Definizione monolingua

island

island (third-person singular simple present islands, present participle islanding, simple past and past participle islanded)

1. (transitive) To surround with water; make into an island
   • 1933, Harriet Monroe, Poetry: Volume 42

     We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.

2. (transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands
3. (transitive) To isolate
   • A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXVII, lines 1-2

     High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam

     Islanded in Severn stream.

island (plural islands)

1. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
   • 2002, Gordon L. Rottman, World War 2 Pacific island guide

     Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles.

2. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

   an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)

   • 1939, Deseret News, October 27 1939, Roosevelt Reaffirms American Neutrality

     King Leopold, speaking in fluent English during his six minute broadcast, said Belgium stood side by side with Holland ""an Island of peace in the interests of all""

3. A superstructure on an aircraft carriers deck

Definizione dizionario island

	isola
	area of land completely surrounded by water
	Zona di terra che é completamente circondata da acqua (mre, lago, fiume); in particolare quelle zone di terra che sono più piccole di un continente.
	A land mass, especially one smaller than a continent, entirely surrounded by water.

	isola stradale
	Zona, generalmente rialzata e ricoperta da piante o fiori, di una strada che può obbliga il traffico in una direzione o dividere i sensi di marcia.
	A barrier on roads and highways between the opposing flows of traffic, usually covered with vegetation.

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Altri significati:

Area in the middle of a road where pedestrians can wait while crossing.

(transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands

(transitive) To surround with water; make into an island

(transitive) To isolate

entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself

A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck