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.
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.
The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion or agitation 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.
A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; - so called from its size.
Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; - called also the sea, or great sea.
One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.