Continent

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.
  • noun. That which contains or comprises; a container or holder.
  • noun. That which is contained or comprised; contents; the amount held or that can be held, as by a vessel.
  • noun. In physical geography, one of the largest landmasses of the globe.
  • noun. [capitalized] In a special sense, in English literature, the mainland of Europe, as distinguished from the British islands: as, to travel on the Continent.
  • noun. Land in a general sense, as distinguished from water; terra firma.
  • noun. [capitalized] Same as Encratite.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which contains anything; a receptacle.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. the main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England.
  • adjective. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
  • adjective. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
  • adjective. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
  • adjective. Not interrupted; connected; continuous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions.
  • noun. Land (as opposed to the water).
  • noun. A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.
  • noun. 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.
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  • adjective. having control over urination and defecation
  • noun. the European mainland
  • adjective. abstaining from sexual intercourse
  • noun. one of the large landmasses of the earth
  • Word Usage
    "Mark, the antarctic continent is permanently below freezing, meaning the ice balance *in the continent* is primarily responsive to precipitation and ice flow rates rather than directly to temps."
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