Ocean -
n. 1 a a large expanse of sea, esp.
each of the main areas called the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic
Oceans. b these regarded cumulatively as the body of water surrounding the land of the globe.
2 (usu. prec. by the) the sea.
3 (often in pl.) a very
large expanse or quantity of anything (
oceans of time).
ocean-going (of a ship) able to cross oceans. ocean tramp a merchant ship, esp. a steamer, running on no regular line or route.
oceanward adv. (also -wards). [ME f. OF occean f. L oceanus f. Gk okeanos stream encircling the earth's disc, Atlantic]
