sea
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1.0
- noun
- /siː/
- Informal
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mar
- There was something godly about the sea of lights before us, tranquil.
- a sea change
- a sea of faces
In the vast podcast sea, we found a home.
- In the vast podcast sea, we found a home.
- And you've got the sea of ions that's moulting hot.
- Further and further into the sea, into hopelessness.
- Unless you have that, you're just like a minnow in a sea of great white sharks.
Examples
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Been drowning in the sea of broken vows.
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How do you expect to find one guy in a sea of thousands?
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The bad news is obvious when we look at the sea of red.
Academic text (2015) -
My goodness, it's a sea of people.
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In the vast podcast sea, we found a home.
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- It's a sea of frightened faces.
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You wake up here every day feeling lost in a sea of individuality.
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We're drifting in the same sea, you and I, drowning together.
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As the rickshaw disappears into the sea of people and vehicles, we hear Anouar and Max laughing.
Fiction book (1992) -
How do you expect to find one person in a sea of thousands?
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
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9.0
You must choose between two options that are both bad
Compounds
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3.3
A sea between southeastern Europe and western Asia that borders countries like Turkey and Ukraine
8
3.6
A sea near southeast Asia next to China, Vietnam, and the Philippines that many ships cross and that countries dispute
8
2.3
A large sea between Europe, Africa, and Asia that connects to the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar
- US
7
2.3
A large brown sea animal that lives near Pacific coasts and uses rocks to open shellfish
6
2.8
A very large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia that is the world's largest inland sea
6
3.6
The deepest parts of the ocean far below the surface where little or no sunlight reaches
- US
4
2.0
A fish that people catch for sport and food along the Atlantic coast of the United States
4
4.8
A soft sea animal with a long body, leathery skin, and tentacles around its mouth
3
6.0
A soft sea animal that looks like a flower with a ring of tentacles around its mouth
- Specialized
2
6.4
A long sea animal with no legs, a flat tail, and a poisonous bite that eats fish
2
6.1
A group of ancient Hebrew and Aramaic writings found in caves near the Dead Sea
2
5.8
A person who dives deep in the sea using special equipment to protect from high pressure
2
4.6
A large Central Asian lake between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that is now much smaller after rivers were used for farming
1
3.7
A part of the Arctic Ocean north of Norway and Russia with cold water and many sea animals
1
6.1
A large shallow salty lake in southeastern California formed by an accidental flood and fed by water from farms
1
6.7
A calm part of the North Atlantic Ocean with clear water and large mats of floating seaweed
- Specialized
1
6.5
A heavy cloth pulled behind a boat to slow drift and keep the front facing the wind
1
7.2
A sea battle in May 1942 fought only by planes from aircraft carriers that stops a Japanese advance
1
4.3
A dark fish with stripes that lives along the Atlantic coast and that people eat and catch for sport
1
1.1
A large sea of the Atlantic between the Caribbean islands, Central America, and northern South America
1
3.1
A part of the Mediterranean Sea between Italy's east coast and the western coasts of Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania
- Specialized
1
7.5
A large fish without jaws that attaches to other fish and feeds on them
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sea is often used as a picture of something very large because the real sea looks endless. So a 'sea of' messages or faces means a very large number of them.