- sea
- noun1 area of salt waterADJECTIVE▪ calm▪
a calm sea after the storm
▪ choppy, heavy, mountainous (esp. BrE), raging, rough, stormy▪A week of heavy seas has created problems for fishermen.
▪The sea 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 sea.
VERB + SEA▪ cross▪Thousands of Haitians tried to cross the sea to Florida.
▪ roam, sail▪He has sailed the seven seas.
▪ go to (= become a sailor)▪ put out to, put to▪The ship put to sea (= left port) in deteriorating weather conditions.
▪ be lost at▪They were lost at sea when their ship sank en route for Madeira.
▪ stare out to▪She stood on the cliff, staring out to sea.
▪ overlook▪a house overlooking the sea
SEA + VERB▪ rise▪In recent years the sea has risen by a couple of inches.
▪ recede▪The sea has receded since the river was diverted.
SEA + NOUN▪ water▪ bed, bottom, floor▪ level▪The island is sinking into the ocean due to rising sea levels.
▪ conditions▪treacherous sea 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 sea power in the 17th and 18th centuries
PREPOSITION▪ at sea▪We spent three weeks at sea.
▪ across the sea▪We sailed across the Black Sea in a yacht.
▪ by sea▪We sent our furniture by sea.
▪ by the sea▪They live by the sea.
▪ down to the sea▪We'll go down to the sea for a swim before dinner.
▪ in the sea, into the sea▪I love swimming in the sea!
▪ on the sea▪three ships sailing on the sea
▪ out to sea▪She fell overboard and was swept out to sea.
PHRASES▪ the bottom of the sea, the depths of the sea, the edge of the sea, the middle of the sea, the surface of the sea▪ above sea level, at sea level, below sea level▪The camp is situated 6 755 feet above sea level.
▪ on the high seas▪ the seven seas2 large amount of sthADJECTIVE▪ endless, vastVERB + SEA▪ be surrounded by▪They were surrounded by a sea of boxes.
PREPOSITION▪ sea of▪She scanned the vast sea of faces below her.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
