"sea legs" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-sea legs.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} sea legs pl (plural only)
  1. (idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance. Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-sea_legs-en-noun-207OhWzY Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (idiomatic) The ability to travel by ship without becoming seasick. Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-sea_legs-en-noun-0Lufj7pC
  3. (chiefly US, rare) Synonym of crabsticks Tags: US, plural, plural-only, rare Synonyms: crabsticks [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-sea_legs-en-noun-YWW5Bw-L Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 21 41 8 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 25 23 36 15
  4. (idiomatic) The ability to partially or fully inhabit a marine environment. Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-sea_legs-en-noun-wY6P8rnL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: land legs Translations (ability to walk steadily aboard): merijalat [plural] (Finnish), pied marin [masculine] (French), sjøbein [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjøbein (Norwegian Nynorsk)
Disambiguation of 'ability to walk steadily aboard': 32 34 1 33

Alternative forms

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