Carlton said.
▪ Despite the Gulfs long history of oil pollution, little research has been done on the long-term impact on marine life there.
▪ The sun came out, and Hsu Fu ploughed merrily across the Kuroshio which was rich with marine life.
▪ A level of three million algae to a litre of water is fatal to marine life.
▪ As it becomes concentrated, the waste becomes even more threatening to marine life.
mammal
▪ It had previously been thought that pollution posed the greatest threat to inshore marine mammals.
▪ The state of California includes among its natural endowments an unusual variety of valuable marine mammals.
▪ The Anisakidae are ascaridoids whose adults are parasitic in a wide rage of animals, including marine mammals and birds.
▪ An estimated 145, 000 of the marine mammals live off the California coast.
▪ Section 22 of the Act provided for the establishment of marine mammal sanctuaries.
▪ What happens to a large fish or a marine mammal when it dies?
▪ It covers fisheries, marine mammals and other resources within EEZs, providing for stocks that are shared by neighbouring states.
▪ But the powerful resonance of a marine mammal exhaling through its blowhole again reaches my ears.
organism
▪ Most species of marine organism live on the continental shelf.
▪ Occasionally the silica-rich skeletal remains of single-celled marine organisms, diatoms, and of sponges occur in pottery.
▪ Climate can affect marine organisms directly, through temperature intolerance, and indirectly, through affecting food resources.
▪ They are also a severe threat to other species, particularly marine organisms.
▪ Unlike shallow-water wrecks, which are rotted by marine organisms and turbulence, deep water finds should be well preserved.
pollution
▪ In a report on marine pollution, the organization states that 12,000 pipes have been licensed to discharge industrial effluent.
▪ We are all familiar with news items concerning marine pollution due to oil spills.
▪ It produced a 13-point action plan to reduce the risk of marine pollution.
▪ The main topics were environmental management and marine pollution.
▪ Researchers who want to register innovations in fighting marine pollution are directed by the environment ministry to Cedre.
▪ Acid rain and marine pollution hurt neighbouring countries; ozone depletion and global warming threaten the entire planet.
sediments
▪ In marine sediments and faeces, sulphate reducing bacteria outcompete methanogenic bacteria because of their higher affinity for such substrates.
▪ In shallow marine sediments from anywhere on the present Earth one might expect to find the skeletal remains and teeth of sharks.
▪ The sediments of the old lobe will be attacked, destroyed and incorporated in marine sediments.
tank
▪ Losses are not normal Please would you advise me regarding my marine tank, which is fairly new.
▪ This means there may be traces of metal in it and caution is advised before using it in marine tanks.
▪ Simply keep them in a separate freshwater container and add to the marine tank as necessary for food.
▪ If this is your first marine tank, I would not consider sensitive butterfly fish, or coral invertebrates.
▪ Overtime and maintenance work on a marine tank in a Newmarket department store helps to finance Paul's hobby.
▪ Native marines in Lancashire I should like to hear from anyone who has set up a coldwater marine tank in this area.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Marine Corps
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A marine regiment was equipped with plasma cannon, and the marine battle armour was proof against most weapons.
▪ All of them were marine and all of them are extinct.
▪ Coasts shaped by marine erosion. 2.
▪ During the 1950s further work on marine guidance was adapted for use in ballistic missiles.
▪ In shallow marine sediments from anywhere on the present Earth one might expect to find the skeletal remains and teeth of sharks.
▪ Let's continue this look at the marine aquarium scene by looking at the latest thinking regarding the nutritional requirements of marine fish.
▪ Pearls Of the two main sources of pearls those from marine molluscs have always been preferred to those from freshwater.
▪ Probably the seabirds found extra food among the small fish and marine animals which clustered near the larger items of rubbish.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marine

Marine \Ma*rine"\, n. [F. marin a sea solider, marine naval economy, a marine picture, fr. L. marinus. See Marine, a.]

  1. A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.

  2. Specifically: A member of the United States Marine Corps, or a similar foreign military force.

  3. The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.

  4. A picture representing some marine subject.

    Tell that to the marines, an expression of disbelief, the marines being regarded by sailors as credulous. [Colloq.]

Marine

Marine \Ma*rine"\, a. [L. marinus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. marin. See Mere a pool.]

  1. Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.

  2. (Geol.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.

    Marine acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. [Obs.]

    Marine barometer. See under Barometer.

    Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and musicants of marines.

    Marine engine (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a vessel.

    Marine glue. See under Glue.

    Marine insurance, insurance against the perils of the sea, including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.

    Marine interest, interest at any rate agreed on for money lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.

    Marine law. See under Law.

    Marine league, three geographical miles.

    Marine metal, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made for sheathing ships.
    --Mc Elrath.

    Marine soap, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.

    Marine store, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
marine

early 15c., "pertaining to the sea," from Middle French marin, from Old French marin "of the sea, maritime," from Latin marinus "of the sea," from mare "sea, the sea, seawater," from PIE *mori- "body of water, lake" (see mere (n.)). The Old English word was sælic.

marine

14c., "seacoast;" see marine (adj.). Meaning "collective shipping of a country" is from 1660s. Meaning "soldier who serves on a ship" is from 1670s, a separate borrowing from French marine, from the French adjective. Phrase tell that to the marines (1806) originally was the first half of a retort expressing skepticism:\n\n"Upon my soul, sir," answered the lieutenant, "when I thought she scorned my passion, I wept like a child."\n

\n"Belay there!" cried the captain; "you may tell that to the marines, but I'll be d
----d if the sailors will believe it."

["John Moore," "The Post-Captain; or, the Wooden Walls Well Manned," 1805]

\nThe book, a rollicking sea romance/adventure novel, was popular in its day and the remark is a recurring punch line in it (repeated at least four times). It was written by naval veteran John Davis (1774-1854) but published under the name John Moore. Walsh records that, "The marines are among the 'jolly' jack-tars a proverbially gullible lot, capable of swallowing any yarn, in size varying from a yawl-boat to a full-rigged frigate."\n
Wiktionary
marine

a. Of, or pertaining to, the sea (marine ''biology'', marine ''insurance''.) n. 1 (cx military nautical English) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship 2 (sense: capitalised in the plural) A marine corps. 3 A painting representing some marine subject.

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WordNet
marine

  1. adj. of or relating to the sea; "marine explorations"

  2. relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance" [syn: nautical, maritime]

  3. of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps); "marine barracks"

  4. native to or inhabiting the sea; "marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales"

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Gazetteer
Marine, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 910
Housing Units (2000): 380
Land area (2000): 0.760666 sq. miles (1.970117 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.018855 sq. miles (0.048834 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.779521 sq. miles (2.018951 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46864
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.787365 N, 89.778135 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62061
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Marine, IL
Marine
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Wikipedia
Marine (ocean)

Marine is an adjective for things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology. As a noun it can be a term for a kind of navy, those enlisted in such a navy, or members of troops attached to a navy, e.g. the United States Marine Corps.

In scientific contexts, the term almost always refers exclusively to saltwater environments, although in other contexts (e.g., engineering) it may refer to any (usually navigable) body of water.

Marine (book)

Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit is a 1996 book written by Tom Clancy about the inner workings of a Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marine

Marine is an adjective that means of, or pertaining to, the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology. In scientific contexts, marine almost always refers to seawater environments. In other contexts (e.g., engineering) it may refer to any navigable body of water.

Marine or marines may also refer to:

Marine (given name)

Marine can be used as a first name, usually female. It may refer to:

  • Marine Cano (born 1954), American soccer player
  • Marine Debauve (born 1980), French gymnast
  • Marine Delterme (born 1970), French actress and artist
  • Marine Hedge, American murder victim of serial killer Dennis Rader, the BTK Strangler
  • Marine Jahan (born 1959), French actress
  • Marine Joatton (born 1972), French sculptor and painter
  • Marine Karapetyan (born 1991), Armenian soccer player
  • Marine Le Pen (born 1968), French politician, daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen
  • Marine Lorphelin (born 1993), French actress and model
  • Marine Vacth (born 1991), French actress and model
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Usage examples of "marine".

North America, and there discover a series of analogous phenomena, it will appear certain that all these modifications of species, their extinction, and the introduction of new ones, cannot be owing to mere changes in marine currents or other causes more or less local and temporary, but depend on general laws which govern the whole animal kingdom.

The Marines were spread out more than the ambushers, and covered two-thirds of the length of the ambush.

Captain Bullen, in a few simple, well-chosen words that had carried far and clear over the sunlit waters of Kingston harbour, had told the authorities that if the United States Navy proposed, in broad daylight, to board a British mercantile marine vessel in a British harbour, then they were welcome to try.

Mayor Joe Carollo has grandiose dreams for reviving the bayfront lagoon area by the Marine Stadium: hotels, restaurants, shops and a Jet Ski extravaganza that would bring needed lease revenues to City Hall.

What Terra and Firma told us is true, and they were among the biggest marine traders in the world.

He not only refused to resume work on the hydropower construction, he ordered all technicians and marines to remain at NEd.

The Marines of first squad and the gun team adjusted their helmet screens so one man in each team was using his infra, one his magnifier, and one his light gatherer.

Or had Dysart felt some measure of guilt for recommending him to Mallender Marine in the first place?

There was great fanfare and celebration on the day the Marmor Deep-Sea Aquarium was officially opened to the public at a site adjoining the Marmor Marine Laboratory.

She and Bailey were busy loading a vacuum dishwasher with dirty metalware, having been assigned to assist the burly Marine cook who headed the commissary department.

Marines had had their minnies examine were little more than false fronts, hiding amphibious vehicles.

Valenciennes, there is hardly a single group of fishes confined exclusively to fresh water, so that we may imagine that a marine member of a fresh-water group might travel far along the shores of the sea, and subsequently become modified and adapted to the fresh waters of a distant land.

Melville had thought so at the time, but now here he was, stranded on a distant planet with a mad dwarven marine sergeant, a monkish purser, a beautiful elven surgeon, and a crew of stranded sailors, surrounded by dead aliens.

Her belly is a mounded salt lick, rising from the weedy tangle of her pubic hair, a marine jungle in and out of which flit tiny blennies.

Crikswich, by outbidding him at the auction for the sale of Marine Parade and Belle Vue Terrace, Van Diemen ran the houses up at the auction, and ultimately had Belle Vue knocked down to him.