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 →

2) A particular large area of salt water: "the North Sea". tree →

3) A large amount of something: "a sea of faces". tree →

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 →
• Sea water is salty. tree →
• Whales live in the sea. tree →
• The boat was far out at sea. tree →
• Swim between the flags at the beach. tree →
• We built sandcastles by the sea. tree →
• Mount Everest is 8,849 metres above sea level. tree →
• I was all at sea in the new maths topic. tree →
• There was a storm at sea. tree →

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.
• A floating plastic bag looks like a jellyfish to a leatherback, which is one big reason to keep plastic out of the sea.
• Many female sea turtles come back to lay eggs on the beach where they hatched; scientists think they remember its magnetic signature.
• Almost all the oxygen we breathe was made by plants and tiny algae in the sea.
• Coral reefs cover less than 1 per cent of the ocean floor but are home to about a quarter of all sea fish species.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sea» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.