is|land

is|land
is|land «Y luhnd», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a) a body of land surrounded by water, smaller than a continent: »

Cuba is a very large island. To reach the island you go on a boat or plane.

Abbr: I. b) something that suggests a piece of land surrounded by water. Platforms in the middle of crowded busy streets are called safety islands. c) Figurative: »

No nation can be an industrial island (Atlantic).

2. the superstructure, especially of a battleship or aircraft carrier.
3. a) a piece of woodland surrounded by prairie. b) an elevated piece of land surrounded by marshes, swamps, or the like.
4. Anatomy. a group of cells different in structure or function from those around it.
5. a local, minor civil division in Maine.
6. a large platform built over the ocean by means of caissons for use as a military base or scientific station.
–v.t.
1. to make into an island or something resembling an island; isolate: »

A thousand streamlets…islanding A thousand rocks (Robert Southey).

2. to dot with or as if with islands: »

The waveless plain of Lombardy…Islanded by cities fair (Shelley).

╂[spelling alteration (influenced by isle) of Middle English iland, Old English īgland < īg island + land land]
–is´land|like´, adjective.

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