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sea

/siː/ noun A1
  1. A large body of salt water.
  2. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
  3. 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.
  4. A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish. · The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
  5. A single wave; billow.
  6. The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
  7. 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.
  8. Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity. (figuratively)

Plural seas

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And on the ships at sea.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1
And waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1
but here's a squadron a-rowing on the sea--
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1
Into the sea among the ships,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1

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