--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 104 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/104/) [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 104 [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:* In football (soccer), a striker is a player whose main job is to score goals.[↗](../../striker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A striker is a worker who is on strike: refusing to work to protest about pay or conditions.[↗](../../striker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A striker is a person or thing that hits something, like the hammer that hits a bell or the part of a matchbox you strike a match on.[↗](../../striker/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our striker scored three goals.[↗](../../striker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The striker kicked the ball into the top corner.[↗](../../striker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If a striker scores 12 goals in 6 games, that is 2 goals a game.[↗](../../striker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The strikers held signs outside the factory gate.[↗](../../striker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She plays as a striker for the girls' team.[↗](../../striker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Strike the match on the striker on the side of the box.[↗](../../striker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **striking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Striking means hitting something hard: the ball striking the window.[↗](../../striking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* For a clock, striking means ringing the hours: the clock is striking six.[↗](../../striking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Striking also means very easy to notice, eye-catching: a striking red dress.[↗](../../striking/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Striking workers are on strike: they stop work to ask for better pay or conditions.[↗](../../striking/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clock is striking 6.[↗](../../striking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many times does a clock strike from 1 to 12?[↗](../../striking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock takes 10 seconds for striking 6.[↗](../../striking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each striking of the bell lasts 2 seconds.[↗](../../striking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lightning is striking the hills.[↗](../../striking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a striking yellow coat.[↗](../../striking/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a striking likeness between the twins.[↗](../../striking/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He was striking the nail with a hammer.[↗](../../striking/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus drivers are striking for better pay.[↗](../../striking/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The clocks were striking twelve when John awoke.[↗](../../striking/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **string** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A string is a thin cord used for tying things.[↗](../../string/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A string is one of the tight wires or threads on a guitar, violin or piano that make sounds.[↗](../../string/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A string of things is a row of them on a thread, like a string of beads, or a series: a string of wins.[↗](../../string/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To string is to put things on a thread.[↗](../../string/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «No strings attached» means with no hidden conditions.[↗](../../string/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has 20 meters of string.[↗](../../string/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He cut the string into 4 equal pieces.[↗](../../string/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A guitar has 6 strings.[↗](../../string/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each string has 15 beads.[↗](../../string/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tie the parcel with string.[↗](../../string/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a piece of string to measure round the plate.[↗](../../string/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The violin is a string instrument.[↗](../../string/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We strung lights across the garden.[↗](../../string/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The strings are snapped; I've nothing to play on!"[↗](../../string/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For the Leader; with string-music; on the Sheminith.[↗](../../string/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.6.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../string/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe.[↗](../../string/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.150.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../string/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Give thanks unto the LORD with harp, sing praises unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings.[↗](../../string/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.33.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../string/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **stringy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stringy food is full of tough fibres like strings and is hard to chew: stringy meat, stringy celery.[↗](../../stringy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stringy hair is thin, hangs in long straight strands and often looks greasy or untidy.[↗](../../stringy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A stringy person is thin with lean, wiry muscles.[↗](../../stringy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Stringy also describes anything that stretches into thin strings, like melted cheese.[↗](../../stringy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This beef is stringy and hard to chew.[↗](../../stringy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pull the stringy bits off the celery.[↗](../../stringy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The melted cheese on the pizza was all stringy.[↗](../../stringy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After swimming, my hair was wet and stringy.[↗](../../stringy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old farmer was stringy and strong.[↗](../../stringy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Runner beans get stringy if you pick them late.[↗](../../stringy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her stringy fringe hung over her eyes.[↗](../../stringy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **strip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strip is a long, narrow piece of something, like paper, cloth or land.[↗](../../strip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To strip means to take off a cover or layer: strip the old paint.[↗](../../strip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To strip a bed is to take off the sheets.[↗](../../strip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A comic strip is a short story told in a row of pictures.[↗](../../strip/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A sports strip (UK) is the clothes a team wears.[↗](../../strip/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To strip can also mean to take off all your clothes.[↗](../../strip/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She cut the paper into 8 strips.[↗](../../strip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each strip is 3 inches wide.[↗](../../strip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A strip of land is 50 meters long.[↗](../../strip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He used 12 strips of tape.[↗](../../strip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We used fraction strips to show that two quarters make a half.[↗](../../strip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad stripped the old wallpaper off the wall.[↗](../../strip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I love reading the comic strips.[↗](../../strip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The team wore their new home strip.[↗](../../strip/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I'll strip myself naked and lie down under the holy pictures.[↗](../../strip/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.'[↗](../../strip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.20.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.[↗](../../strip/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strip/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.[↗](../../strip/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strip/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.[↗](../../strip/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.47.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strip/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **stripe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stripe is a long thin line of colour on something, like on a zebra or a flag.[↗](../../stripe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stripe on a uniform can show a person's rank.[↗](../../stripe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A stripe can also be a blow with a whip or stick as a punishment.[↗](../../stripe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The flag has 13 stripes.[↗](../../stripe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each shirt has 5 blue stripes.[↗](../../stripe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A zebra has many black stripes.[↗](../../stripe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She painted 4 red stripes and 3 white stripes.[↗](../../stripe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · No two zebras have the same stripes.[↗](../../stripe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pattern goes red stripe, white stripe, red stripe.[↗](../../stripe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A tiger's stripes help it hide in tall grass.[↗](../../stripe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The king ordered a hundred stripes to be laid on her tender body; she sighed a long sigh.[↗](../../stripe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.[↗](../../stripe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes.[↗](../../stripe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.[↗](../../stripe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.19.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts.[↗](../../stripe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.20.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.[↗](../../stripe/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.17.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripe/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **stripling** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An old word for a boy or young man who is no longer a child but not yet fully grown.[↗](../../stripling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the king said: 'Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.'[↗](../../stripling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.56, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **stripped** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stripped is the past of «strip»: took off a covering or layer, such as paint, bark or sheets.[↗](../../stripped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stripped can mean took off your clothes.[↗](../../stripped/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Stripped of something means something was taken away from someone, often as a punishment («stripped of his medal»).[↗](../../stripped/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As an adjective, stripped means bare, with the cover taken off («stripped wood»).[↗](../../stripped/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We stripped the beds on Saturday.[↗](../../stripped/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad stripped the old paint off the door.[↗](../../stripped/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind stripped the leaves from the trees.[↗](../../stripped/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The runner was stripped of her medal for cheating.[↗](../../stripped/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The swimmers stripped off and jumped into the lake.[↗](../../stripped/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Goats stripped the bark from the young trees.[↗](../../stripped/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The electrician stripped the end of the wire.[↗](../../stripped/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was stripped of furniture before the move.[↗](../../stripped/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They all stripped off their shifts, and went into the water.[↗](../../stripped/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.[↗](../../stripped/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.33.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripped/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that was on him; (Torah GEN.37.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripped/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.[↗](../../stripped/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.20.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripped/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.[↗](../../stripped/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripped/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.[↗](../../stripped/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripped/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.[↗](../../stripped/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stripped/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **stripping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Taking off a covering or layer: stripping wallpaper, stripping paint, stripping a bed.[↗](../../stripping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Taking off clothes; undressing (for a doctor, a swim).[↗](../../stripping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Taking something away from someone officially: stripping a winner of a medal.[↗](../../stripping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (adult) Taking off clothes slowly as a show for money; not a topic for school.[↗](../../stripping/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum is stripping the beds to wash the sheets.[↗](../../stripping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We spent Saturday stripping old wallpaper.[↗](../../stripping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind was stripping leaves from the trees.[↗](../../stripping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The runner was stripped of his medal for cheating.[↗](../../stripping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The boys were stripping off to jump in the lake.[↗](../../stripping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stripping old paint needs gloves and fresh air.[↗](../../stripping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **stripy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stripy means having stripes — long thin lines or bands of different colours.[↗](../../stripy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm wearing my stripy socks today.[↗](../../stripy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The zebra's stripy coat helps confuse lions.[↗](../../stripy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bee has a black and yellow stripy body.[↗](../../stripy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat on stripy deckchairs at the beach.[↗](../../stripy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tiger's stripy fur hides it in the long grass.[↗](../../stripy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister drew a stripy rainbow snake.[↗](../../stripy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **strive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To try very hard to do or get something, over a long time: strive to do your best.[↗](../../strive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To struggle or fight against something.[↗](../../strive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We strive to be kind to everyone.[↗](../../strive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She strove to finish the race.[↗](../../strive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school motto is «Strive and Succeed».[↗](../../strive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team strives to improve every week.[↗](../../strive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole strove to keep up with the Rat.[↗](../../strive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists strive to find cures for diseases.[↗](../../strive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They strove against the storm all night.[↗](../../strive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But the wife had walked far, and was very tired, and strive as she would, she fell sound asleep.[↗](../../strive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said: 'Give us water that we may drink.'[↗](../../strive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") And Moses said unto them: 'Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye try the LORD?'[↗](../../strive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.17.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And of Levi he said: Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one, whom Thou didst prove at Massah, with whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; (Torah DEU.33.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strive/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets; (Torah DEU.25.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strive/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?[↗](../../strive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.139.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strive/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.[↗](../../strive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strive/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Strive, O LORD, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me.[↗](../../strive/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.35.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../strive/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **striving** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Striving means trying very hard for a long time to get or reach something: «She is striving to improve».[↗](../../striving/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As a noun, striving is the effort of trying hard, or the things a person tries hard for.[↗](../../striving/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school motto is «Striving for excellence».[↗](../../striving/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is always striving to beat her best time.[↗](../../striving/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team kept striving even when they were losing.[↗](../../striving/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Striving for a goal takes patience.[↗](../../striving/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He is striving to learn his times tables by Friday.[↗](../../striving/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorers were striving to reach the South Pole.[↗](../../striving/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · All that striving paid off when she won the prize.[↗](../../striving/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He said he was striving after truth, and was considered by his aunt "a model and an example."[↗](../../striving/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together; and he said to him that did the wrong: 'Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?'[↗](../../striving/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../striving/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the name of the place was called Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tried the LORD, saying: 'Is the LORD among us, or not?'[↗](../../striving/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../striving/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This also is vanity and a striving after wind.[↗](../../striving/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.2.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../striving/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.[↗](../../striving/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../striving/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.[↗](../../striving/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.4.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../striving/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **stroke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stroke an animal or person is to move your hand gently over it, usually again and again.[↗](../../stroke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stroke is one movement of a pen or brush, or of an arm or oar in swimming or rowing.[↗](../../stroke/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A stroke is a hit, as in tennis, golf or cricket.[↗](../../stroke/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A stroke is a serious illness when blood cannot get to part of the brain.[↗](../../stroke/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A stroke of a clock is one ring: «on the stroke of twelve».[↗](../../stroke/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* «A stroke of luck» is a sudden piece of good luck.[↗](../../stroke/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stroke the cat gently.[↗](../../stroke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog loves it when you stroke its ears.[↗](../../stroke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Breaststroke is my favourite swimming stroke.[↗](../../stroke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad had a stroke and is in hospital.[↗](../../stroke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw the letter with one stroke.[↗](../../stroke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · On the stroke of midnight the coach turned into a pumpkin.[↗](../../stroke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Finding my lost ring was a stroke of luck.[↗](../../stroke/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask before you stroke someone's dog.[↗](../../stroke/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He swam a few more strokes.[↗](../../stroke/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Two, three, or four strokes are so combined as to indicate the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../stroke/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · To avoid writing too many strokes, the Chinese made one stroke to represent five units.[↗](../../stroke/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../stroke/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · They are only a combination of two, three, and four strokes, to indicate the respective numbers.[↗](../../stroke/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../stroke/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.[↗](../../stroke/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stroke/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.[↗](../../stroke/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.89.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stroke/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.[↗](../../stroke/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.39.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stroke/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/103/) **104** [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/105/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/103/) - next →: [page 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/105/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)