noun
1 area of salt water
ADJECTIVE
▪ calm
▪
a calm ~ after the storm
▪ choppy , heavy , mountainous ( esp. BrE ), raging , rough , stormy
▪
A week of heavy ~s has created problems for fishermen.
▪
The ~ was too rough for sailing in small boats.
▪ deep , shallow
▪ blue , grey/gray
▪ cold , frozen
▪ warm
▪ salty
▪ inland
▪ open
▪
The fishing boats headed for the open ~.
VERB + SEA
▪ cross
▪
Thousands of Haitians tried to cross the ~ to Florida.
▪ roam , sail
▪
He has sailed the seven ~s.
▪ go to (= become a sailor)
▪ put out to , put to
▪
The ship put to ~ ( = left port ) in deteriorating weather conditions.
▪ be lost at
▪
They were lost at ~ when their ship sank en route for Madeira.
▪ stare out to
▪
She stood on the cliff, staring out to ~.
▪ overlook
▪
a house overlooking the ~
SEA + VERB
▪ rise
▪
In recent years the ~ has risen by a couple of inches.
▪ recede
▪
The ~ has receded since the river was diverted.
SEA + NOUN
▪ water
▪ bed , bottom , floor
▪ level
▪
The island is sinking into the ocean due to rising ~ levels.
▪ conditions
▪
treacherous ~ conditions around Greenland
▪ air , breeze
▪ ice
▪ creature
▪ otter , trout , turtle , urchin , etc.
▪ port (usually seaport )
▪ voyage
▪ cliff , front , view
▪ chantey ( AmE ), shanty ( BrE )
▪ salt
▪ power
▪
the rise of British ~ power in the 17th and 18th centuries
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
We spent three weeks at ~.
▪ across the ~
▪
We sailed across the Black Sea in a yacht.
▪ by ~
▪
We sent our furniture by ~.
▪ by the ~
▪
They live by the ~.
▪ down to the ~
▪
We'll go down to the ~ for a swim before dinner.
▪ in the ~ , into the ~
▪
I love swimming in the ~!
▪ on the ~
▪
three ships sailing on the ~
▪ out to ~
▪
She fell overboard and was swept out to ~.
PHRASES
▪ the bottom of the ~ , the depths of the ~ , the edge of the ~ , the middle of the ~ , the surface of the ~
▪ above ~ level , at ~ level , below ~ level
▪
The camp is situated 6 755 feet above ~ level.
▪ on the high ~s
▪ the seven ~s
2 large amount of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ endless , vast
VERB + SEA
▪ be surrounded by
▪
They were surrounded by a ~ of boxes.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
She scanned the vast ~ of faces below her.