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high sea

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables
high- sea
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sea when it is very rough due to strong winds and storms, such that the sea encroaches much further inland than is normal, often causing damage.

noun

Alternative form of high seas (“open ocean”).

Uncountable

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Etymology

From Middle English hey see, hey se, from Old English hēahsǣ (“the high sea, the deep”), equivalent to high + sea.

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Inflected Forms

high seas (plural)

Questions

What does high sea mean?
The sea when it is very rough due to strong winds and storms, such that the sea encroaches much further inland than is normal, often causing damage.
Where does high sea come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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