'Navy' definitions:
Definition of 'navy'
(from WordNet)
noun
An organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare [syn: navy, naval forces]
noun
noun
The navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces [syn: United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy]
Definition of 'Navy'
From: GCIDE
- Navy \Na"vy\, a. Having a color of navy blue. [PJC]
Definition of 'Navy'
From: GCIDE
- Navy \Na"vy\; n.; pl. Navies. [ OF. navie, fr. L. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The officers and men attached to the war vessels of a nation; as, he belongs to the navy. [1913 Webster]
- 4. same as navy blue. [PJC]
- Navy bean. see Bean.
- Navy yard, a place set apart as a shore station for the use of the navy. It often contains all the mechanical and other appliences for building and equipping war vessels and training their crews. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'navy'
From: GCIDE
- Navy blue \Na"vy blue`\, n.
- 1. A dark grayish blue. Also called navy. [PJC]
- 2. Prussian blue. [archaic] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'navy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- argosy,
- armada,
- bottoms,
- cavendish,
- chaw,
- chew,
- chewing tobacco,
- coast guard,
- cud,
- cut plug,
- division,
- eating tobacco,
- escadrille,
- fid,
- fleet,
- flotilla,
- line,
- marine,
- merchant fleet,
- merchant marine,
- merchant navy,
- mosquito fleet,
- Naval Construction Battalion,
- naval forces,
- naval militia,
- naval reserve,
- navy plug,
- pigtail,
- quid,
- RN,
- Royal Navy,
- Seabees,
- shipping,
- ships,
- squadron,
- task force,
- task group,
- tobacco juice,
- tonnage,
- twist,
- United States Navy,
- USN,
- whaling fleet