Definition of SEA

sea

Meanings

Plural: seas

Noun

  • a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
  • anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
  • turbulent water with swells of considerable size
    • "heavy seas"
  • A large body of salt water.
  • The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
  • A large body of salt water.
  • A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
  • A large body of salt water.
  • A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
  • A single wave; billow.
  • The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
  • Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
  • Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity.
  • A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
  • A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
  • A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, itself either:
* Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Related to Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian B saiwe (“itch”), and Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”). More at sore.
* Derived from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-.
Cognate with Danish sø, Dutch zee, German See, Norwegian Bokmål sjø, Swedish sjö, and West Frisian see.

Synonyms

ocean, ogin

Scrabble Score: 3

sea is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sea is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sea is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 3

sea is a valid Words With Friends word