Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun All of a nation's warships.
- noun A nation's entire military organization for sea warfare and defense, including vessels, personnel, and shore establishments.
- noun A group of ships; a fleet.
- noun Navy blue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
navvy . - noun A ship.
- noun A company of ships; a fleet.
- noun All the ships belonging to a country, collectively; in a wide sense, the ships, their officers and crew and equipment, and the department of the government charged with their management and control.
- noun The men who man a navy or fleet; the officers and men of the military marine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.
- noun The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively.
- noun The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation.
- noun same as
navy blue . - noun see
Bean . - noun a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews.
- adjective Having a color of navy blue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A country's entire sea force, including
ships andpersonnel . - noun A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force.
- noun A dark
blue colour , usually callednavy blue . - adjective Having the dark blue colour of
navy blue . - adjective Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dark shade of blue
- noun an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
- noun the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Associated Press/Mexico's Secretary Navy In this image released by Mexico's navy, sailors guard weapons seized after a battle between the navy and drug cartel gunmen following the killing of 72 migrants in San Fernando, eastern Mexico, Aug. 24.
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On Navy Day July 27, 2008 the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky spoke of a revival of Russian naval power over the next decade and declared that the navy would add six carrier battle groups to its complement of warships.
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Right now our navy is the smallest it has been since the beginning of World War 1.
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But she is clearly bitter about what she calls the navy's "" betrayal. ''
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A predecessor of mine in the office of Chief Justice, the late John R. Cartwright, was fond of saying that the Supreme Court like the navy is a silent service.
What Everyone Should Know about the Supreme Court of Canada 1981
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That is exactly what the men in navy services have always done, and what they did before the war, when those songs were written; what the navy is always doing more than anybody else, because nobody can say that any human being is really at home on the sea.
Songs of the Fleet 1923
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I am not a naval man, but these are not questions for Canada to blink; they should be faced, and they point to this, that for the security of the territorial waters of Canada, a Canadian navy is required, that is, a navy whose primary duty is to defend her waters, although if circumstances permit, it can be employed on any sea for the maintenance of the Empire.
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Peter Sumaruck II 2010
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What our army and navy is was splendidly demonstrated when our bluejackets marched aboard their ships before our drawn-up soldiers while Admiral Fletcher transferred the command of Vera Cruz to General Funston.
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Two men climbed out, both wearing the company coveralls in navy blue — third shift navy blue.
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