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.