Definitions for sea
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. seanoun

   a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

2. ocean, seanoun

   anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

3. seanoun

   turbulent water with swells of considerable size

   "heavy seas"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seanoun

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

2. seanoun

   A large number or quantity; a vast amount.

   A sea of faces stared back at the singer.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sea

   is often used in composition, as will appear in the following examples.

2. SEAnoun

   Etymology: sæ , Saxon; see, or zee, Dutch.

   1. The ocean; the water opposed to the land.

   Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
   Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
   Thy multitudinous sea incarnardine,
   Making the green one red. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The rivers run into the sea. Carew.

   He made the sea, and all that is therein. Ex. xx. 11.

   So do the winds and thunders cleanse the air,
   So working seas settle and purge the wine. Davies.

   Amphibious between sea and land
   The river horse. John Milton.

   Some leviathan,
   Haply slumb’ring on the Norway foam,
   The pilot of some small night-founder’d skiff
   Deeming some island, oft as seamen tell,
   With fixed anchor in his scaly rind,
   Moors by his side under the lee, while night
   Invests the sea. John Milton.

   Small fragments of shells, broken by storms on some shores, are used for manuring of sea land. John Woodward.

   They put to sea with a fleet of three hundred sail. Arbuthn.

   Sea racing dolphins are train’d for our motion,
   Moony tides swelling to roll us ashore. John Dryden, Albion.

   But like a rock unmov’d, a rock that braves
   The raging tempest, and the rising waves,
   Propp’d on himself he stands: his solid side
   Wash off the sea weeds, and the sounding tides. Dryden.

   The sea could not be much narrower than it is, without a great loss to the world. Richard Bentley.

   So when the first bold vessel dar’d the seas,
   High on the stern the Thracian rais’d his strain,
   While Argo saw her kindred trees
   Descend from Pelion to the main. Alexander Pope.

   2. A collection of water; a lake.

   Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren. Mat. iv. 18.

   3. Proverbially for any large quantity.

   That sea of blood which hath in Ireland been barbarously shed, is enough to drown in eternal infamy and misery the malicious author and instigator of its effusion. Charles I .

   4. Any thing rough and tempestuous.

   To sorrow abandon’d, but worse felt within,
   And in a troubled sea of passion tost. John Milton.

   5. Half Seas over. Half drunk.

   The whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave ’em the slip: our friend the alderman was half seas over before the bonfire was out. Spectator.

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1. sea

   Sea is a large body of saltwater that is partially enclosed by land. It is a fundamental component of the Earth's hydrosphere and covers a significant portion of the planet's surface, constituting a vital habitat for a wide variety of marine organisms. Seas are generally characterized by their immense size, saline content, and interconnectedness with the oceans. They serve as essential sources of food, transportation routes, and natural resources, and also play crucial roles in regulating climate and supporting biodiversity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Seanoun

   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

2. Seanoun

   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

3. Seanoun

   the ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe

4. Seanoun

   the swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion 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

5. Seanoun

   a great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size

6. Seanoun

   fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory

7. Etymology: [OE. see, AS. s; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. so, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s, Sw. sj, Icel. saer, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus fierce, savage. 151a.]

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1. Sea

   The sea is the connected body of salt water that covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface. The sea is important in moderating the Earth's climate, in providing food and oxygen, in its enormous diversity of life, and for navigation. The study of the sea is called oceanography. The sea has been travelled and explored since ancient times, but its scientific study dates broadly from the voyages of Captain James Cook to explore the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. Seawater is characteristically salty. The main solid in solution is sodium chloride but the water also contains chlorides of potassium and magnesium, alongside many other chemical elements, in a composition that hardly varies across the world's oceans. However the salinity varies quite widely, being lower near the surface and near the mouths of large rivers and higher in the cold depths of the ocean. The sea surface is subject to waves caused by winds. Waves decelerate and increase in height as they approach land and enter shallow water, becoming tall and unstable, and breaking into foam on the shore. Tsunamis are caused by submarine earthquakes or landslides and may be barely noticeable out at sea but can be violently destructive on shore. Winds create currents through friction, setting up slow but stable circulations of water throughout the sea. The directions of the circulation are governed by several factors including the shapes of the continents and the rotation of the earth. Complex deep sea currents known as the global conveyor belt carry cold water from near the poles to every ocean. Large-scale movement of seawater is also caused also by the tide, the twice-daily rhythm of the gravitational pull exerted by the Moon, and to a lesser extent by the Sun, on the Earth. Tides may have a very high range in bays or estuaries such as the Bay of Fundy where tidal flows are funnelled into narrow channels.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Sea

   sē, n. the great mass of salt water covering the greater part of the earth's surface: any great expanse of water less than an ocean: the ocean: the swell of the sea in a tempest: a wave: any widely extended mass or quantity, a flood: any rough or agitated place or element.—ns. Sea′-ā′corn, a barnacle; Sea′-add′er, the fifteen-spined stickle-back; Sea′-an′chor, a floating anchor used at sea in a gale; Sea′-anem′one, a kind of polyp, like an anemone, found on rocks on the seacoast; Sea′-ape, the sea-otter; Sea′-ā′pron, a kind of kelp; Sea′-arr′ow, a flying squid: an arrow-worm; Sea′-aspar′agus, a soft-shelled crab; Sea′-bank, the seashore; an embankment to keep out the sea; Sea′-bar, the sea-swallow or tern; Sea′-barr′ow, the egg-case of a ray or skate; Sea′-bass, a name applied to some perch-like marine fishes, many common food-fishes in America—black sea-bass, bluefish, &c.; Sea′-bat, a genus of Teleostean fishes allied to the Pilot-fish, and included among the Carangidæ or horse-mackerels—the name refers to the very long dorsal, anal, and ventral fins; Sea′-beach, the seashore; Sea′-bean, the seed of a leguminous climbing plant: a small univalve shell: the lid of the aperture of any shell of the family Turbinidæ, commonly worn as amulets; Sea′-bear, the polar bear: the North Pacific fur-seal; Sea′-beast (Milt.), a monster of the sea.—adjs. Sea′-beat, -en, lashed by the waves.—n. Sea′-beav′er, the sea-otter.—n.pl. Sea′-bells, a species of bindweed.—ns. Sea′-belt, the sweet fucus plant; Sea′-bird, any marine bird; Sea′-bis′cuit, ship-biscuit; Sea′-blubb′er, a jelly-fish; Sea′-board, the border or shore of the sea; Sea′-boat, a vessel considered with reference to her behaviour in bad weather.—adjs. Sea′-born, produced by the sea; Sea′-borne, carried on the sea.—ns. Sea′-bott′le, a seaweed; Sea′-boy (Shak.), a boy employed on shipboard: a sailor-boy; Sea′-brant, the brent goose; Sea′-breach, the breaking of an embankment by the sea; Sea′-bream, one of several sparoid fishes: a fish related to the mackerel; Sea′-breeze, a breeze of wind blowing from the sea toward the land, esp. that from about 10 a.m. till sunset; Sea′-buckthorn, or Sallow-thorn, a genus of large shrubs or trees with gray silky foliage and entire leaves; Sea′-bum′blebee, the little auk; Sea′-bun, a heart-urchin; Sea′-bur&pri

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sea

   Strictly speaking, sea is the next large division of water after ocean, but in its special sense signifies only any large portion of the great mass of waters almost surrounded by land, as the Black, the White, the Baltic, the China, and the Mediterranean seas, and in a general sense in contradistinction to land. By sailors the word is also variously applied. Thus they say--"We shipped a heavy sea." "There is a great sea on in the offing." "The sea sets to the southward," &c. Hence a ship is said to head the sea when her course is opposed to the direction of the waves.--A long sea implies a uniform motion of long waves, the result of a steady continuance of the wind from nearly the same quarter.--A short sea is a confused motion of the waves when they run irregularly so as frequently to break over a vessel, caused by sudden changes of wind. The law claims for the crown wherever the sea flows to, and there the admiralty has jurisdiction; accordingly, no act can be done, no bridge can span a river so circumstanced without the sanction of the admiralty. It claims the fore-shore unless specially granted by charter otherwise, and the court of vice-admiralty has jurisdiction as to flotsam and jetsam on the fore-shore. But all crimes are subject to the laws, and are tried by the ordinary courts as within the body of a county, comprehended by the chord between two headlands where the distance does not exceed three miles from the shore. Beyond that limit is "the sea, where high court of admiralty has jurisdiction, but where civil process cannot follow."

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sea

   A connected body of water of a specific size and volume.

   The sea is very beautiful at night.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020  

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1. sea

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2. SEA

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SEA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sea is ranked #26576 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sea surname appeared 917 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sea.
   
   47% or 431 total occurrences were White.
   26.5% or 243 total occurrences were Asian.
   18.6% or 171 total occurrences were Black.
   5.2% or 48 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Body Of Water
   • Hydrosphere
   • Large Indefinite Quantity
   • Turbulent Flow

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sea' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #749

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sea' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1480

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sea' in Nouns Frequency: #304

Anagrams for sea »

1. AES

2. aes

3. ASE

4. EAS

5. eas

6. ESA

7. SAE

How to pronounce sea?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sea in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sea in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of sea in a Sentence

1. Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter 34:

   Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!

2. Patrick Cronin:

   A Manila-Hanoi axis places a hurdle in China's ambitions to control most of the South China Sea, this may not lead to immediate changes in the regional balance of power ... but it will shine a spotlight on how China's assertive unilateralism threatens to undermine stability and prosperity.

3. Kate McCue:

   Safety of life at sea is a simple concept for seafarers, those in need, we assist.

4. Marquis de Sade:

   We are no guiltier in following the primative impulses that govern us than is the Nile for her floods or the sea for her waves.

5. Coleridge:

   Human experience, like the stern-lights of a ship at sea, illumines only the path which we have passed over.