sea (noun)

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• sea — noun 1 area of salt water ADJECTIVE ▪ calm ▪ a calm sea after the storm ▪ choppy, heavy, mountainous (esp. BrE), raging, rough …   Collocations dictionary

• sea — ► NOUN 1) the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth s surface and surrounds its land masses. 2) a roughly definable area of this. 3) a vast expanse or quantity: a sea of faces. ● at sea Cf. ↑at sea ● one s sea legs …   English terms dictionary

• sea breeze — noun a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime) • Hypernyms: ↑breeze, ↑zephyr, ↑gentle wind, ↑air * * * noun : a cooling breeze blowing inland from the sea generally in the daytime * * * a thermally produced wind blowing from a cool ocean …   Useful english dictionary

• sea change — noun a profound transformation • Hypernyms: ↑transformation, ↑transmutation, ↑shift * * * noun 1. : a change wrought by the sea of his bones are coral made, those are pearls that were his eyes; nothing of him that doth fade but doth suffer a sea… …   Useful english dictionary

• sea green — noun the property of a moderate green color resembling the waters of the sea • Hypernyms: ↑green, ↑greenness, ↑viridity * * * noun 1. a. : a moderate green that is bluer and paler than myrtle (sense 3a) and bluer, lighter, and stronger than… …   Useful english dictionary

• sea dog — noun a man who serves as a sailor • Syn: ↑mariner, ↑seaman, ↑tar, ↑Jack tar, ↑Jack, ↑old salt, ↑seafarer, ↑gob • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sea lane — noun a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels • Syn: ↑seaway, ↑ship route, ↑trade route • Hypernyms: ↑lane • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Saint Lawrence Seaway, ↑St. Law …   Useful english dictionary

• sea cow — noun any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle shaped tails and flipper like forelimbs and no hind limbs • Syn: ↑sirenian mammal, ↑sirenian • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic mammal • Hyponyms: ↑manatee, ↑Trichechus manatus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sea horse — noun 1. either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber • Syn: ↑walrus, ↑seahorse • Hypernyms: ↑pinniped mammal, ↑pinniped, ↑pinnatiped • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sea mile — noun a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) • Syn: ↑mile • Derivationally related forms: ↑miler (for: ↑mile) • Hypernyms: ↑nautical linear unit …   Useful english dictionary

• sea wall — sea walled, adj. a strong wall or embankment to prevent the encroachments of the sea, serve as a breakwater, etc. [bef. 1000; ME; OE: cliff over the sea] * * * sea wall noun A wall to keep out the sea • • • Main Entry: ↑sea * * * sea wall UK US …   Useful english dictionary