SEA
sea
(noun) a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
sea
(noun) turbulent water with swells of considerable size; “heavy seas”
ocean, sea
(noun) anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
SEA (plural er-noun)
(sports) Abbreviation of Seattle.
Initialism of Southeast Asia.
Initialism of Single European Act.
Anagrams
• -ase, AES, ASE, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, a**es, aes, ase, eas, esa
Proper noun
Sea (plural Seas)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sea is the 26576th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 917 individuals. Sea is most common among White (47.0%), Asian/Pacific Islander (26.5%), and Black/African American (18.65%) individuals.
Anagrams
• -ase, AES, ASE, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, a**es, aes, ase, eas, esa
Etymology
Noun
sea (plural seas)
A large body of salt water.
Synonym: ogin
The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
The swell of the sea; a single wave; billow.
(attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
(figurative) Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea.
(physics) A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
(planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
(planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
Anagrams
• -ase, AES, ASE, EAS, EAs, ESA, Esa, SAE, a**es, aes, ase, eas, esa
Source: Wiktionary
Sea, n. Etym: [OE. see, AS. sæ; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. seo, G.
see, OFries. se, Dan. sö, Sw. sjö, Icel. sær, Goth. saiws, and
perhaps to L. saevus firce, savage. sq. root 151 a.]
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.
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.
3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large
part of the globe.
I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. Shak.
Ambiguous between sea and land The river horse and scaly crocodile.
Milton.
4. 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. (Jewish Antiq.)
Definition: A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called
from its size.
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.
6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
Shak.
All the space . . . was one sea of heads. Macaulay.
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. 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 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, a adopt the calling or occupation of a sailor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition