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1. | [ noun ] (geography) a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land | |
Related terms: | body_of_water Aegean Hudson_Bay Arabian_Sea South_Sea Mediterranean Caribbean Ligurian_Sea North_Sea Greenland_Sea Norwegian_Sea Sea_of_Okhotsk Sea_of_Japan timor_sea barents_sea labrador_sea sargasso_sea Red_Sea South_China_Sea East_China_Sea weddell_sea Bering_Sea Yellow_Sea Beaufort_Sea Ionian_Sea Baltic Adriatic Marmara Black_Sea Tyrrhenian_Sea Coral_Sea irish_sea Bismarck_Sea ross_sea tasman_sea arafura_sea baffin_bay inland_sea kara_sea laptev_sea hydrosphere bay cove gulf | |
2. | [ noun ] anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume | |
Synonyms: | ocean | |
Related terms: | large_indefinite_quantity | |
3. | [ adjective ] (nautical) relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships | |
Examples: | "sea stories" "sea smells" "sea traffic" |
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Related terms: | air land offshore oversea oceangoing shipboard deep-sea suboceanic oceanic deep-sea | |
4. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17150 | |
5. | [ noun ] turbulent water with swells of considerable size | |
Examples: | "heavy seas" |
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Related terms: | turbulent_flow head_sea | |
Similar spelling: |
Seay Se sew Seo see seaway s |