Look up: navy

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   navy
   [n] - an organization of military naval forces
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   navy
   Fleet of ships, usually a nation's warships and the organization to maintain them. In the early 1990s, the UK had a force of small carriers, destroyers, frigates, and submarines. ...
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   navy
   The Roman Navy was always considered an inferior arm and was strictly under army control. The Romans were no sailors and most certainly did not feel at home on water. For a long time they used foreign ships sailed by foreigners to provide them with ships. They had no knowledge of ship building. Their ships were in fact built copying the example of ...
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   navy
   a variable color averaging a grayish purplish blue that is duller and slightly bluer than average delft... Category: The chemical industry
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   Navy
   Na'vy ; noun ; plural Navies . [ Old French navie , from Latin navis ship. See Nave of a church.] 1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. 'The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir.' 1 kings x. 11. 2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collect ...
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   navy
   naval forces noun an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
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   Navy
   A `navy` is the branch of a country's military forces principally designated for naval warfare and amphibious warfare (marines) namely lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes operations conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields; recent developments have included space related operations. The strategic o...
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   Navy
   • (n.) The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy. • (n.) The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy. • (n.) A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. • (n.) The whole of the war ves...
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   navy
   a nation`s warships and craft of every kind maintained for fighting on, under, or over the sea. A large modern navy includes aircraft carriers, ... [1 related articles]
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    navy
    navy, originally, all ships of a nation, whether for war or commerce; the term navy now designates only such vessels as are built and maintained specifically for war. There have been three major developments in naval vessels. From ancient times to the late 16th cent., navies consisted mostly of gall...
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