Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ocean"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ocean \O"cean\, n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.? ocean, in
Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.]
1. 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}.
Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the
thought of other years. --Longfellow.
2. 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.
3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
ocean of affairs. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ocean \O"cean\, a.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean
waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ocean
n 1: a large body of water constituting a principal part of the
hydrosphere
2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn: {sea}]
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