sea

Meaning

1. A large body of salt water.
2. A large body of salt water.
3. A large body of salt water.
4. A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
5. A single wave; billow.
6. The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
7. (attributive, in-compounds) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
8. (figuratively) Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity.
9. A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
10. A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
11. A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.

Synonyms

ocean

🌊

marine

salt water

maritime

lake

beach

🏖️

body of water

mare

saltwater

river

brine

naval

salt

🧂

deep

coast

briny

sea level

flood

bounding main

seawater

wave

👋

reservoir

nautical

Lake Superior

neptune

Ocean

🌊

pelagian

i arge stretch of water

metal binding at ends of spear shaft

pain

water

🚰

expanse of water

a whole lot

oceanus

sea state

wind sea

surface

basin

boat

⛵

calm sea

deep sea

deep water

drink

🥤

earth

gush

mass

mere

pond

seafaring

seas

Translations

mar

🌊

mer

🌊

Meer

🌊

mare

🌊

zee

🌊

mar

🌊

See

θάλασσα

deniz

🌊

mare

🌊

mar

🌊

océan

océano

🌊

Ozean

🌊

Pronounced as (IPA)

/siː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: see

Inherited from Old English: sǣ

Cognate with Western Frisian: see

Cognate with Dutch: zee

Cognate with German: See

Cognate with Danish: sø

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: sjø

Cognate with Swedish: sjö

Cognate with Latin: saevus

Cognate with Tokharian B: saiwe

Cognate with Latvian: sievs

In summary

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-.
Cognates
Cognate with Yola zea, zee (“sea”), North Frisian See, sia, siie (“sea; lake”), Saterland Frisian See, Säi (“sea”), West Frisian see (“sea”), Cimbrian, Mòcheno sea (“lake”), Dutch zee (“sea”), German, German Low German See (“sea”), Limburgish Sië, zieë (“sea, ocean; lake”), Luxembourgish Séi (“lake”), West Flemish zji (“sea; seaside”), Danish sø (“sea; lake”), Faroese sjógvur (“sea; big wave”), Icelandic sjár, sjór, sær (“sea”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk sjø (“sea, ocean; lake”), Swedish sjö (“sea; lake; big wave”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (saiws, “lake, sea; marshland”).

Sentences

" This desert was once a sea ," he said .

The ocean has carved large sea cliffs on the sides of the island .

The highest point in town is Croydon Peak , at above sea level .