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# sea

«sea» in Mova's school dictionary: **The large area of salt water that covers most of the Earth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sea, seas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The large area of salt water that covers most of the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#m1)

2) A particular large area of salt water: "the North Sea". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#m2)

3) A large amount of something: "a sea of faces". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography, the sea is salty; seas and oceans are home to fish, whales and plants; the Moon causes tides. In safety: swim between the flags, watch for rip currents, never swim alone. Phrases: at sea, by the sea, seaside, seashell, sea level, out to sea, all at sea (confused).

### examples

- We went swimming in the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x1)
- Sea water is salty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x2)
- Whales live in the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x3)
- The boat was far out at sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x4)
- Swim between the flags at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x5)
- We built sandcastles by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x6)
- Mount Everest is 8,849 metres above sea level. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x7)
- I was all at sea in the new maths topic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x8)
- There was a storm at sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/#x9)

### note

"Sea" sounds like "see" (with your eyes) — homophones. Seas are usually smaller than oceans. Do not drink sea water; it makes you more thirsty.

### In the corpora

- [The vaquita, a porpoise in Mexico, is the rarest sea mammal; around ten were reported in recent surveys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/27-dolphins-porpoises-and-seals/12/)
- [A floating plastic bag looks like a jellyfish to a leatherback, which is one big reason to keep plastic out of the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/11/)
- [Many female sea turtles come back to lay eggs on the beach where they hatched; scientists think they remember its magnetic signature.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/14/)
- [Almost all the oxygen we breathe was made by plants and tiny algae in the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/56-how-plants-grow/9/)
- [Coral reefs cover less than 1 per cent of the ocean floor but are home to about a quarter of all sea fish species.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sea» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.