sea
/siː/ noun A1- A large body of salt water.
- The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
- A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea. · The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.
- A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish. · The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
- A single wave; billow.
- The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
- Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea. · Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.
- Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity.
Plural seas
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“Fell into the sea?”
## The Rivers and the Sea
THE RIVERS joined together to complain to the Sea, saying, “Why is it that when we flow into your tides so potable and sweet, you work in us such a change, and make us salty and unfit to drink?” The Sea, perceiving that they intended to throw the blame on him, said, “Pray cease to flow into me, and then you will not be made briny.”
All the delicacies, in fact, that are cast up by the wash of waters on the sandy beach, and styled by the grateful fishermen “fruits of the sea.”
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