meaning of continent

1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
2.
Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
3.
Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp. , abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
4.
Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
5.
That which contains anything; a receptacle.
6.
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.
7.
the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldnt like to live ">there"


Related Words

continent | continent-wide | continental | continental army | continental breakfast | continental congress | continental divide | continental drift | continental glacier | continental plan | continental quilt | continental shelf | continental slope | continently |

Developed & Maintained By Taraprasad.com

Treasure Words