--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 116 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/116/) [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 116 [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 very tall plant with a large flower that has a brown centre and yellow petals.[↗](../../sunflower/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Its seeds can be eaten or made into oil.[↗](../../sunflower/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our sunflower grew taller than my dad.[↗](../../sunflower/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured the sunflower every week.[↗](../../sunflower/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds love sunflower seeds.[↗](../../sunflower/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunflower oil is used for cooking.[↗](../../sunflower/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Van Gogh painted famous pictures of sunflowers.[↗](../../sunflower/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunflower's head is full of seeds.[↗](../../sunflower/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sung** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sung is the form of "sing" used after have, has, had and be.[↗](../../sung/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I have sung", "It was sung".[↗](../../sung/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, sung means performed by singing rather than speaking, as in "a sung service" or "sung prayers".[↗](../../sung/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have sung that song three times today.[↗](../../sung/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The anthem was sung at the start of the match.[↗](../../sung/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Happy Birthday was sung loudly by the whole class.[↗](../../sung/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On Sundays there is a sung Mass at eleven.[↗](../../sung/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir had sung beautifully.[↗](../../sung/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lollipop lady is an unsung hero of our school.[↗](../../sung/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now she heard the following words sadly sung,--[↗](../../sung/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.[↗](../../sung/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.36.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sung/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; walls and bulwarks doth He appoint for salvation.[↗](../../sung/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.26.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sung/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sunglasses** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunglasses are glasses with dark or tinted lenses that protect your eyes from bright sunlight.[↗](../../sunglasses/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't forget your sunglasses and hat.[↗](../../sunglasses/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I wear sunglasses when it is very sunny.[↗](../../sunglasses/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunglasses protect your eyes from UV light.[↗](../../sunglasses/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She lost her sunglasses at the beach.[↗](../../sunglasses/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Even with sunglasses, never look straight at the Sun.[↗](../../sunglasses/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Skiers wear sunglasses or goggles because snow is so bright.[↗](../../sunglasses/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My new sunglasses have blue frames.[↗](../../sunglasses/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Slide on your sunglasses before you go outside.[↗](../../sunglasses/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sunk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunk is a form of sink: gone down under water or below a surface, as in the ship had sunk.[↗](../../sunk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) If you are sunk, you are in deep trouble with no way out.[↗](../../sunk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sunk is used for things set lower, as in sunk into the sofa.[↗](../../sunk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship had sunk before help arrived.[↗](../../sunk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The treasure lay in a sunk ship.[↗](../../sunk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My heart sank when I saw the score, and it has sunk lower since.[↗](../../sunk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If we lose the key, we're sunk\![↗](../../sunk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (informal)[↗](../../sunk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She sat sunk in the armchair.[↗](../../sunk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The stone has sunk to the bottom of the pond.[↗](../../sunk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The clouds sunk as the evening drew on, and it became dark.[↗](../../sunk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.[↗](../../sunk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · sunk in the abyss, whence water comes forth.[↗](../../sunk/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../sunk/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · refers to viscous stones, sunk in the abyss, whence water comes (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../sunk/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.[↗](../../sunk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.9.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.[↗](../../sunk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · At her feet he sunk, he fell, he lay; at her feet he sunk, he fell; where he sunk, there he fell down dead.[↗](../../sunk/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunk/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **sunken** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunken means lying at the bottom of the sea, a lake or a river after sinking: a sunken ship, sunken treasure.[↗](../../sunken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sunken means lower than the area around it: a sunken garden, a sunken bath.[↗](../../sunken/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sunken eyes or cheeks look hollow and fallen in, often because a person is ill, hungry or very tired.[↗](../../sunken/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Divers explored the sunken ship.[↗](../../sunken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pirates dreamed of sunken treasure.[↗](../../sunken/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunken garden was three steps below the lawn.[↗](../../sunken/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the long illness, his cheeks were sunken.[↗](../../sunken/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunken eyes can be a sign that you need to drink water.[↗](../../sunken/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A sunken road ran between the high banks.[↗](../../sunken/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mary Rose was a sunken Tudor warship raised in 1982.[↗](../../sunken/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But, from his earliest remembrance, Aethra used to go with little Theseus into a wood, and sit down upon a moss-grown rock, which was deeply sunken into the earth.[↗](../../sunken/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sunless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without sunlight; dark or dull: a sunless day; the sunless depths of the sea.[↗](../../sunless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Where the sun never reaches: a sunless cave.[↗](../../sunless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a cold, sunless day.[↗](../../sunless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Strange fish live in the sunless deep sea.[↗](../../sunless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cave was damp and sunless.[↗](../../sunless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants cannot grow in a sunless cellar.[↗](../../sunless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Wild Wood felt sunless and gloomy.[↗](../../sunless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After a week of sunless weather, we longed for summer.[↗](../../sunless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sunlight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The light that comes from the Sun.[↗](../../sunlight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A place or time where this light falls: sitting in the sunlight.[↗](../../sunlight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plants need sunlight and water to grow.[↗](../../sunlight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat is sleeping in a patch of sunlight.[↗](../../sunlight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the medicine out of direct sunlight.[↗](../../sunlight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunlight came through the window in the morning.[↗](../../sunlight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never look straight at the Sun, even in bright sunlight.[↗](../../sunlight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunlight takes about eight minutes to travel to Earth.[↗](../../sunlight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A rainbow appears when sunlight shines through raindrops.[↗](../../sunlight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Strong sunlight can burn your skin in summer.[↗](../../sunlight/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Rejoice with us," said the air and the sunlight.[↗](../../sunlight/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sunlit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunlit means lit by the sun, bright with sunshine.[↗](../../sunlit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had a picnic in a sunlit meadow.[↗](../../sunlit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitchen is sunlit in the morning.[↗](../../sunlit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunlit side of the Moon is bright.[↗](../../sunlit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Most sea life lives in the sunlit zone.[↗](../../sunlit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dust floated in the sunlit air.[↗](../../sunlit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunlit hills looked golden.[↗](../../sunlit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats love to sleep on sunlit windowsills.[↗](../../sunlit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He thought of those long sunlit hours in the garden-how happy they were-and a great sadness came over him.[↗](../../sunlit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sunni** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunni (Sunni Islam) is the largest branch, or group, of Islam; most Muslims in the world are Sunni.[↗](../../sunni/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Sunni is a Muslim who belongs to this branch.[↗](../../sunni/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sunni describes things belonging to this branch, such as Sunni mosques.[↗](../../sunni/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Most Muslims in the world are Sunni.[↗](../../sunni/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunni and Shia Muslims both follow the Qur'an.[↗](../../sunni/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In RE we learned about the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam.[↗](../../sunni/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's family are Sunni Muslims.[↗](../../sunni/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sunni mosque was full for Friday prayers.[↗](../../sunni/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunnis and Shias share many of the same beliefs.[↗](../../sunni/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sunny** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunny means full of bright light from the Sun, with no or few clouds.[↗](../../sunny/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sunny place gets a lot of sunshine.[↗](../../sunny/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A sunny person is cheerful and happy.[↗](../../sunny/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's a sunny day, so let's go to the park.[↗](../../sunny/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a hat when it's sunny.[↗](../../sunny/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the plant on a sunny windowsill.[↗](../../sunny/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather forecast says sunny spells.[↗](../../sunny/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · March had 12 sunny days.[↗](../../sunny/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a sunny smile.[↗](../../sunny/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the sunniest corner of the garden.[↗](../../sunny/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a bright, sunny morning, and the windows stood wide open.[↗](../../sunny/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sunrise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunrise is the time in the morning when the sun first appears above the horizon.[↗](../../sunrise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sunrise is the colours and light in the sky when the sun comes up.[↗](../../sunrise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We got up early to watch the sunrise.[↗](../../sunrise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer works from sunrise to sunset.[↗](../../sunrise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun rises in the east.[↗](../../sunrise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunrise turned the sky pink and orange.[↗](../../sunrise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunrise is later in winter than in summer.[↗](../../sunrise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The birds start singing before sunrise.[↗](../../sunrise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If sunrise is at 6:30 and sunset is at 7:30 in the evening, there are 13 hours of daylight.[↗](../../sunrise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We left the campsite at sunrise.[↗](../../sunrise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He reached the palace at sunrise.[↗](../../sunrise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunrise/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunrise/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, (Torah NUM.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunrise/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; (Prophets JOS.13.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunrise/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and overtook them at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.[↗](../../sunrise/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.20.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunrise/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia.[↗](../../sunrise/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.19.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunrise/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **sunscreen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunscreen is a cream or spray you put on your skin to protect it from the Sun's harmful rays so you don't get sunburn.[↗](../../sunscreen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put on sunscreen before you go to the beach.[↗](../../sunscreen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't forget sunscreen on your ears and nose.[↗](../../sunscreen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Reapply sunscreen after swimming.[↗](../../sunscreen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Slip, slop, slap: shirt, sunscreen and hat\![↗](../../sunscreen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This sunscreen is SPF 50.[↗](../../sunscreen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Even on cloudy days you can burn, so wear sunscreen.[↗](../../sunscreen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My shoulders burnt because I missed a bit with the sunscreen.[↗](../../sunscreen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sunset** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunset is the time in the evening when the sun goes down below the horizon.[↗](../../sunset/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sunset is the colours in the sky when the sun goes down.[↗](../../sunset/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We watched a beautiful sunset at the beach.[↗](../../sunset/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky was orange and pink at sunset.[↗](../../sunset/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We must be home by sunset.[↗](../../sunset/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun sets in the west.[↗](../../sunset/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunset is later in summer than in winter.[↗](../../sunset/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cowboy rode off into the sunset.[↗](../../sunset/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats come out after sunset.[↗](../../sunset/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Towards sunset he left his work and turned to go home.[↗](../../sunset/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sunsetting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (euphemism, business jargon) ending a product, service or law, often slowly.[↗](../../sunsetting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun "sunset") the time when the sun goes down.[↗](../../sunsetting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The company is sunsetting the old app next month.[↗](../../sunsetting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The law has a sunset clause, so it ends after five years.[↗](../../sunsetting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the sunset from the beach.[↗](../../sunsetting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Sunsetting" just means they are switching it off.[↗](../../sunsetting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The game will be sunsetted, and players are upset.[↗](../../sunsetting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank is sunsetting paper statements.[↗](../../sunsetting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sunshade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sunshade is something that keeps the sun off you, like a big umbrella at the beach or over a garden table, or a canopy.[↗](../../sunshade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sunshade can be a screen on a car or pram windscreen that blocks sunlight.[↗](../../sunshade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sat under the sunshade to eat our lunch.[↗](../../sunshade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad put the sunshade up on the beach.[↗](../../sunshade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pram has a sunshade for the baby.[↗](../../sunshade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A sunshade on the windscreen keeps the car cool.[↗](../../sunshade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The café has big sunshades over the tables.[↗](../../sunshade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind blew our sunshade over.[↗](../../sunshade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sunshine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sunshine is the light and warmth that come from the sun.[↗](../../sunshine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sunshine can mean happiness or cheerfulness, and «sunshine» is also a friendly name for someone (mostly British).[↗](../../sunshine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We played in the sunshine all day.[↗](../../sunshine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants need sunshine to grow.[↗](../../sunshine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on sun cream before you go out in the sunshine.[↗](../../sunshine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunshine made the snow melt.[↗](../../sunshine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the rain came bright sunshine.[↗](../../sunshine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Morning, sunshine\![↗](../../sunshine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunshine helps your body make vitamin D.[↗](../../sunshine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The forecast says sunshine and showers.[↗](../../sunshine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then came sunshine to the mill.[↗](../../sunshine/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For thus hath the LORD said unto me: I will hold Me still, and I will look on in My dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.[↗](../../sunshine/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.18.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sunshine/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **sunspot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dark, cooler patch that appears for a while on the surface of the Sun.[↗](../../sunspot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) A sunny place where people go on holiday.[↗](../../sunspot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sunspots look dark only because they are cooler than the gas around them.[↗](../../sunspot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You must never look straight at the Sun to find sunspots.[↗](../../sunspot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomers project the Sun's image onto paper to see sunspots safely.[↗](../../sunspot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The number of sunspots goes up and down about every eleven years.[↗](../../sunspot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A big sunspot can be wider than the whole Earth.[↗](../../sunspot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lots of sunspots can mean more northern lights.[↗](../../sunspot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Spain is a favourite sunspot for families from Ireland in summer.[↗](../../sunspot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sunstroke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An illness caused by staying too long in hot sun, with headache, dizziness, a high body temperature, sickness and sometimes fainting; a serious kind of heatstroke.[↗](../../sunstroke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He got sunstroke after playing football all afternoon in the heat.[↗](../../sunstroke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a hat to avoid sunstroke.[↗](../../sunstroke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunstroke can make you dizzy and sick.[↗](../../sunstroke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Drink plenty of water on hot days so you don't get sunstroke.[↗](../../sunstroke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Move someone with sunstroke into the shade and cool them with water.[↗](../../sunstroke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hikers rested in the shade to avoid sunstroke.[↗](../../sunstroke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **suntan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A suntan is the darker colour your skin goes after being in the sun.[↗](../../suntan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Suntan lotion or cream is put on the skin in the sun (sunscreen protects from burning).[↗](../../suntan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She came back from the beach with a suntan.[↗](../../suntan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A suntan is a sign that the sun has hurt your skin.[↗](../../suntan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on sunscreen before you go out to play.[↗](../../suntan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He had a suntan line where his watch had been.[↗](../../suntan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Suntan lotion with a high SPF protects you better.[↗](../../suntan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Slip, slop, slap: shirt, sunscreen, hat\![↗](../../suntan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much sun gives you sunburn, not just a suntan.[↗](../../suntan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sup** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old or northern UK) To sup is to drink something a little at a time, or to sip.[↗](../../sup/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) To sup is to eat supper, the evening meal.[↗](../../sup/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A sup is a small mouthful of a drink.[↗](../../sup/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang, «'sup» or «sup») A short way of saying «What's up?» as a greeting.[↗](../../sup/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The travellers supped with the farmer and his wife.[↗](../../sup/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Have a sup of tea before you go.[↗](../../sup/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He supped his soup slowly.[↗](../../sup/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Sup, mate?» said the older boy.[↗](../../sup/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Rat and Mole supped by the fire.[↗](../../sup/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Take just a sup, it's very hot.[↗](../../sup/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sup, say your prayers, and go to bed.[↗](../../sup/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/115/) **116** [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/117/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/115/) - next →: [page 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/117/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)