Island
Island , noun
[Old English iland, yland, Anglo-Saxon īgland, {not transcribed}gland, {not transcribed}glond; īg, {not transcribed}g, island + land, lond, land. Anglo-Saxon īg, {not transcribed}g, is akin to Anglo-Saxon eá water, river, Old High German {not transcribed}uwa, German au meadow, Icelandic ey island, Danish & Swedish o, Gothic ahwa a stream, water, Latin aqua water. The s is due to confusion with isle. Compare Ait, Eyot, Ewer, Aquatic.]
1.
A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Compare Continent.
2.
Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
3.
(Zoology) See Isle, n., 2.
Collocations (1)
Islands of the blessed (Mythology) , islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.
Island , transitive verb
1.
To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle. — Shelley
2.
To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep. — Southey