Definition: 1. Of or relating to the sea. 2. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. 3. Of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps). 4. Native to or inhabiting the sea.
Use 'marine' in a sentence:
1. The Marines went into action before dawn.
2. That's the highest percentage of an exclusive economic zone devoted to marine conservation by any country in the world.
3. Indeed, unaltered shells of marine invertebrates are known from deposits over 100 million years old.
4. The phosphate was deposited by the decay of marine microorganisms.
5. Marine life was discovered at depths previously thought to be azoic.
6. These natural salt marshes are among the most productive habitats in the marine environment.
7. The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag.
8. The Pacific island nation of Palau has become home to the sixth largest marine sanctuary in the world.
9. Marine biologists are calling for Cardigan Bay to be created a marine nature reserve to protect the dolphins.
10. One lesson is to avoid unbalancing the marine environment.
11. I am supposed to pick up a packet from the regional center for marine research.
12. The Pacific island nation of Palau has become home to the sixth largest marine world.
13. At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms called phytoplankton.
14. They believe the data support an idea current among marine biologists, that of the "shifting baseline".
15. The sinking of the tanker has made aspects of marine pollution particularly topical.
16. The new marine reserve, now the largest in the Pacific, will permit no fishing or mining.
17. A sea kayaker navigates the rocks around Flowerpot Island in Ontario's Fathom Five National Marine Park.
18. It could pose a threat to other marine species.
19. Coral reefs are one of the most fragile, biologically complex, and diverse marine ecosystems on Earth.
20. Marine construction technology like this is very complex, somewhat analogous to trying to build a bridge under water.
21. Canadians seek enlistment in the US Marines because they don't see as much opportunity in the Canadian armed forces.
22. This division set the stage for allopatric speciation among populations of fishes and other marine species.
23. It is home to one of the world's finest marine ecosystems, with more than 1,300 species of fish and 700 species of coral.
24. Actually, a lot of marine organisms have this ability, especially in deeper parts of the ocean.
25. It will not improve the marine reserves along Australia's coast.
26. The Marines landed on the small island.
27. For example, dolphins, as well as other marine animals, shut down one hemisphere of the brain when they go to sleep.
28. Extinct but already fully marine cetaceans are known from the fossil record.
29. Basilosaurus was undoubtedly a fully marine whale with possibly nonfunctional, or vestigial, hind legs.
30. The problem was not solved completely until the invention of the marine chronometer in the eighteenth century.
31. Sediment above and below the gypsum layer contained tiny marine fossils, indicating open-ocean conditions.
32. They replaced other minute organisms as a food source in the major marine food chain.
33. The Marines carried out a drill that included 18 ships and 90 aircraft.
34. It is unlikely that the marine industry will fare any better in September.
35. Thus, more of the heavy isotope is left behind in the ocean and absorbed by marine organisms.
36. Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.
37. He was a soldier of marine corps.
38. Listen to part of a lecture in a Marine Biology class.
39. It will result in the establishment of the world's largest marine reserve.
40. That's exactly what marine biologists have discovered the melon.
41. As the basin was refilled, normal marine organisms returned.
42. It is a tremendous joint effort to protect the range of marine habitats.
43. Petroleum, consisting of crude oil and natural gas, seems to originate from organic matter in marine sediment.
44. Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations.
45. Marines with rifles guarded them.
46. Two small Marine units have been trapped inside the city for the last 36 hours.
47. Marines went in, taking 15 prisoners.
48. Pollution is threatening marine life.
49. Pollution can harm marine life.
50. Marine mammals generally swim with the current.
51. The most effective new botanicals are extracts from cola nut and marine algae.
52. The marines went ashore as a spearhead this morning to capture key targets.
