Meaning
11 sensesA large body of salt water.
Meer, See, Meer
мо́реmóre
мо́реmóre
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
A large body of salt water.
The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.
A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
A single wave; billow.
The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
(attributive, in compounds)Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.
(figuratively)Anything resembling the vastness or turbulence of the sea in mass, size or quantity.
A constant flux of gluons splitting into quarks, which annihilate to produce further gluons.
A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
The Apollo 11 mission landed in the Sea of Tranquility.
A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.
Examples
1507 sentencesShe has a house by the sea.
Вона має будинок біля моря.
ruУ неё есть дом у моря.
deSie hat ein Haus am Meer.
You can hear the sound of the sea in this hotel room.
У цьому номері готелю ви можете чути шум моря.
ruВ этом номере гостиницы вы можете слышать шум моря.
My house is close to the sea.
Мій дім знаходиться близько до моря.
ruМой дом находится близко к морю.
Fish live in the sea.
Риби живуть у морі.
ruРыба живёт в море.
deFische leben im Meer.
He's afraid of the sea.
Він боїться моря.
ruОн боится моря.
deEr hat Angst vor dem Meer.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, itself either:
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Forms
plural: seasSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Weather and nature — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
6 patterns- in the sea
- by the sea
- of the sea
- the sea is
- at the sea
- sea water