--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 102 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/102/) [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 102 [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 strawberry is a small red sweet fruit with tiny seeds on its outside and green leaves on top.[↗](../../strawberry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A strawberry plant grows low on the ground and sends out runners.[↗](../../strawberry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Marco picked 25 pounds of strawberries.[↗](../../strawberry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His dad picked 18 pounds.[↗](../../strawberry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pounds did they pick together?[↗](../../strawberry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She ate 12 strawberries.[↗](../../strawberry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We made strawberry jam.[↗](../../strawberry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Strawberries and cream are eaten at Wimbledon.[↗](../../strawberry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash the strawberries before you eat them.[↗](../../strawberry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The strawberry plants sent out runners.[↗](../../strawberry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Each box holds 2 pounds of strawberries.[↗](../../strawberry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A strawberry has about 200 seeds on its skin.[↗](../../strawberry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Actually, ripe strawberries! which came quite red and sweet up under the snow.[↗](../../strawberry/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **strawman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (logic) A strawman is an unfair trick in an argument: you change the other person's idea into a weaker or sillier version and then attack that instead of what they really said.[↗](../../strawman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A straw man is also a figure made of straw, like a scarecrow or a dummy for practice.[↗](../../strawman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A straw man can be a person used to hide who is really behind something.[↗](../../strawman/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Saying I hate all vegetables because I don't like peas is a strawman.[↗](../../strawman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "You want less homework, so you don't care about learning!" — that's a strawman argument.[↗](../../strawman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Politicians sometimes attack a strawman instead of the real idea.[↗](../../strawman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The scarecrow was a straw man stuffed with hay.[↗](../../strawman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't strawman my point; listen to what I actually said.[↗](../../strawman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our debate coach taught us to spot strawman arguments.[↗](../../strawman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Knights practised with their lances on a straw man.[↗](../../strawman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stray** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stray animal is a pet like a dog or cat that is lost or has no home.[↗](../../stray/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stray is such a lost or homeless animal.[↗](../../stray/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To stray is to wander away from where you should be, like straying from a path.[↗](../../stray/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Stray can describe one thing that is away from the others, like a stray hair or a stray sock.[↗](../../stray/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A stray shot is a bullet or shot that goes wide of its target and hits something by accident.[↗](../../stray/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A stray dog followed us home.[↗](../../stray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Animal shelters look after strays.[↗](../../stray/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't stray from the path in the woods.[↗](../../stray/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sheep had strayed into the road.[↗](../../stray/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She brushed a stray hair off her face.[↗](../../stray/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I found a stray sock under the bed.[↗](../../stray/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never stroke a stray cat; it might scratch.[↗](../../stray/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Another's stray shot had killed the deer.[↗](../../stray/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more?[↗](../../stray/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.1.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stray/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe unto them! for they have strayed from Me; Destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against Me; Shall I then redeem them, seeing they have spoken lies against Me?[↗](../../stray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.7.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **straying** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Wandering off the right way, or the act of going astray.[↗](../../straying/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your strayings, until your carcasses be consumed in the wilderness.[↗](../../straying/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.14.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../straying/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **streak** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A streak is a long, thin line or mark of a different colour, like a streak of paint or a streak of lightning.[↗](../../streak/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A streak is a run of the same result many times in a row, like a winning streak.[↗](../../streak/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A streak in someone's character is a small part of it, like a mean streak or a stubborn streak.[↗](../../streak/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To streak is to move very fast, or to mark with streaks.[↗](../../streak/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a streak of blue paint on her cheek.[↗](../../streak/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A streak of lightning lit up the sky.[↗](../../streak/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team is on a five-game winning streak.[↗](../../streak/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat streaked across the garden.[↗](../../streak/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tears streaked his muddy face.[↗](../../streak/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a kind streak, though she seems strict.[↗](../../streak/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A shooting star streaked across the night sky.[↗](../../streak/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Real tears washed brown streaks across his red-painted cheeks.[↗](../../streak/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.[↗](../../streak/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../streak/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods.[↗](../../streak/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../streak/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked.[↗](../../streak/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../streak/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **streaky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Streaky means having streaks: long thin lines or marks of a different colour, often uneven: streaky windows, streaky hair dye.[↗](../../streaky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Ireland, Australia) Streaky bacon is bacon with stripes of fat and meat, cut from the belly.[↗](../../streaky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, sport) Streaky means not steady, sometimes very good and sometimes bad; in cricket, a streaky shot is a lucky edge.[↗](../../streaky/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I cleaned the window, but it's still streaky.[↗](../../streaky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The paint dried streaky because I used too little.[↗](../../streaky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad made sandwiches with streaky bacon.[↗](../../streaky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her fake tan went a bit streaky.[↗](../../streaky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky was streaky with pink clouds.[↗](../../streaky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His batting is streaky: one week great, the next week awful.[↗](../../streaky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a streaky four off the edge of the bat.[↗](../../streaky/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stream** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stream is a small, narrow river.[↗](../../stream/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stream is a continuous flow of something, like a stream of water, cars or people.[↗](../../stream/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To stream means to flow continuously.[↗](../../stream/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To stream video or music means to play it straight from the internet.[↗](../../stream/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In some schools, a stream is a group of pupils of similar level.[↗](../../stream/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We paddled in the stream.[↗](../../stream/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The stream flows into the river.[↗](../../stream/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never try to cross a fast stream after heavy rain.[↗](../../stream/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't drink water straight from a stream.[↗](../../stream/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A stream of people came out of the stadium.[↗](../../stream/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tears streamed down his cheeks.[↗](../../stream/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We streamed the film on the TV.[↗](../../stream/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Light streamed through the window.[↗](../../stream/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He leaped into the deep, swift stream.[↗](../../stream/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.[↗](../../stream/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stream/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the dry land.[↗](../../stream/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.126.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stream/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul; (Writings PSA.124.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stream/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.[↗](../../stream/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.5.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stream/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **streamer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A streamer is a long, narrow strip of coloured paper or ribbon used to decorate for parties and celebrations.[↗](../../streamer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A streamer is a person who streams live video online, for example playing video games while people watch.[↗](../../streamer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A streamer can be a long flag or ribbon that streams out in the wind, such as on a kite or a bike handlebar.[↗](../../streamer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We hung red and gold streamers for the party.[↗](../../streamer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike had colourful streamers on the handlebars.[↗](../../streamer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin watches a gaming streamer every evening.[↗](../../streamer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The streamer said hello to his viewers.[↗](../../streamer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The kite had a long streamer for a tail.[↗](../../streamer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Paper streamers fell from the ceiling at midnight.[↗](../../streamer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a streamer when she grows up.[↗](../../streamer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never tell a streamer's chat where you live.[↗](../../streamer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **streamline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To streamline something is to give it a smooth, slim shape so it moves easily through air or water.[↗](../../streamline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To streamline a job or a system is to make it simpler and quicker by removing unneeded steps.[↗](../../streamline/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science, noun) A streamline is a line showing the path air or water takes as it flows around something.[↗](../../streamline/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A dolphin's body is streamlined so it swims fast.[↗](../../streamline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Racing cars are streamlined to cut through the air.[↗](../../streamline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We made streamlined paper boats and tested them in the water tray.[↗](../../streamline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school streamlined the lunch queue so everyone eats sooner.[↗](../../streamline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cyclists crouch low to make themselves more streamlined.[↗](../../streamline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum streamlined her morning by packing bags the night before.[↗](../../streamline/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The new train has a streamlined nose.[↗](../../streamline/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **streamlining** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* making something simpler and more efficient.[↗](../../streamlining/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (euphemism, business) cutting jobs or services.[↗](../../streamlining/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) shaping something so it moves easily through air or water.[↗](../../streamlining/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The company announced streamlining, and two hundred jobs went.[↗](../../streamlining/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish and dolphins have a streamlined shape.[↗](../../streamlining/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We streamlined the morning routine so we leave earlier.[↗](../../streamlining/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The council's streamlining closed two libraries.[↗](../../streamlining/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In science we tested which shape was most streamlined.[↗](../../streamlining/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Streamlining the form made it much quicker to fill in.[↗](../../streamlining/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **street** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A street is a road in a town or city with houses, shops or buildings on its sides.[↗](../../street/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Street» is part of many addresses: «24 High Street».[↗](../../street/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «The streets» can mean the town outside, with its people.[↗](../../street/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 30 houses on the street.[↗](../../street/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lamps stand every 10 m along the street.[↗](../../street/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The street is 500 m long.[↗](../../street/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many houses on both sides?[↗](../../street/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend lives across the street.[↗](../../street/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Look both ways before you cross the street.[↗](../../street/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Houses on one side of the street have odd numbers.[↗](../../street/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a street party with music and food.[↗](../../street/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They passed out into the street.[↗](../../street/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 7, Duke Street, Adelphi, London, W.C, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../street/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Womem's Prixting Society, Ltd., 66, Whitcomb Street, W.C.[↗](../../street/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../street/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The hallowed stones are poured out at the head of every street.[↗](../../street/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../street/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.[↗](../../street/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.5.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../street/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets, she uttereth her voice in the broad places; (Writings PRO.1.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../street/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **streetlight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tall lamp on a pole beside a road that lights up the street at night.[↗](../../streetlight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The streetlights came on as it got dark.[↗](../../streetlight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We waited under the streetlight for Dad.[↗](../../streetlight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum says I must be home when the streetlights come on.[↗](../../streetlight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The broken streetlight made the corner very dark.[↗](../../streetlight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The road has a streetlight every 30 metres.[↗](../../streetlight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Moths were flying around the streetlight.[↗](../../streetlight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk on well-lit streets with streetlights at night.[↗](../../streetlight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **strength** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strength is how strong someone or something is: the power of muscles to lift and push.[↗](../../strength/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strength is how much force something can take without breaking: the strength of a rope or bridge.[↗](../../strength/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Your strengths are the things you are good at.[↗](../../strength/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Strength can mean courage and the power to keep going when things are hard.[↗](../../strength/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Climbing helps build strength in your arms.[↗](../../strength/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested the strength of three kinds of paper.[↗](../../strength/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My strengths are reading and drawing.[↗](../../strength/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It took all my strength to open the jar.[↗](../../strength/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She showed great strength when her grandma was ill.[↗](../../strength/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The strength of the wind knocked over the bins.[↗](../../strength/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The team went from strength to strength.[↗](../../strength/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.[↗](../../strength/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strength/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the first-fruits of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.[↗](../../strength/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strength/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation.[↗](../../strength/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strength/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · So his strength was not known.[↗](../../strength/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strength/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Hast thou given the horse his strength?[↗](../../strength/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strength/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · O my soul, tread them down with strength.[↗](../../strength/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strength/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **strengthen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To strengthen something is to make it stronger.[↗](../../strengthen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To strengthen is to become stronger.[↗](../../strengthen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To strengthen a feeling, idea or friendship is to make it firmer or more certain.[↗](../../strengthen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Swimming strengthens your arms and legs.[↗](../../strengthen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We strengthened the paper bridge with triangles.[↗](../../strengthen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind strengthened during the night.[↗](../../strengthen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Working together strengthened our friendship.[↗](../../strengthen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk helps to strengthen bones and teeth.[↗](../../strengthen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The builders strengthened the old wall with steel bars.[↗](../../strengthen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her kind words strengthened my courage.[↗](../../strengthen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The new evidence strengthened the detective's idea.[↗](../../strengthen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · You must be needing something to strengthen you after that turn.’[↗](../../strengthen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And one told Jacob, and said: 'Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee.'[↗](../../strengthen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.[↗](../../strengthen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.48.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strengthen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.'[↗](../../strengthen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.3.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strengthen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees.[↗](../../strengthen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.35.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strengthen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.[↗](../../strengthen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strengthen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.[↗](../../strengthen/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.17.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strengthen/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **strenuous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strenuous means needing a lot of effort, energy or strength: a strenuous climb.[↗](../../strenuous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strenuous can describe very determined effort: strenuous efforts to save the forest.[↗](../../strenuous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The climb up the mountain was strenuous.[↗](../../strenuous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Avoid strenuous exercise after a big meal.[↗](../../strenuous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the strenuous match, we were exhausted.[↗](../../strenuous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Volunteers made strenuous efforts to clean the beach.[↗](../../strenuous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Moving house is strenuous work.[↗](../../strenuous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said no strenuous activity for a week.[↗](../../strenuous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **strep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Strep is short for streptococcus, a kind of bacteria that can cause illness.[↗](../../strep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strep, or strep throat, is a sore throat caused by these bacteria, with fever and pain when swallowing, which doctors may treat with antibiotics.[↗](../../strep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had strep throat and missed two days of school.[↗](../../strep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor did a quick strep test with a swab.[↗](../../strep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Strep is caused by bacteria, not a virus.[↗](../../strep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She took antibiotics for her strep.[↗](../../strep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't share water bottles if someone has strep.[↗](../../strep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse said there was strep going around the class.[↗](../../strep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/101/) **102** [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/103/) … 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