sea

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/siː/

noun 6name 6

Collocations

(noun.) large area of salt water

ADJ

calm, smooth

The smooth sea made it perfect for the children to swim safely near the beach.

choppy, rough

The choppy sea made it difficult for the ferry to operate on schedule yesterday.

open

The sailors felt nervous as they sailed into the open sea for the first time.

VERB + SEA

cross

My grandparents crossed the sea to immigrate to this country fifty years ago.

go to

put (out) to

The fishing boat put out to sea early in the morning to catch fish.

be lost at

The fishing crew went missing and was lost at sea for three days before rescue arrived.

stare out to

Every morning, my grandfather would sit on the porch and stare out to sea.

SEA + VERB

rise

The sea rose during the storm and flooded the beach houses near the shore.

recede, retreat

When the tide goes out, the sea recedes from the beach and reveals rocks and shells.

SEA + NOUN

PREP

at ~

My grandfather worked as a fisherman and spent most of his life at sea.

across the ~

My grandparents took a ferry across the sea to visit relatives in Ireland last summer.

by (the) ~

My grandparents have a small cottage by the sea where we visit every summer.

down to the ~

My family loves to walk down to the sea on sunny weekends.

in/into the ~

We decided to take a boat trip into the sea to look for dolphins.

on the ~

We spent our vacation relaxing on the sea, watching dolphins swim alongside our boat.

out to ~

The fishing boat headed out to sea early in the morning to catch the day's supply of fish.

PHRASES

the bottom/edge/middle/surface of the sea, the boom/booming/murmur/roar/sound of the sea | the seas

ADJ

choppy, dangerous, heavy, mountainous, raging, rough, stormy

The fishermen decided not to go out because the seas were too rough this morning.

VERB + SEA

roam, sail

Pirates used to roam the sea in search of treasure and adventure.

PHRASES

on the high seas, the seven seas

(noun.) large amount of sth

ADJ

vast

PREP

~ of

There was a sea of umbrellas in the crowd during the heavy rain.

Definitions

noun

A large body of salt water.

God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.

A large body of salt water.

These ſhal ye eat, of all that are in the waters: whatſoeuer hath finnes and ſcales in the waters, in the ſeas, and in the riuers, them ſhall ye eate.

At length the universal Wreck appear'd,/ To Cæsar's self, ev'n worthy to be fear'd./ Why all these Pains, this Toil of Fate (he cries)/ This Labour of the Seas, and Earth, and Skies?/ All Nature, and the Gods at once alarm'd,/ Against my little Boat and me are arm'd.

A large body of salt water.

The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.

A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.

The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.

A single wave; billow.

One ſea broke away the ſpare yards and ſpars out of the ſtarboard main chains. Another heavy ſea broke into the ſhip and ſtove all the boats. Several caſks of beer, that had been laſhed upon deck, were broke looſe and waſhed overboard, and it was not without great difficulty and riſk that we were able to ſecure the boats from being waſhed away entirely.

'If they buy three cords of birch logs,' said the witch, 'but they must be exact measure—and no bargaining about the price, and if they throw overboard the one cord of logs, piece by piece, when the first sea comes, and the other cord, piece by piece, when the second sea comes, and the third cord, piece by piece, when the third sea comes, then it's all over with us.'

name

Abbreviation of Seattle.

Initialism of Southeast Asia.

Initialism of Single European Act.

noun

Initialism of Strategic Environmental Assessment.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

ocean

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

sea change

A profound transformation; a metamorphosis.

Public opinion has undergone a sea change since the 2002 elections.

at sea

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, sea.

It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is

victory at sea

Ocean conditions that are very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other watersports.

It is total "Victory at Sea" out there today- 17 to 25 knot onshore winds kicking up big. messy windswell/chop everywhere.

between the devil and the deep blue sea

Between undesirable alternatives.

sea legs

The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.

to get/find one's sea legs

Example Bank

God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.

Wiktionary

These ſhal ye eat, of all that are in the waters: whatſoeuer hath finnes and ſcales in the waters, in the ſeas, and in the riuers, them ſhall ye eate.

Wiktionary

I live near the sea, so I often get to go to the beach.

Tatoeba · #1885

Air travel is fast; sea travel is, however, restful.

Tatoeba · #18297

The sky seemed to blend with the sea.

Tatoeba · #18342

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