sea

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The large area of salt water that covers much of the earth, or a particular part of it.

   We swam in the sea every day on holiday.

2. 2
   noun

   A large area of salt water that is partly surrounded by land.

   The ship sailed across the Mediterranean Sea.

3. 3
   noun

   A very large amount of something.

   It will take months to go through this sea of possibilities.

Common collocations

• calm sea Adjective + noun
• rough sea Adjective + noun
• deep sea Adjective + noun
• open sea Adjective + noun
• sea anemone Noun + noun
• sea bream Noun + noun
• sea captain Noun + noun
• sea cucumber Noun + noun
• sea lion Noun + noun
• sea rover Noun + noun
• sea wrack Noun + noun
• sea hare Noun + noun

Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, itself either: * Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”). Related to Latin saevus (“wild, fierce”), Tocharian B saiwe (“itch”), and Latvian sievs, sīvs (“sharp, biting”). More at sore. * Derived from Proto-Germanic *sīhwaną (“to percolate, filter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ-. Cognates Cognate with Yola zea, zee (“sea”), North Frisian See, sia, siie (“sea; lake”), Saterland Frisian See, Säi (“sea”), West Frisian see (“sea”),…

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