a stormy sea

  • 1stormy sea — raging sea within a tempest; sea with very high waves which it is dangerous to enter …

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  • 2stormy — stormily, adv. storminess, n. /stawr mee/, adj., stormier, stormiest. 1. affected, characterized by, or subject to storms; tempestuous: a stormy sea. 2. characterized by violent commotion, actions, speech, passions, etc.: a stormy debate. [1150… …

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  • 3stormy — /ˈstɔmi/ (say stawmee) adjective (stormier, stormiest) 1. affected or characterised by, or subject to, storms; tempestuous: a stormy sea. 2. characterised by violent commotion, actions, speech, passions, etc.: a stormy debate. {storm + y1}… …

  • 4sea — [ si ] noun MAINLY BRITISH *** singular or uncount the large area of salt water that covers most of the surface of the Earth: Tim went swimming in the sea. He had a room overlooking the sea. We re renting a house by the sea (=close to the sea).… …

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  • 5Sea legs — Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability to stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [Sailor s Cant] Totten. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6sea — n. 1) to sail the seas 2) a calm, smooth; choppy, heavy, high, raging, rough, stormy, turbulent; open sea 3) at sea (buried at sea) 4) (misc.) to drift out to sea; to go to sea ( to become a sailor ); to put out to sea; at sea ( bewildered ); to… …

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  • 7Sea anchor — A sea anchor, used to stabilize a boat in heavy weather, anchors not to the sea floor but to the water itself, as a kind of brake. Sea anchors are known by a number of names, such as drift anchor, drift sock, para anchor, and boat brakes. These… …

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  • 8sea — noun 1 area of salt water ADJECTIVE ▪ calm ▪ a calm sea after the storm ▪ choppy, heavy, mountainous (esp. BrE), raging, rough …

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  • 9sea */*/*/ — UK [siː] / US [sɪ] noun Word forms sea : singular sea plural seas [singular/uncountable] the large area of salt water that covers most of the surface of the Earth Tim went swimming in the sea. He had a room overlooking the sea. We re renting a… …

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  • 10Sea (Smirnoff) — Infobox TV advert name=Sea caption=A single frame of the Sea commercial. client=Diageo product=Smirnoff vodka agency=JWT director=Daniel Kleinman production company=Rattling Stick producer=Johnnie Frankel music=Peter Raeburn released=30 July 2007 …

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