ocean

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) of modern usage.
  2. Noun.  (countable) One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.
  4. Noun.  (figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.

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