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Englisch > Deutsch
sea
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] das Meer
[1] We sailed on the open sea.
Wir segelten auf offener See.
Englisch > Englisch
sea
1. subst. A large body of salt water.
2. subst. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
3. subst. 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. subst. A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
5. subst. The swell of the sea; a single wave; billow.
6. subst. (attributive, in combination) 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.
7. subst. (figurative) Anything resembling the vastness of the sea.
8. subst. (planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
The Apollo 11 mission landed in the Sea of Tranquility.
9. subst. (planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
Deutsch > Englisch
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1. subst. sea