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noun The continuous body of salt water covering most of the earth's surface, especially this body regarded as a geophysical entity distinct from earth and sky.
noun A tract of water within an ocean.
noun A relatively large body of salt water completely or partially enclosed by land.

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The salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface; the ocean. [The word sea in compound words always has the meaning of ‘ocean.’ In this sense, with a hyphen, the word is the first element of numerous names, especially of animals and plants, the more noteworthy of which are entered in the following columns.] The thridde day thei rode forth to the Rochell, and ther entred the see. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 419. “Here is a royal belt,” she cried, “That I have found in the green sea.” Kemp Owyne (Child's Ballads, I. 144). The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea. Shak., T. of A., iv. 3. 440.
A great body of salt water; a more or less distinctly limited or landlocked part of the ocean having considerable dimensions. Such seas are frequently limited or separated from each other by linear groups of islands; this is especially the case on the Pacific coast of Asia, and in the East Indies, where there are more seas in this sense than anywhere else. Smaller areas thus more or less completely inclosed by land are known as bays, gulfs, sounds, etc. Thus, we speak of the Mediterranean Sea and, as a smaller division of this, the Adriatic Sea; but of the Gulf of Taranto, and the Bay of Naples. The name sea is not now usually given to entirely landlocked sheets of water—such use being either traditional, as in the Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee, or exceptional, as in the Caspian Sea, Sea of Aral. Sea, bay, and gulf are more or less synonymous terms. Thus, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal do not differ essentially in the extent to which they are landlocked; the same may be said of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; and Hudson's Bay might equally well, or even more properly, be called Hudson Sea. And this deed See hathe in brede est and west. vj. legges, and in lengthe northe and southe. v. dayes journey; and nyghe unto the sayd see it is comonly darke as hell. Sir R. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 53. Northwardis to the kingdom of Surr, And to the se of Cipres, in sum place. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 38.
Any widely extended or overwhelming mass or quantity; an ocean; a flood: as, a sea of difficulties; a sea of upturned faces. So she, deep-drenched in a sea of care, Holds disputation with each thing she views. Shak., Lucrece, l. 1100.

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In the debate on the Army Estimates of 1901, Dilke said I am one of those who hold that the command of the seas is the defence of this country. — The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2
His VMG remains consistent at around 6-8 knots, although he said today that with 30 knot winds off Finisterre the seas were as big and awkward as he could remember, only the second time he could recall not being able to stand up on the foredeck of his Open 60, and having to work on his hands and knees. — Sail-World.com USA Latest News
As we were sailing against the current, the seas were abrupt and fairly breaking. — Sail-World.com USA Latest News
"Freedom of the seas is a top national priority," the White House directive states. — Daimnation!
A world in which Chinese carrier battle groups roam the seas is a less stable, less secure world.

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