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navy Definition

navy ()

noun pl. -·vies

  1. Archaic a fleet of ships
  2. all the warships of a nation
    1. the entire military sea force of a nation, including vessels, officers, men, stores, yards, etc.
    2. the governmental department in charge of this
  3. navy blue

Etymology: ME navie < OFr < VL *navia < L navis, a ship < IE base *nāus, boat (prob. dugout) > Sans nuh, boat, Gr naus, ship, ON nōr, ship

navy Synonyms

navy

n.

fleet, naval forces, squadron, flotilla, armada, task force, scouting force, submarine force, amphibious force, marine air arm, coast guard, first line of defense.

navy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • join: He says: ' I am proud of my country which is why I joined the navy.
  • wear: Jack was the laborer in the training school, he wore a navy blue boiler suit & supported West Brom.
  • enter: Suckling had his doubts about the wisdom of letting his nephew enter the navy.
  • build: He also carried on the work of his father in building an English navy.
  • leave: If he were to leave the navy he would take up politics.
  • maintain: There is also the maintaining the navy, building shipps, the wood of which Indeed is out of the King's fforest.

Adjective modifier

  • Mediterranean: A cruise flight jacket mediterranean navy us beach enjoyed either one of.
  • royal: This being the chief arsenal of the royal navy of Great-Britain.
  • German: These were the fastest vessels in the German navy.
  • Japanese: The prisoners remained perfectly calm as they listened to depth charges being dropped by the Japanese navy.
  • Russian: Chapter One Q. Where is the home of the Russian navy 's Baltic Fleet?
  • Dutch: But due to the success of the Dutch navy in the Pacific, tea became fashionable in the Dutch capital.

Modifies a noun

  • blazer: His first job interview saw him kitted out in a red tie, yellow & white striped shirt, navy blazer and gray slacks.
  • sweatshirt: White polo shirt with school badge and navy sweatshirt with school badge.
  • tracksuit: The five males are described as white, aged between 15 and 17, wearing blue navy tracksuit bottoms and tops.
  • trouser: Student Nurse: - Pale Blue dress / tunic with navy trousers.
  • polo: Plain navy polo shirt ( short sleeves ) or navy polo shirt with school logo.
  • warship: McClellan had planned to use navy warships to pound Yorktown into dust.

Preposition: during

war: The Merchant Seamen's War Extracts from Sons Of Empire concerning seamen in the merchant navy during world war II.

Noun used with modifier

merchant: The breadth of papers on the merchant navy pointed to the vitality of research on the topic.

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