navy Definition
navy (nā′vē)
noun pl. -·vies
- Archaic a fleet of ships
- all the warships of a nation
- the entire military sea force of a nation, including vessels, officers, men, stores, yards, etc.
- the governmental department in charge of this
- navy blue
Etymology: ME navie < OFr < VL *navia < L navis, a ship < IE base *nāus, boat (prob. dugout) > Sans nuh, boat, Gr naus, ship, ON nōr, ship
navy Synonyms
navy
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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.

