CONTINENT
\kˈɒntɪnənt], \kˈɒntɪnənt], \k_ˈɒ_n_t_ɪ_n_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of CONTINENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
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one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
By Princeton University
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abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
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one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
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Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
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Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
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Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
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That which contains anything; a receptacle.
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One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
By Oddity Software
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Temperate; exercising self-control.
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A large division of land; as, the continent of North America; mainland: Continent, the mainland of Europe.
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Continently.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Continently.
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A large extent of land not broken up by seas: the mainland of Europe: one of the great divisions of the land surface of the globe.
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CONTINENTAL.
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Holding in or restraining the indulgence of pleasure, especially of sexual enjoyment: temperate: virtuous.
By Daniel Lyons
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Continently.
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CONTINENTAL.
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Self - restrained; abstinent; chaste.
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One of the great bodies of land on the globe.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Robley Dunglison
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