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Meaning of Red Sea | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A long, narrow sea between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea.
  2. A great quantity of blood.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Red Sea.
    alt-of
  4. A governorate in eastern Egypt
  5. (A quantity of) blood discharged through the vagina during menstruation.
    slang, vulgar
  6. The states of the western and southern United States which consistently vote Republican in presidential elections.
    US
  7. A great quantity of reddish liquid, such as wine.
    broadly

Equivalents

Čeština Rudé moře
Deutsch Rotes Meer
Ελληνικά Ερυθρά Θάλασσα
Español mar Rojo
Suomi Punainenmeri
Français mer Rouge
עברית ים סוף
हिन्दी लाल सागर
Bahasa Indonesia Laut Merah Laut Teberau
Italiano Mar Rosso
日本語 紅海
한국어 홍해
Nederlands Rode Zee
Português Mar Roxo Mar Vermelho
Svenska Röda havet
Türkçe Kızıldeniz
Українська Червоне море

Examples

“And all this while the red sea of her blood Ebd with Leander.”
“The ghost of a creed […] may be laid, after all, only in a Red Sea of blood.”
“Titus argued that “the promised land” could now “by their own efforts, be obtained”: Slavery has been swallowed up in a Red Sea of blood, and the slave has emerged from the conflict of races transformed from a chattel to a man.”
“When her shoulder was free she screamed at the sharp sting of pain and collapsed to her knees where her own blood gathered in a warm puddle —a red sea of her pain and misery. Gravity increased and the ground, all though placid and still ...”
“Sissoo feasted upon the flesh as the silky smooth red sea of blood trickled down his cheek as the lifeless body of Catherine Babyish lay amongst a red stained linen sheet drenched with her own blood as her scared dead eyes stared into the shadows above.”
“Woman's menstrual blood, as symbolized in the "red carpet" or "red-sea of life," paved the way for the processions of queens, kings, brides and heroes.”
“Hydrogen peroxide: Use 3% (the kind you use for cuts) on the stains you get on your sheets when you're flagging and your lover has parted your red sea.”
“The wet dust found at the bottom of Lilith's lunar Red Sea is menstrual blood, simply, or, in the designation of the new theology, "filth." Lilith, in short, is an unsuitable wife for Adam because she menstruates.”
“After disposing of the ruined boxers, and checking to make sure my makeshift bed isn't covered in my Red Sea, I wad up several balls of toilet paper and coat the bottom of a new pair of boxers with them. It'll have to do for now.”
“"Ay, I'm throwing all this shit in a bag and taking it to the garbage. I don't know too much about the health of pussy, especially Asian wonton-soup pussy. I've swum in the Red Sea a few times to know blood clots the size of plums."”
“Oyl-steep'd Anchovie, landed from his brine, Came freely swimming in red seas of wine.”
“[…] will not get them gone for plain English, we will have one of Father Bacon's pupils from Oxford, to conjure [troublesome thoughts] away with logic and with Hebrew — Or, what say you to laying them in a glorious red sea of claret, my noble guest?”
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:red sea.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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