Continent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the principal land masses of the earth, usually regarded as including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
  • n. The mainland of Europe. Used with the.
  • adj. Exercising continence.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Land (as opposed to the water).
  • n. A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.
  • n. Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelfs etc.
  • adj. Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
  • adj. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
  • adj. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
  • adj. Not interrupted; connected; continuous.
  • n. That which contains anything; a receptacle.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Restrained; moderate; temperate.
  • Moderate or abstinent in the indulgence of the sexual passion; maintaining continence; chaste.
  • Restraining; opposing.
  • Containing; being the container: with of.
  • Continuous; connected; not interrupted.
  • n. That which contains or comprises; a container or holder.
  • n. That which is contained or comprised; contents; the amount held or that can be held, as by a vessel.
  • n. In physical geography, one of the largest landmasses of the globe.
  • n. [capitalized] In a special sense, in English literature, the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British islands: as, to travel on the Continent.
  • n. Land in a general sense, as distinguished from water; terra firma.
  • n. [capitalized] Same as Encratite.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having control over urination and defecation
  • n. the European mainland
  • adj. abstaining from sexual intercourse
  • n. one of the large landmasses of the earth
  • Equivalent
    chaste   
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    mainland   
    Hyponym
    North America    Pangaea    Europe    Laurasia    America    South America    Antarctica    Eurasia    Oceania    Africa   
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    island    coast    planet    kingdom    territory    region    peninsula    colony    ocean    valley