Navy
noun
A country's entire military organization for sea warfare and defense.
He joined the navy to fight for his country at sea.
Often appears as...
- join the navy
- navy ship
noun
A dark shade of blue, like the color of the sea.
He wore a navy blue suit to the meeting.
Often appears as...
- navy blue
- navy suit
noun
A group of ships.
A navy of ships was seen on the horizon.
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Literary
noun
A type of bean that is white and usually eaten as a vegetable.
Navy beans are often used in making baked beans.
Often appears as...
- navy bean soup
- canned navy beans
noun
A country's entire military organization for sea warfare and defense.
He joined the navy to fight for his country at sea.
Often appears as...
- join the navy
- navy ship
noun
A dark shade of blue, like the color of the sea.
He wore a navy blue suit to the meeting.
Often appears as...
- navy blue
- navy suit
noun
A group of ships.
A navy of ships was seen on the horizon.
Usage tips
Literary
noun
A type of bean that is white and usually eaten as a vegetable.
Navy beans are often used in making baked beans.
Often appears as...
- navy bean soup
- canned navy beans
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Naval Hierarchy
The navy has ranks like admiral and captain, showing its structured leadership.
His dream is to become a navy captain.
Pro Tip 2/3Service Commitment
Joining the navy often involves a long-term service commitment.
After college, she'll commit to the navy for four years.
Pro Tip 3/3Naval Operations
The navy may undertake various operations like patrols, combat, and rescue missions.
The navy's primary mission is to secure our territorial waters.
Pro Tip 1/3Naval Hierarchy
The navy has ranks like admiral and captain, showing its structured leadership.
His dream is to become a navy captain.
Pro Tip 2/3Service Commitment
Joining the navy often involves a long-term service commitment.
After college, she'll commit to the navy for four years.
Pro Tip 3/3Naval Operations
The navy may undertake various operations like patrols, combat, and rescue missions.
The navy's primary mission is to secure our territorial waters.
Pro Tip 1/3Naval Hierarchy
The navy has ranks like admiral and captain, showing its structured leadership.
His dream is to become a navy captain.
Pro Tip 2/3Service Commitment
Joining the navy often involves a long-term service commitment.
After college, she'll commit to the navy for four years.
Pro Tip 3/3Naval Operations
The navy may undertake various operations like patrols, combat, and rescue missions.
The navy's primary mission is to secure our territorial waters.
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Legends of Kingfishers,...
yeah so kingfishers aren't at you know they're they're not pigmented blue so they're an almost electric blue so they go from you know from black to green to turquoise to navy depending on how the light's hitting them and charlie could watch them from a riverbank in bristol england until the rest of the world seemed to
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Frank Drake’s Cosmic...
that thrill propelled frank forward a stint in the navy graduate school at harvard and then on to begin his career in astronomy to pursue the question that had driven him since childhood evidence for life in the universe would be found observing the planets of the solar system and that's really been his focus ever
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Millennials are the...
setting those long thoughtful showers take instead what we like to call it navy showers and save a shower thoughts for another time I know if you don't take those long showers you won't be able to develop your scientific breakthroughs and answers to the meaning of life but also keep in mind that the
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4 ways we can avoid a...
For those of us who are fortunate enough to live in one of the world's great cities, we've never truly experienced the effects of a catastrophic drought. We like to complain about the navy showers we have to take. We like our neighbors to see our dirty cars and our brown lawns.
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The Surprising...
pole the cold war scramble has the u.s looking for every available advantage the military is pouring funding into science like never before they're even looking at the animal world which brings us to the sharks the navy is making a big effort to understand more about these
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Saving an Iconic Bird of...
was a fallen outlet so it had prematurely left the nest box was then brought to us and we've spent now about five weeks increasing its body weight and it's been in the navy so it can learn and strengthen it it's flying and now it's ready to go back into the wild
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The history of the Cuban...
from a U.S. Navy vessel trying to signal it to come up. The commanders on the sub, too deep to communicate with the surface, thought war had begun and prepared to launch a nuclear torpedo. That decision had to be made unanimously by three officers.
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How conscious investors...
and it wasn't until the navy officers drew their weapons that they called off the operation. That's what I call turning up the heat. Now, you may say Paul lost the battle. And I'll say, Paul won the war, because Paul didn't get paid one time,
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The Gateway to Secret...
surface down to divers the problem is when oxygen gets deep enough it becomes toxic and it then can cause convulsions and death while in the french navy cousteau went deep underwater with that dangerous straight oxygen
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Thomas Barnett:...
Security has meant everything else. Written into our constitution, two different forces, two different functions. Raise an army when you need it, and maintain a navy for day-to-day connectivity.
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Legends of Kingfishers,...
yeah so kingfishers aren't at you know they're they're not pigmented blue so they're an almost electric blue so they go from you know from black to green to turquoise to navy depending on how the light's hitting them and charlie could watch them from a riverbank in bristol england until the rest of the world seemed to
Video examples
Frank Drake’s Cosmic...
that thrill propelled frank forward a stint in the navy graduate school at harvard and then on to begin his career in astronomy to pursue the question that had driven him since childhood evidence for life in the universe would be found observing the planets of the solar system and that's really been his focus ever
Video examples
Millennials are the...
setting those long thoughtful showers take instead what we like to call it navy showers and save a shower thoughts for another time I know if you don't take those long showers you won't be able to develop your scientific breakthroughs and answers to the meaning of life but also keep in mind that the
Video examples
4 ways we can avoid a...
For those of us who are fortunate enough to live in one of the world's great cities, we've never truly experienced the effects of a catastrophic drought. We like to complain about the navy showers we have to take. We like our neighbors to see our dirty cars and our brown lawns.
Video examples
The Surprising...
pole the cold war scramble has the u.s looking for every available advantage the military is pouring funding into science like never before they're even looking at the animal world which brings us to the sharks the navy is making a big effort to understand more about these
Video examples
Saving an Iconic Bird of...
was a fallen outlet so it had prematurely left the nest box was then brought to us and we've spent now about five weeks increasing its body weight and it's been in the navy so it can learn and strengthen it it's flying and now it's ready to go back into the wild
Video examples
The history of the Cuban...
from a U.S. Navy vessel trying to signal it to come up. The commanders on the sub, too deep to communicate with the surface, thought war had begun and prepared to launch a nuclear torpedo. That decision had to be made unanimously by three officers.
Video examples
How conscious investors...
and it wasn't until the navy officers drew their weapons that they called off the operation. That's what I call turning up the heat. Now, you may say Paul lost the battle. And I'll say, Paul won the war, because Paul didn't get paid one time,
Video examples
The Gateway to Secret...
surface down to divers the problem is when oxygen gets deep enough it becomes toxic and it then can cause convulsions and death while in the french navy cousteau went deep underwater with that dangerous straight oxygen
Video examples
Thomas Barnett:...
Security has meant everything else. Written into our constitution, two different forces, two different functions. Raise an army when you need it, and maintain a navy for day-to-day connectivity.
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Arjun Rampal
Indian Actor
As a child, I had no idea that I would end up in the film industry. My ambitions changed from wanting to join the army like my grandfather to taking up merchant navy as a career to running for India, and finally, investment banking while I was a student of economics honour. But during my college days, I began to get offers for modelling.
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John Paul Jones
American Soldier
I propose not our enemies as an example for our general imitation, yet, as their navy is the best regulated of any in the world, we must, in some degree, imitate them and aim at such farther improvement as may one day make ours vie with - and exceed - theirs.
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Graham Elliot
American Chef
I think that for me, growing up, my dad was in the Navy; we went all over the world. I love things the weirder the better. The idea I could eat things like snails or frogs legs or things like that was mind-blowingly cool.
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Mikie Sherrill
American Politician
As a former officer in the U.S. Navy, I understand the importance of a strong national defense and our enduring obligations to all the women and men who serve in uniform to secure our freedom.
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A. James Clark
American Businessman
I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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Jennifer Morrison
American Actress
I'm trying to incorporate colour into my life. Until recently, everything in my closet was black, white, grey, navy or olive.
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Bertrand Piccard
Swiss Psychologist
When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S. Navy.
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Chris Gardner
American Businessman
I had spent years in the United States military. Specifically in the U.S. Navy.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The United States has the largest and best navy in the world.
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Diana Vreeland
American Editor
Pink is the navy blue of India.
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Arjun Rampal
Indian Actor
As a child, I had no idea that I would end up in the film industry. My ambitions changed from wanting to join the army like my grandfather to taking up merchant navy as a career to running for India, and finally, investment banking while I was a student of economics honour. But during my college days, I began to get offers for modelling.
Quote examples
John Paul Jones
American Soldier
I propose not our enemies as an example for our general imitation, yet, as their navy is the best regulated of any in the world, we must, in some degree, imitate them and aim at such farther improvement as may one day make ours vie with - and exceed - theirs.
Quote examples
Graham Elliot
American Chef
I think that for me, growing up, my dad was in the Navy; we went all over the world. I love things the weirder the better. The idea I could eat things like snails or frogs legs or things like that was mind-blowingly cool.
Quote examples
Mikie Sherrill
American Politician
As a former officer in the U.S. Navy, I understand the importance of a strong national defense and our enduring obligations to all the women and men who serve in uniform to secure our freedom.
Quote examples
A. James Clark
American Businessman
I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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Jennifer Morrison
American Actress
I'm trying to incorporate colour into my life. Until recently, everything in my closet was black, white, grey, navy or olive.
Quote examples
Bertrand Piccard
Swiss Psychologist
When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S. Navy.
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Chris Gardner
American Businessman
I had spent years in the United States military. Specifically in the U.S. Navy.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The United States has the largest and best navy in the world.
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Diana Vreeland
American Editor
Pink is the navy blue of India.
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