Definitions for the word "sea" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth''s surface. 2 any part of this. 3 named tract of this partly or wholly enclosed by land (north sea). 4 large inland lake (sea of galilee). 5 waves of the sea; their motion or state (choppy sea). 6 (foll. By of) vast quantity or expanse. 7 (attrib.) Living or used in, on, or near the sea (often prefixed to the name of a marine animal, plant, etc., having a superficial resemblance to what it is named after) (sea lettuce). at sea 1 in a ship on the sea. 2 perplexed, confused. By sea in a ship or ships. Go to sea become a sailor. On the sea 1 = at sea 1. 2 on the coast. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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