ocean

n. பெருங்கடல், சமுத்திரம், நிலவுலகு புடைசூழ்ந்த நெடுநீர்ப்பரப்பு, ஆழி, நிலவுலகம் சூழ்ந்த, நெடுநீர்ப்பரப்பின் நெருங்கூறு, பெரிய அளவுடையது, பெரும் பரப்புடையது.

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O"cean, n. Etym: [F. océan, L. oceanus, Gr. 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. O"cean, a. Defn: Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream. Milton.

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