Definition of island

• n. - A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.
• n. - Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
• n. - See Isle, n., 2.
• v. t. - To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.
• v. t. - To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.