1. Adjective
Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
2. Adjective
Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
3. Adjective
Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
4. Adjective
Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
5. Adjective
That which contains anything; a receptacle.
6. Adjective
One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
7. Noun
one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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