- sea
- [[t]si͟ː[/t]]
♦♦seas1) N-SING: the N, also by N The sea is the salty water that covers about three-quarters of the earth's surface.
Most of the kids have never seen the sea...
All transport operations, whether by sea, rail or road, are closely monitored at all times.
2) N-PLURAL You use seas when you are describing the sea at a particular time or in a particular area. [LITERARY]He drowned after 30 minutes in the rough seas...
The seas are warm further south.
3) N-COUNT: oft in names A sea is a large area of salty water that is part of an ocean or is surrounded by land....the North Sea.
...the huge inland sea of Turkana.
4) N-SING: N of n A sea of people or things is a very large number of them together.Down below them was the sea of upturned faces...
His eyes ran over the sea of bottles and glasses on the table.
5) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR You can say that someone is all at sea when they are in a state of confusion or uncertainty. [JOURNALISM]If you had never seen a telly ad, you would be all at sea with popular culture.
6) PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v At sea means on or under the sea, far away from land.The boats remain at sea for an average of ten days at a time...
His body was found at sea in waters off the Canary Islands.
7) PHRASE: PHR after v If you go or look out to sea, you go or look across the sea....fishermen who go to sea for two weeks at a time...
He pointed out to sea.
English dictionary. 2008.
