Continent

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Continent \Con"ti*nent\, n. [L. continens, prop., a holding
     together: cf. F. continent. See {Continent}, a.]
     1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
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              The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. --Bp.


                                                    Kennet.
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     2. 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.
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     Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in
           number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia,
           Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land
           are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic
           continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia,
           and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern
           Continent, and North and South America as the Western
           Continent.
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     {The Continent}, the main land of Europe, as distinguished
        from the islands, especially from England.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Continent \Con"ti*nent\, a. [L. continens, -entis, prop., p. pr.
     of continere to hold together, to repress: cf. F. continent.
     See {Contain}.]
     1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
        [Obs.] --Shak.
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     2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or
        passions; temperate; moderate.
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              Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his
              rage goes slower. --Shak.
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     3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint
        upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit
        sexual intercourse; chaste.
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              My past life
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              Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
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              As I am now unhappy. --Shak.
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     4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent
        fever. [Obs.]
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              The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with
              the west side of America, yet certainly it is the
              least disoined by sea of all that coast.
                                                    --Berrewood.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Encratite \En"cra*tite\, n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. ?
     self-disciplined; ? in + ? strength.] (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage,
     wine, and animal food; -- called also {Continent}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  continent
       adj 1: having control over urination and defecation [ant: {incontinent}]
       2: abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn:
           {celibate}]
       n 1: one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven
            continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on
            foot"
       2: the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the
          Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "continent":
     Africa, America, Antipodes, Apostolic, Asia, Asia Major,
     Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Encratic,
     Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Lenten, Levant, Middle East, Near East,
     New World, Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, Platonic,
     Pythagorean, Rechabite, Shaker, Spartan, Stoic, West,
     Western Hemisphere, abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic,
     bridled, celibate, chaste, curbed, down under, eastland,
     fruitarian, inhibited, intact, landmass, maidenly, nephalistic,
     on the wagon, pure, restrained, sexually abstinent, sober,
     sworn off, teetotal, temperate, the old country, vegetarian,
     vestal, virgin, virginal