What does sea mean?
Sea means A large body of salt water..
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/siː/ · noun
A large body of salt water..
God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.
The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
One ſea broke away the ſpare yards and ſpars out of the ſtarboard main chains. Another heavy ſea broke into the ſhip and ſtove all the boats. Several caſks of beer, that had been laſhed upon deck, were broke looſe and waſhed overboard, and it was not without great difficulty and riſk that we were able to ſecure the boats from being waſhed away entirely.
'If they buy three cords of birch logs,' said the witch, 'but they must be exact measure—and no bargaining about the price, and if they throw overboard the one cord of logs, piece by piece, when the first sea comes, and the other cord, piece by piece, when the second sea comes, and the third cord, piece by piece, when the third sea comes, then it's all over with us.'
2020 June 8, National Weather Service Boston, 2:38 PM EDT marine forecast High pressure will maintain light winds and flat seas through Tue night. ... Potential for briefly choppy 3 ft seas near South Coast...
“Where can they be?” he cried. “They cannot have gone down, for there has been no sea, and they were afloat after the yacht sank—I saw them all.”
There was a small sea rising with the wind coming up from the east and at noon the old man's left hand was uncramped.
Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.
Use sea when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sea means A large body of salt water..
Common synonyms include ogin, briny, ocean.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.
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