At Sea

Definition: At Sea

At Sea

Adjective

1. Traveling by boat or ship.

2. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: At Sea

Ignorance

In the dark; benighted, belated; blinded, blindfolded; hoodwinked; misinformed; au bout de son latin, at the end of his tether, at fault; at sea; (uncertain); caught tripping.

Ocean

Adverb: at sea, on sea; afloat.

Uncertainty

In a state of uncertainty, in a cloud, in a maze; bushed, off the track; ignorant.; afraid to say; out of one's reckoning, astray, adrift; at sea, at fault, at a loss, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus; puzzled; Verb: lost, abroad, d_sorient_; distracted, distraught.

Unintelligibility

Not understand; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of; be at sea; (uncertain); wonder; see through a glass darkly; (ignorance).

Crosswords: At Sea

My story starts at sea a perilous voyage to an unknown land a shipwreck the wild waters roar and heave the brave vessel is dashed all to pieces, and all the helpless souls within her drowned all save one a lady whose soul is greater than the ocean and her spirit stronger than the sea's embrace not for her a watery end, but a new life beginning on a stranger shore. (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

I'm out at sea three weeks a month and when I'm back at port I don't have time for this daddy stuff cause that's not who I am. (Officer and a Gentleman, An; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart)

Suppose I wanted to put a dead body in the sea, and let it float ashore, and have it accepted by the people who find it as the victim of an air crash at sea. What sort of body would I need? (The Man Who Never Was; writing credit: Nigel Balchin; Ewen Montagu)

Phantom ships, lost at sea (Ghost Of You And Me; performing artist: BBMak)

When I'm lost at sea (Heaven Is A Place On Earth; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle)

Lost at sea, hide the desert (Muscles; performing artist: Diana Ross)

Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh (Message In A Bottle; performing artist: The Police)

Doctor at Sea (1974)

All at Sea (1970)

Girls at Sea (1958)

Doctor at Sea (1955)

Victory at Sea (1954)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea (reference)

• Asterix and Obelix All at Sea (Uderzo. Asterix Adventure, 30.) (reference)

• Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea (reference)

• Rescue Ferrets at Sea (Ferret Chronicles #1) (reference)

• The Sas Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• At Sea Collection (Whales, Search for Great Sharks & Great Barrier Reef) (reference)

• Large Format at Sea - Whales An Unforgettable Journey / The Search for the Great Sharks / The Great Barrier Reef (reference)

• Victory at Sea - Full Fathom Five / Jap Zero (reference)

• Nova: Lost at Sea - The Search for Longitude (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Victory at Sea (Music From the Original Television Series) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Magnetic observations at sea on the C&GS Ship BACHE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Chuginadak Island from at sea. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

National Oceanographic Data Center employees at sea - kayaking along the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A lost blue heron hitching a ride at sea. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Cape York from at sea. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Stained glass at the Seamen's Memorial Tower commemorating fishermen who have lost their lives at sea. Credit: Fisheries.

Fishermen's Memorial at Seattle dedicated to those who lost their lives at sea. Credit: Fisheries.

The printing press used on the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER during World War II. The PATHFINDER was staffed by C&GS hydrographers who were the first to survey AND print maps at sea during combat operations. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A burial at sea off the JOHN N. COBB. A mariner returning to the sea he loved. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A view from at sea of the Formigas Islands of the Azores. Plate VII, print 11. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Conventions of September 23, 1910, respecting the unification of certain regulations regarding collisions and salvage at sea. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

(r)Monsieur to a convict, is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Raids continued intermittently until 1835, when the shaikhs agreed not to engage in hostilities at sea. (references)

Maritime tasks of the Coast Guard will continue to be given priority, while other Norwegian naval presence at sea will be reduced. (references)

Civil Liberties

Somalia

There were reports that hundreds of such migrants drowned in accidents at sea during the year. (references)

Italy

Most illegal migrants paid fees to smugglers and some risked death because smugglers at times unload their human cargo at sea to avoid capture by patrol boats. (references)

Economic History

Sao Tome and Principe

At sea level, the climate is tropical--hot and humid with average yearly temperatures of about 27 degrees C (80 degrees F) and little daily variation. (references)

Worker Rights

Gabon

The ship returned to Cotonou, Benin, after approximately 2 weeks at sea. (references)

Togo

On April 17, the ship returned to Benin after approximately 2 weeks at sea. (references)

Venezuela

The group claimed that it had been abandoned at sea by a Turkish cargo ship that, for a fee, had brought them from Africa to find work in an undetermined country. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "at sea": accident at sea ♦ all at sea ♦ at sea level ♦ be all at sea ♦ be at sea ♦ be at sea level ♦ bury at sea ♦ International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea ♦ put out at sea ♦ replenishment at sea. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏في عرض البحر, ‏في رحلة بحرية, ‏مفاجئ (abrupt, flash, like a bolt from the blue, precipitate, snappy, sudden, surprised, surprising, swift, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for, unpredicted), ‏ذاهل (absent, distracted, distraught, faraway, moonstruck). (various references)

Czech

tonout v nejistotì (be all at sea). (various references)

Danish

ved den roerlaegningsmetode,der benytter udrulningstromle,fremstilles paa land et roer med lille diameter i en laengde,som rulles paa en stor tromle,der er monteret paa en soegaaende laegter;paa havet udrulles roerledningen fra laegteren,mens denne bugser (in the reel method of pipelaying small diameter pipe is made up in a long length on shore and coiled on a large reel mounted on a seagoing barge;out at sea, the barge unspools the pipeline while it is towed along the route), uddannelseskurs til søs (training at sea, training courses at sea), internationale søvejsregler (International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea), i visse havne,der ikke kan anloebes af skibe med stor tonnage,sker lastning og losning ved hjaelp af en fleksibel ledning,der kaldes sea-line,og som forbinder kajanlaegget med et fortoejningssted i rum soe (in some ports, inaccessible to ships of large tonnage, loading and unloading are carried out by means of a flexible pipeline called a sealine, which connects the quay to a mooring point at sea), for at undgaa justeringer af laengden,noget som altid er vanskeligt paa land og da saerlig besvaerligt til havs,er det blevet almindeligt at anvende hydrauliske pakningsenheder til nedsaetning (always troublesome on land and particulary difficult at sea, it has become usual to employ hydraulically set(production)packers, to avoid depth adjustments), Fællesskabsinformationssystem vedrørende kontrol med og formindskelse af forurening af havet med kulbrinter (Community information system for the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea), Fællesskabsinformationssystem vedrørende kontrol med og formindskelse af forurening af havet med carbonhydrider (Community information system for the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea), dynamisk positionsfastholdelse vil sige fastholdelse paa samme sted til havs uden brug af ankre (dynamic positioning is the concept of remaining in one spot at sea without anchors), Det raadgivende Udvalg for kontrol med og formindskelse af forurening af havet med carbonhydrider og andre farlige Stoffer (Advisory Committee on the Control and Reduction of Pollution caused by Oil and other Harmful Substances discharged at Sea). (various references)

Dutch

Zeeaanvaringsreglement (Collisions at Sea Regulations), Raadgevend Comite voor de controle op en de beperking van de verontreiniging van de zee door lozingen van koolwaterstoffen en andere gevaarlijke stoffen (Advisory Committee on the Control and Reduction of Pollution caused by Oil and other Harmful Substances discharged at Sea), om het aanpassen van buislengten-hetwelk op het vasteland vervelend en op zee bijzonder moeilijk is-te vermijden,is het gebruikelijk geworden hydraulische pakkers te gebruiken (always troublesome on land and particulary difficult at sea, it has become usual to employ hydraulically set(production)packers, to avoid depth adjustments), Internationale Bepalingen ter Voorkoming van Aanvaringen op Zee (International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea), dynamische stationering betekent dat een boorschip op zee,zonder verankering op zijn plaats blijft (dynamic positioning is the concept of remaining in one spot at sea without anchors), cursus buitengaats (training at sea, training courses at sea), Communautair informatiesysteem voor de controle op en de beperking van de verontreiniging van de zee door olie (Community information system for the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea), bij de haspelmethode wordt pijp van kleine diameter aan land tot een lange leiding samengesteld en om een grote haspel gewikkeld,die op een zeewaardige lichter staat opgesteld;op zee wordt de pijpleiding afgewonden terwijl de lichter langs de route wordt (in the reel method of pipelaying small diameter pipe is made up in a long length on shore and coiled on a large reel mounted on a seagoing barge;out at sea, the barge unspools the pipeline while it is towed along the route). (various references)

Finnish

aavalla merellä (on the high seas, on the open sea, out at sea), olla merillä (be at sea), meriteiden säännöt (International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea), merionnettomuus (disaster at sea), merihätä (peril at sea), kansainväliset säännöt yhteentörmäämisen ehkäisemiseksi merellä (International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea). (various references)

French

en voyage maritime, en mer. (various references)

German

auf see. (various references)

Greek 

στην θάλασσα (overboard). (various references)

Hungarian

tengeren (afloat, by sea), nyílt tengeren (in the open sea, offshore). (various references)

Italian

in mare (afloat, overboard). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"里霧中 (all at sea, be in a maze, be totally at a loss, bewildered, in a fog, lose one's bearings, mystified, up in the air). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すいそう (burial at sea, cistern, fish tank, playing wind instruments, water plant, water tank), かいようとうき (dumping at sea), �"りむちゅう (all at sea, be in a maze, be totally at a loss, bewildered, in a fog, lose one's bearings, mystified, up in the air), とまどい (being at sea, losing one's bearings). (various references)

Manx

er yn aarkey, er y cheayn (by water). (various references)

Pig Latin

atay easay

Portuguese

em alto mar. (various references)

Romanian

în larg (in the offing). (various references)

Scottish

b� nchuir (squeamishness at sea). (various references)

Spanish

en el mar. (various references)

Swedish

till sjöss (by sea). (various references)

Turkish

gemide (aboard, on board, on shipboard), denizde (afloat). (various references)

Ukrainian

у морі, у плаванні (afloat). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: asea, ates, east, eats, etas, sate, seat, seta, teas.

-2 letters: aas, ate, eat, eta, sae, sat, sea, set, tae, tas, tea.

-3 letters: aa, ae, as, at, es, et, ta.

+1 letter: abates, agates, alates, ansate, reatas, savate.

+2 letters: abaters, ablates, abreast, acetals, aerates, aerosat, agnates, altheas, anapest, anatase, annates, ansated, aristae, asteria, ataxies, atlases, atresia, aviates, carates, caseate, catenas, caveats, entasia, erratas, exactas, gastrea, gateaus, hamates, hastate, karates, lactase, malates, maltase, palates, peasant, saccate, satiate, savates, sealant, seawant, taenias, takahes, tamales, teargas, vacates, wastage, watapes.