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English

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Etymology

From < {{term|sæ|sǣ|sea, lake|lang=ang}} < , of unknown origin.

Pronunciation


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Noun

  1. A large body of salty water. (Major seas are known as oceans.)


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Category:1000 English basic words Category:Geography

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Verb

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  4. {{es-verb form of|mood=imp|num=s|pers=2|formal=y|ending=er|verb=ser}}


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sea \Sea\ (s[=e]), n. [OE. see, AS. s[=ae]; akin to D. zee, OS.
& OHG. s[=e]o, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s["o], Sw. sj["o],
Icel. saer, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus fierce,
savage. [root]151a.]
1. One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an
ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water
of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting
with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea;
the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.
[1913 Webster]

2. An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or
brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes,
a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
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3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a
large part of the globe.
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I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. --Shak.
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Ambiguous between sea and land
The river horse and scaly crocodile. --Milton.
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4. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high
wind; motion or agitation of the water's surface; also, a
single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the
storm; the vessel shipped a sea.
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5. (Jewish Antiq.) A great brazen laver in the temple at
Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.
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He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to
brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height
thereof. --2 Chron. iv.
2.
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6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea
of glory. --Shak.
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All the space . . . was one sea of heads.
--Macaulay.
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Note: Sea is often used in the composition of words of
obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten,
sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed,
sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea-worn, and the like. It is
also used either adjectively or in combination with
substantives; as, sea bird, sea-bird, or seabird, sea
acorn, or sea-acorn.
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At sea, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively,
without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy of
circumstances. "To say the old man was at sea would be too
feeble an expression." --G. W. Cable

At full sea at the height of flood tide; hence, at the
height. "But now God's mercy was at full sea." --Jer.
Taylor.

Beyond seas, or Beyond the sea or Beyond the seas
(Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country.
--Wharton.

Half seas over, half drunk. [Colloq.] --Spectator.

Heavy sea, a sea in which the waves run high.

Long sea, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady
motion of long and extensive waves.

Short sea, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and
irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion.


To go to sea, to adopt the calling or occupation of a
sailor.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.
'wkeano`s ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to
encompass the earth.]
1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three
fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the
sea, or great sea.
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Like the odor of brine from the ocean
Comes the thought of other years. --Longfellow.
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2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great
ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific,
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
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3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
ocean of affairs. --Locke.
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You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion. --Lieber &
Stoller
(Poison Ivy:
song lyrics,
1994)
[PJC]
WordNet sea
adj : relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or
ships; "sea stories"; "sea smells"; "sea traffic" [syn:
sea(a)] [ant: air(a), land(a)]
n 1: a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water
partially enclosed by land
2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn: ocean]
3: turbulent water with swells of considerable size; "heavy
seas"
Moby Dictionary
abundance , acres , bags , barrels , big drink , billow , blue ,
blue water , bore , breakers , brine , briny , bushel , chop , choppiness ,
chopping sea , comb , comber , copiousness , countlessness , deep ,
dirty water , drink , eagre , flood , gravity wave , ground swell ,
heave , heavy sea , heavy swell , high sea , high seas , hydrosphere ,
lift , load , lop , main , main sea , mass , mountain , much , multitude ,
numerousness , ocean , ocean depths , ocean main , ocean sea , oceans ,
peak , peck , plenitude , plenty , popple , profusion , quantities ,
quantity , riffle , ripple , rise , roll , roller , rough water ,
salt sea , salt water , scend , send , spate , superabundance ,
superfluity , surf , surge , swell , thalassa , the bounding main ,
the brine , the briny , the briny deep , the deep , the deep sea ,
the seven seas , the vasty deep , tidal bore , tidal wave , tide ,
tide wave , tons , trough , tsunami , undulation , volume , water wave ,
wave , wavelet , white horses , whitecaps , world , worlds


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SEA. The ocean; the great mass of waters which surrounds the land, and which probably extends from pole to pole, covering nearly three quarters of the globe. Waters within the ebb and flow of the tide, are to be considered the sea. Gilp. R. 526. 2. The sea is public and common to all people, and every person has an equal right to navigate it, or to fish there; Ang. on Tide Wat. 44 to 49; Dane's Abr. c. 68, a. 3, 4; Inst. 2, 1, 1; and to land upon the sea, shore. (q.v.) 3. Every nation has jurisdiction to the distance of a cannon shot, (q, v.) or marine league, over the water adjacent to its shore. 2 Cranch, 187, 234; 1 Circuit Rep. 62; Bynk. Qu. Pub. Juris. 61; 1 Azuni Mar. Law, 204; Id. 185; Vattel, 207:
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