Word for the day: sea

sea |siː|                                                                              *mar (en Español)

DEFINITION

noun (often the sea)the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses: a ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea | [ as count noun ] : the seas today swarm with crustacean arthropods.• [ often in place names ] a roughly definable area of the sea: the Black Sea.• (seas) large waves: the lifeboat met seas of thirty-five feet head-on.• [ count noun ] a vast expanse or quantity of something: she scanned the sea of faces for Stephen.

PHRASES

at sea sailing on the sea. • (also all at sea) confused or unable to decide what to do: he feels at sea witheconomics.by sea by means of a ship or ships: other army units were sent by sea.go to sea set out on a voyage. • become a sailor in a navy or a merchant navy.on the sea situated on the coast.put ( out ) to sea leave land on a voyage.

ORIGIN

Old English sǣ, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zee and German See .

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