--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 112 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/112/) [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 112 [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/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/111/) **112** [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/113/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) **such** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Such means of that kind or like the one just named: such boxes.[↗](../../such/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Such means so much or so very: such a big dog, such fun.[↗](../../such/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Such as» introduces examples: fruits such as apples and pears.[↗](../../such/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Such ... that» shows a result: it was such a hot day that we swam.[↗](../../such/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many such boxes does he need?[↗](../../such/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Such a box holds 12 pens.[↗](../../such/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 5 such bags.[↗](../../such/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was such a long trip that they stopped twice.[↗](../../such/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I like fruits such as apples and grapes.[↗](../../such/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We had such fun at the beach\![↗](../../such/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no such thing as a dragon.[↗](../../such/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't make such a mess.[↗](../../such/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these?[↗](../../such/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../such/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.[↗](../../such/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../such/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.[↗](../../such/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../such/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath heard such a thing?[↗](../../such/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.66.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../such/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Happy is the people that is in such a case.[↗](../../such/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.144.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../such/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all.[↗](../../such/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.16.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../such/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **suck** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To suck is to pull liquid or air into your mouth by tightening your lips and cheeks, as through a straw.[↗](../../suck/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To suck something, like a sweet or your thumb, is to keep it in your mouth and move your tongue and lips around it.[↗](../../suck/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To suck something in or up is to pull it with force, as a vacuum cleaner does.[↗](../../suck/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Informal, a bit rude) Something «sucks» if it is bad or unpleasant.[↗](../../suck/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He sucked his drink through a straw.[↗](../../suck/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby sucks her thumb when she's tired.[↗](../../suck/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vacuum cleaner sucked up the crumbs.[↗](../../suck/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A mosquito sucks blood.[↗](../../suck/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees suck nectar from flowers.[↗](../../suck/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't suck on pencils; it's not clean.[↗](../../suck/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Strong currents can suck swimmers out to sea.[↗](../../suck/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Suck in your tummy for the photo.[↗](../../suck/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But generally he sucks the blood of sleepers.[↗](../../suck/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And she said: 'Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age.'[↗](../../suck/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suck/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall call peoples unto the mountain; there shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand.[↗](../../suck/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suck/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.[↗](../../suck/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.33.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suck/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?[↗](../../suck/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suck/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.[↗](../../suck/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.20.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suck/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother\![↗](../../suck/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.8.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suck/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **sucker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sucker is a part of an animal that can stick to things by suction, like the round pads on an octopus's arms.[↗](../../sucker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sucker is also a rubber cup that sticks to smooth surfaces when you press it.[↗](../../sucker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A sucker is a person who is easily tricked: «Ha, sucker!».[↗](../../sucker/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) To be a sucker for something is to like it so much you cannot resist it.[↗](../../sucker/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I'm a sucker for chocolate.[↗](../../sucker/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A sucker is also a new shoot growing from the root of a plant, and (US) a lollipop.[↗](../../sucker/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A sapsucker is a woodpecker that drills holes in tree bark to drink the sap.[↗](../../sucker/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An octopus has two rows of suckers on each arm.[↗](../../sucker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sucker holds the toy to the window.[↗](../../sucker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) I'm a sucker for funny cat videos.[↗](../../sucker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) He was suckered into paying for everyone's chips.[↗](../../sucker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) "Made you look, sucker!"[↗](../../sucker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut off the suckers so the tomato plant grows strong.[↗](../../sucker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (US) The dentist gave me a sugar-free sucker.[↗](../../sucker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **suckle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* When a mother mammal suckles her baby, she feeds it with milk from her body.[↗](../../suckle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* When a baby animal suckles, it drinks milk from its mother.[↗](../../suckle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cow suckled her calf in the field.[↗](../../suckle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mammals suckle their young with milk.[↗](../../suckle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The kittens suckled while the mother cat purred.[↗](../../suckle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A joey suckles inside its mother's pouch.[↗](../../suckle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Whales suckle their babies underwater.[↗](../../suckle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The piglets pushed to suckle from the sow.[↗](../../suckle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The babe became still, just as if it was being suckled.[↗](../../suckle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs.[↗](../../suckle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suckle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.'[↗](../../suckle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.15.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suckle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **suckling** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A baby or young animal that still drinks its mother's milk.[↗](../../suckling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.[↗](../../suckling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.8.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suckling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.[↗](../../suckling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.22.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suckling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mine eyes do fail with tears, mine inwards burn, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the breach of the daughter of my people; because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the broad places of the city.[↗](../../suckling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.2.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suckling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **sucre** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sucre is the constitutional capital city of Bolivia, in South America.[↗](../../sucre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The sucre was the money of Ecuador until it was replaced by the US dollar.[↗](../../sucre/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (French) «Sucre» is the French word for sugar; it sounds like «SOO-kruh» to an English ear and is not an English word.[↗](../../sucre/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sucre is the official capital of Bolivia.[↗](../../sucre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many buildings in Sucre are painted white.[↗](../../sucre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The government of Bolivia sits mostly in La Paz, not Sucre.[↗](../../sucre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On the French yoghurt pot it said «sans sucre», which means no sugar.[↗](../../sucre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In French class we learned that «sucre» means sugar.[↗](../../sucre/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ecuador once used money called the sucre.[↗](../../sucre/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **suction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The pulling force made when air or liquid is removed from a space, so things are pulled in or held on.[↗](../../suction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "A vacuum cleaner works by suction."[↗](../../suction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A vacuum cleaner picks up dust by suction.[↗](../../suction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The suction cup holds the hook on the window.[↗](../../suction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An octopus grips rocks with suction.[↗](../../suction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You use suction when you drink through a straw.[↗](../../suction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist used a suction tube to remove the water.[↗](../../suction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A plunger unblocks a sink by suction.[↗](../../suction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sudden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sudden means happening quickly and without warning.[↗](../../sudden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a sudden flash of lightning.[↗](../../sudden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · All of a sudden, the lights went out.[↗](../../sudden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car came to a sudden stop.[↗](../../sudden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A sudden storm forced us indoors.[↗](../../sudden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't make sudden movements near a strange dog.[↗](../../sudden/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt a sudden pain in her side.[↗](../../sudden/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · All of a sudden a cock crew.[↗](../../sudden/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden dread affrighted thee, (Writings JOB.22.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sudden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Be not afraid of sudden terror, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh; (Writings PRO.3.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sudden/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.[↗](../../sudden/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sudden/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **suddenly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Suddenly means quickly and without warning, when you didn't expect it.[↗](../../suddenly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Suddenly, there was a loud bang.[↗](../../suddenly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain started suddenly, and we all got wet.[↗](../../suddenly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus stopped suddenly, so hold on.[↗](../../suddenly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · All of a sudden, the cat jumped onto the table.[↗](../../suddenly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He suddenly remembered his homework was at home.[↗](../../suddenly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't make sudden movements near a strange dog.[↗](../../suddenly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather can change suddenly in the mountains.[↗](../../suddenly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The light suddenly went out.[↗](../../suddenly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Suddenly there rode past another horseman.[↗](../../suddenly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait, (Torah NUM.35.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suddenly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD spoke suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam: 'Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting.'[↗](../../suddenly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") And they three came out.[↗](../../suddenly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.12.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suddenly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.[↗](../../suddenly/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suddenly/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.[↗](../../suddenly/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suddenly/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.[↗](../../suddenly/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suddenly/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.[↗](../../suddenly/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.64.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suddenly/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **suddenness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The suddenness of something is how quickly and unexpectedly it happens, without warning.[↗](../../suddenness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The suddenness of the noise made me jump.[↗](../../suddenness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I was shocked by the suddenness of the storm.[↗](../../suddenness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody expected the suddenness of the news.[↗](../../suddenness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **sue** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To sue someone is to go to a court of law to ask for money or justice because they harmed you or broke an agreement.[↗](../../sue/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sue (with a capital S) is a girl's name, short for Susan.[↗](../../sue/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To sue for someone's hand is to ask for their permission to marry them.[↗](../../sue/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The man sued the shop because he slipped on a wet floor.[↗](../../sue/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They threatened to sue if the money was not paid.[↗](../../sue/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A court decides who wins when someone sues.[↗](../../sue/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt Sue is coming for tea.[↗](../../sue/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The company was sued for selling unsafe toys.[↗](../../sue/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can't sue someone just because they were rude.[↗](../../sue/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Well, they got ready for the journey and set off to sue for the hand of the Princess Anna the Fair.[↗](../../sue/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **suet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Suet is hard white fat from around the kidneys of cows and sheep, used in cooking.[↗](../../suet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Vegetable suet is a similar fat made from plants.[↗](../../suet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum adds suet to the dumplings for the stew.[↗](../../suet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We hung a suet ball in the garden for the birds.[↗](../../suet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christmas pudding is made with suet and dried fruit.[↗](../../suet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Vegetarians use vegetable suet.[↗](../../suet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old cook made a big suet pudding.[↗](../../suet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Blue tits love pecking at suet in winter.[↗](../../suet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke.[↗](../../suet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.8.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, and the head, and the suet, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar; (Torah LEV.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall cut it into its pieces; and the priest shall lay them, with its head and its suet, in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar.[↗](../../suet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **suffer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To suffer is to feel pain, illness, sadness or other bad things.[↗](../../suffer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To have a bad thing happen to you: suffer a defeat, suffer damage.[↗](../../suffer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To become worse because of something: your work will suffer if you do not sleep.[↗](../../suffer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To let something happen or to permit it.[↗](../../suffer/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She suffers from hay fever in the spring.[↗](../../suffer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Animals should never be left to suffer.[↗](../../suffer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team suffered a big defeat.[↗](../../suffer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The town suffered damage in the flood.[↗](../../suffer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Your schoolwork will suffer if you stay up too late.[↗](../../suffer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't suffer in silence; tell an adult if you are hurt.[↗](../../suffer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then everybody in the jungle suffers.[↗](../../suffer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.[↗](../../suffer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.20.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.[↗](../../suffer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.[↗](../../suffer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.[↗](../../suffer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.19.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.[↗](../../suffer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffer/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.[↗](../../suffer/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffer/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.[↗](../../suffer/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.18, JPS 1917) · They complain most who suffer least.[↗](../../suffer/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Aesop's Fables; a new translation) · and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.[↗](../../suffer/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.28, JPS 1917) **sufferer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sufferer is a person who feels pain, trouble or harm, often for a long time.[↗](../../sufferer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sufferers cried out in pain.[↗](../../sufferer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was a sufferer from a bad cold.[↗](../../sufferer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sufferers were given food and water.[↗](../../sufferer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **suffering** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pain, sadness or difficulty that a person or animal feels.[↗](../../suffering/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Feeling pain or having a problem.[↗](../../suffering/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She is suffering from a cold."[↗](../../suffering/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vet ended the old dog's suffering.[↗](../../suffering/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He is suffering from hay fever.[↗](../../suffering/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Charities help reduce the suffering of people after floods.[↗](../../suffering/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The animals were suffering in the heat.[↗](../../suffering/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We read about the suffering of soldiers in the war.[↗](../../suffering/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is suffering from a bad headache.[↗](../../suffering/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The scene of past sufferings revives painful memories.[↗](../../suffering/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed: 'The LORD, the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; (Torah EXO.34.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffering/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore I fled beforehand unto Tarshish; for I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repentest Thee of the evil.[↗](../../suffering/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JON.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffering/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God; for He is gracious and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repenteth Him of the evil.[↗](../../suffering/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffering/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou, O LORD, knowest; Remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts.[↗](../../suffering/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.15.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../suffering/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/111/) **112** [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/113/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/111/) - next →: [page 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/113/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)