noun ·see isle, ·noun, 2.
2. island ·noun anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
3. island ·vt to furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.
4. island ·noun a tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. ·cf. continent.
5. island ·vt to cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.