adj that which contains anything; a receptacle.
2. continent ·adj serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
3. continent ·adj not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
4. continent ·adj exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
5. continent ·adj abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; ·esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
6. continent ·adj 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.