--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 101 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/101/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 101 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A strand is a single thin thread, hair or wire, or one of several twisted together.[↗](../../strand/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A strand is one part of a story, plan or argument.[↗](../../strand/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To strand someone means to leave them stuck somewhere with no way to leave; they are stranded.[↗](../../strand/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (literary) A strand is a beach or the shore.[↗](../../strand/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A strand of hair fell across her face.[↗](../../strand/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rope is made of three strands twisted together.[↗](../../strand/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · DNA has two strands.[↗](../../strand/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm stranded us at the airport overnight.[↗](../../strand/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors were stranded on a desert island.[↗](../../strand/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A whale was stranded on the beach.[↗](../../strand/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The book weaves several strands into one story.[↗](../../strand/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At that moment a young pike suddenly jumped out of the water and fell on the strand.[↗](../../strand/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stranded** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If you are stranded, you are stuck in a place and cannot leave, for example because your car broke down or there are no trains.[↗](../../stranded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stranded whale, fish or boat has been left on a beach or in shallow water and cannot get back to the sea.[↗](../../stranded/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Stranded can describe something made of strands (threads twisted together): a stranded cable.[↗](../../stranded/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We were stranded at the airport because of the storm.[↗](../../stranded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors were stranded on a desert island.[↗](../../stranded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rescuers helped push the stranded whale back into the sea.[↗](../../stranded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you are stranded, stay with your group and call for help.[↗](../../stranded/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The flood left the village stranded for two days.[↗](../../stranded/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our car broke down and left us stranded by the road.[↗](../../stranded/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The stranded hikers waited for the helicopter.[↗](../../stranded/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **strange** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strange means unusual or surprising in a way that is hard to explain: a strange noise.[↗](../../strange/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strange means unfamiliar, not known to you: a strange place.[↗](../../strange/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Feeling strange means feeling a bit unwell or not normal.[↗](../../strange/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I heard a strange noise in the night.[↗](../../strange/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It's strange that the dog isn't barking.[↗](../../strange/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everything felt strange on my first day at the new school.[↗](../../strange/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you smell something strange like gas, tell an adult straight away.[↗](../../strange/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A strange man was standing by the gate.[↗](../../strange/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That's strange; I left my book right here\![↗](../../strange/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was strangely quiet.[↗](../../strange/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I feel a bit strange; I think I'm getting sick.[↗](../../strange/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And then a strange thing happened.[↗](../../strange/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.[↗](../../strange/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.26.61, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strange/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him.[↗](../../strange/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strange/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.[↗](../../strange/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strange/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things.[↗](../../strange/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strange/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.[↗](../../strange/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.81.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strange/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; (Writings PRO.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strange/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **strangely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In an unusual or surprising way.[↗](../../strangely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (at the start of a sentence) Surprisingly, it is odd that.[↗](../../strangely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The house was strangely quiet.[↗](../../strangely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog was behaving strangely before the storm.[↗](../../strangely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Strangely, the cake didn't rise at all.[↗](../../strangely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Strangely enough, the lost key was in the fridge.[↗](../../strangely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He looked at me strangely.[↗](../../strangely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If an adult acts strangely online, tell your parents.[↗](../../strangely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock had strangely stopped at midnight.[↗](../../strangely/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant grew strangely towards the window.[↗](../../strangely/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Strangely, it was not in the water that they met.[↗](../../strangely/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **strangeness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strangeness is the quality of being odd, unusual or unlike what is normal.[↗](../../strangeness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The strangeness of the empty house frightened them.[↗](../../strangeness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She noticed the strangeness of the old man's eyes.[↗](../../strangeness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They wondered at the strangeness of their task.[↗](../../strangeness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The strangeness of the beast made the prince afraid.[↗](../../strangeness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **stranger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person you do not know.[↗](../../stranger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who is new to a place: «I'm a stranger here».[↗](../../stranger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Comparative of «strange»: more unusual: «The story got stranger and stranger».[↗](../../stranger/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A person who is not from the land and lives among its people without being one of their family or nation.[↗](../../stranger/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't get into a car with a stranger.[↗](../../stranger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A stranger asked me for directions, so I fetched my mum.[↗](../../stranger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you're lost, ask a shop worker for help.[↗](../../stranger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a complete stranger to me.[↗](../../stranger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never tell a stranger online where you live.[↗](../../stranger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new neighbours were strangers, but now they are friends.[↗](../../stranger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The noises got stranger and stranger.[↗](../../stranger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He's no stranger to hard work.[↗](../../stranger/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Howdy, Daddy Ben?" the stranger exclaimed.[↗](../../stranger/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Love ye therefore the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.[↗](../../stranger/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.10.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stranger/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow.[↗](../../stranger/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stranger/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.[↗](../../stranger/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stranger/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.[↗](../../stranger/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stranger/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.[↗](../../stranger/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.94.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stranger/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.[↗](../../stranger/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.5.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stranger/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Love ye therefore the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.[↗](../../stranger/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.10.19, JPS 1917) · "Howdy, Daddy Ben?" the stranger exclaimed.[↗](../../stranger/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) · Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow.[↗](../../stranger/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.19, JPS 1917) **strangle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To strangle means to squeeze someone's neck so hard that they cannot breathe; it can kill.[↗](../../strangle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To strangle something means to stop it growing or developing, like weeds strangling plants.[↗](../../strangle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A strangled sound is a cry that is cut short.[↗](../../strangle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never put a rope or string around anyone's neck; it could strangle them.[↗](../../strangle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tie up blind cords so small children can't get strangled.[↗](../../strangle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ivy is strangling the tree.[↗](../../strangle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a strangled cry of surprise.[↗](../../strangle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Weeds can strangle young plants.[↗](../../strangle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the snake tried to strangle the hero.[↗](../../strangle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Take off scarves and cords before climbing frames.[↗](../../strangle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The king was very angry, and had him strangled immediately.[↗](../../strangle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.[↗](../../strangle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.7.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strangle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.[↗](../../strangle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strangle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **strangler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strangler is a person who kills or hurts someone by squeezing their throat so they cannot breathe; it is a word from crime news and stories.[↗](../../strangler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) A strangler fig is a tropical plant that grows around a tree, wraps it in roots and can slowly kill it.[↗](../../strangler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Weeds that wrap around and choke other plants are sometimes called stranglers.[↗](../../strangler/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The strangler fig wrapped its roots around the old tree.[↗](../../strangler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the rainforest, strangler figs can grow taller than their host trees.[↗](../../strangler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective story was about the hunt for a strangler.[↗](../../strangler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bindweed is a strangler that chokes garden plants.[↗](../../strangler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The police finally caught the strangler.[↗](../../strangler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A strangler fig can leave a hollow tower of roots after the host tree dies.[↗](../../strangler/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gardeners pull out stranglers like ivy and bindweed.[↗](../../strangler/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **strangulation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Killing or hurting someone by squeezing their neck so they cannot breathe.[↗](../../strangulation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) When something is squeezed so tightly that blood or air cannot flow through it.[↗](../../strangulation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, figurative) Stopping something from growing or working, as if choking it.[↗](../../strangulation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Blind cords can be a strangulation hazard for small children.[↗](../../strangulation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The label warned of a risk of strangulation.[↗](../../strangulation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep long cords and ropes away from babies to prevent strangulation.[↗](../../strangulation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said the hernia could cause strangulation of the gut.[↗](../../strangulation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story, the vine slowly strangled the tree.[↗](../../strangulation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The new tax caused the slow strangulation of small shops.[↗](../../strangulation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **strap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strap is a strip of leather, cloth or plastic used to fasten, carry or hold something.[↗](../../strap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To strap something is to fasten it with a strap.[↗](../../strap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To strap up an injury is to wrap it with a bandage.[↗](../../strap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Strapped for cash means having very little money (informal).[↗](../../strap/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fasten the strap of your helmet.[↗](../../strap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My bag strap broke.[↗](../../strap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Carry your backpack with both straps.[↗](../../strap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse strapped up my ankle.[↗](../../strap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We were strapped into our seats on the ride.[↗](../../strap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her watch has a leather strap.[↗](../../strap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's strapped for cash this month.[↗](../../strap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **strapping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strapping means big, strong and healthy-looking, usually of a tall young person.[↗](../../strapping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two elder brothers were strapping fellows.[↗](../../strapping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a strapping girl who could lift the sack.[↗](../../strapping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A strapping young farmer came to help.[↗](../../strapping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The strapping prince fought the bear.[↗](../../strapping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **stratagem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A clever plan or trick to get what you want or to fool an enemy.[↗](../../stratagem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The secret tunnel was Badger's stratagem.[↗](../../stratagem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Trojan Horse was a famous stratagem.[↗](../../stratagem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's stratagem was to dress as a washerwoman.[↗](../../stratagem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox used a stratagem to get the cheese.[↗](../../stratagem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her chess stratagem surprised her older brother.[↗](../../stratagem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The general thought of a stratagem to cross the river.[↗](../../stratagem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is wiser for me to resort to stratagem and come upon my enemies unawares.[↗](../../stratagem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have completed their transgression, there shall stand up a king of fierce countenance, and understanding stratagems.[↗](../../stratagem/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.8.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stratagem/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **strategic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strategic means carefully planned to reach a goal.[↗](../../strategic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strategic means important for winning a war, game or plan: a strategic place.[↗](../../strategic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The castle was built in a strategic spot on the hill.[↗](../../strategic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a strategic move and won the chess game.[↗](../../strategic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team had a strategic plan for the second half.[↗](../../strategic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bridges were strategic targets in the war.[↗](../../strategic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We put the buckets in strategic places to catch the drips.[↗](../../strategic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Good maths is often strategic: pick the easiest way first.[↗](../../strategic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **strategy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strategy is a plan for reaching a goal, especially a clever plan made carefully ahead.[↗](../../strategy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strategy is the skill of planning, for example in games, sport or war.[↗](../../strategy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What strategy did you use to solve the problem?[↗](../../strategy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One strategy for adding 9 is to add 10 and take away 1.[↗](../../strategy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team needs a better strategy to win.[↗](../../strategy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chess is a game of strategy.[↗](../../strategy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Drawing a diagram is a useful strategy in maths.[↗](../../strategy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her strategy was to save a little money every week.[↗](../../strategy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The general planned a strategy for the battle.[↗](../../strategy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stratosphere** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The stratosphere is the layer of air above the lowest layer of the atmosphere, roughly between ten and fifty kilometres above the ground.[↗](../../stratosphere/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) The stratosphere means a very high level, far above ordinary things, for example of prices or fame.[↗](../../stratosphere/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ozone layer is in the stratosphere.[↗](../../stratosphere/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Weather balloons can rise into the stratosphere.[↗](../../stratosphere/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jet planes fly near the bottom of the stratosphere.[↗](../../stratosphere/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There are almost no clouds in the stratosphere.[↗](../../stratosphere/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The air in the stratosphere is very thin and cold.[↗](../../stratosphere/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After her hit song, her fame shot into the stratosphere.[↗](../../stratosphere/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · House prices have gone into the stratosphere.[↗](../../stratosphere/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stratum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A stratum is one layer of rock or soil lying on top of another.[↗](../../stratum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stratum is a layer of anything, such as the air or the sea.[↗](../../stratum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) A stratum is a level or class of people in a society.[↗](../../stratum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each stratum of rock in the cliff was a different colour.[↗](../../stratum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fossil was found in a stratum of limestone.[↗](../../stratum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Grand Canyon shows hundreds of strata.[↗](../../stratum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lowest stratum of rock is usually the oldest.[↗](../../stratum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A thin stratum of ash came from an ancient volcano.[↗](../../stratum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The book is about people from every stratum of society.[↗](../../stratum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Clouds can form in a stratum of cold air.[↗](../../stratum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stratus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stratus is a type of low, flat, grey cloud that covers the sky like a blanket.[↗](../../stratus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stratus clouds often bring drizzle or mist; stratus at ground level is fog.[↗](../../stratus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stratus clouds made the sky grey all day.[↗](../../stratus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stratus is a low, flat cloud.[↗](../../stratus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Drizzle often falls from stratus clouds.[↗](../../stratus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When stratus touches the ground, we call it fog.[↗](../../stratus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cumulus clouds are puffy, but stratus clouds are flat.[↗](../../stratus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nimbostratus clouds bring steady rain.[↗](../../stratus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **straw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Straw is the dry yellow stalks of plants like wheat, used for animal beds or to make hats and baskets.[↗](../../straw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A straw is a thin tube for drinking.[↗](../../straw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «The last straw» is the last small problem that makes you lose patience.[↗](../../straw/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To draw straws is to choose by picking from straws of different lengths.[↗](../../straw/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A box has 100 straws.[↗](../../straw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each child used 2 straws.[↗](../../straw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer has 30 bales of straw.[↗](../../straw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She bought 4 packs of 25 straws.[↗](../../straw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The first little pig built his house of straw.[↗](../../straw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse sleeps on a bed of straw.[↗](../../straw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Paper straws are better for the ocean than plastic ones.[↗](../../straw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew straws to see who would go first.[↗](../../straw/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Soon the straw hut was ready.[↗](../../straw/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them go and gather straw for themselves.[↗](../../straw/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straw/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore.[↗](../../straw/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straw/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'[↗](../../straw/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straw/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.[↗](../../straw/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straw/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · What hath the straw to do with the wheat? saith the LORD.[↗](../../straw/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.23.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straw/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.[↗](../../straw/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") 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