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oceanus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ocean noun One of the huge bodies of salt water that cover most of the Earth's surface.

Senses

oceanus is used for these senses in English:

  • Oceanus (Greek god) Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.
  • ocean (countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

ocean — full definition

  1. noun One of the huge bodies of salt water that cover most of the Earth's surface.
  2. noun A vast, seemingly endless expanse of something.