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Grammar : Noun
Spell : see
Phonetic Transcription : si

Definition of sea

Origin :
  • Old English sæ "sheet of water, sea, lake, pool," from Proto-Germanic *saiwaz (cf. Old Saxon seo, Old Frisian se, Middle Dutch see, Swedish sjö), of unknown origin, outside connections "wholly doubtful" [Buck]. Meaning "large quantity" (of anything) is from c.1200. Meaning "dark area of the moon's surface" is attested from 1660s (see mare (n.2)).
  • Germanic languages also use the general Indo-European word (represented by English mere (n.)), but have no firm distinction between "sea" and "lake," either by size, by inland or open, or by salt vs. fresh. This may reflect the Baltic geography where the languages are thought to have originated. The two words are used more or less interchangeably in Germanic, and exist in opposite senses (e.g. Gothic saiws "lake," marei "sea;" but Dutch zee "sea," meer "lake"). Cf. also Old Norse sær "sea," but Danish sø, usually "lake" but "sea" in phrases. German See is "sea" (fem.) or "lake" (masc.). The single Old English word sæ glosses Latin mare, aequor, pontus, pelagus, and marmor.
  • Phrase sea change "transformation" is attested from 1610, first in Shakespeare ("The Tempest," I.ii). Sea anemone is from 1742; sea legs is from 1712; sea level from 1806; sea urchin from 1590s. At sea in the figurative sense of "perplexed" is attested from 1768, from literal sense of "out of sight of land" (c.1300).
  • noun large body of water; large mass
Example sentences :
  • It seemed like one risen from the dead, for he supposed him lying at the bottom of the sea.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Then they launched the ship's boat, in which Bates had come to the island, and put out to sea.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The two bent their steps to the shore, and looked out to sea.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Had the dead come back from the bottom of the sea to expose him?
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He, too, plunged into the sea, and Bunsby and the captain were left alone.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He thought I was at the bottom of the sea, and the receipt with me.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He came home with me, and, far from having perished at sea, is now alive and well.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • As you do not propose to follow the sea, it will not be worth while to go as cabin-boy.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The immense pools in the Phillips were as salt as sea water.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Camped on a grassy piece of country, two miles from the sea.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Synonyms for sea

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