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US
/ˈneɪvi/
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[ UK /nˈeɪvi/ ]
[ UK /nˈeɪvi/ ]
NOUN
- a dark shade of blue
- an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
How To Use navy In A Sentence
- A lot of us are curious to know exactly what the navy has been told to do.
- Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea. Edison, His Life and Inventions
- Deep navy, in contrast, is less demanding, and leaves a bit more colour in a blonde's cheeks.
- Every single ship in the US Navy which put to sea would have their own set of 12,000 paper maps, adding more than a ton of weight and taking up a great deal of space.
- Then, as they approached the docks, the diggers stared in awe at the remains of the once-mighty Imperial Japanese Navy.
- The light was fading and the sky had rings of black, purple and navy making their way up to the small point of light in the center part of the sky.
- The French navy, painfully rebuilt in the 1770s and 1780s, suffered badly from the effects of the French Revolution.
- Treasure Island Naval Station is set to convert to civilian use when the Navy pulls out in 1997.
- The high tide of adaptationism floated a motley navy, but it may now be on the ebb. Adaptationism
- WASHINGTON — A U.S. military official says the Navy had a close encounter with an Iranian surveillance plane last week in the Gulf of Oman. Iranian Military Plane 'Buzzes' U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier