--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 17 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/17/) [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 17 [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:* To screech is to make a very loud, high, harsh sound, like a scared bird or a person screaming.[↗](../../screech/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* When tyres or brakes screech, they make a sharp, scraping noise as a car stops suddenly.[↗](../../screech/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A screech is one such loud, high, unpleasant sound.[↗](../../screech/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Screech to a halt» means to stop very suddenly, often with that noise.[↗](../../screech/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The owl screeched in the dark wood.[↗](../../screech/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car screeched to a halt at the crossing.[↗](../../screech/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister screeched when she saw the spider.[↗](../../screech/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard the screech of brakes outside school.[↗](../../screech/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The chalk made a horrible screech on the board.[↗](../../screech/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Parrots screech when they are excited.[↗](../../screech/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The train screeched into the station.[↗](../../screech/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She let out a screech of laughter.[↗](../../screech/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Peter thimbled her, and almost immediately she screeched.[↗](../../screech/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") “What is it, Wendy?”[↗](../../screech/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **screeching** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making a loud, high, harsh sound, like a scream: a screeching owl.[↗](../../screeching/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of wheels or brakes) Making a high, rough noise when stopping suddenly: screeching tyres.[↗](../../screeching/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A loud, harsh, high noise.[↗](../../screeching/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (idiom) "Come to a screeching halt" means stop very suddenly.[↗](../../screeching/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car stopped with screeching tyres.[↗](../../screeching/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Screeching seagulls stole our chips.[↗](../../screeching/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The screeching of chalk on the board made us shiver.[↗](../../screeching/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus came to a screeching halt.[↗](../../screeching/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A barn owl makes a screeching call at night.[↗](../../screeching/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister ran round the garden screeching with laughter.[↗](../../screeching/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **screen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The flat glass front of a TV, computer, tablet or phone where pictures and words appear.[↗](../../screen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The big white surface in a cinema where a film is shown.[↗](../../screen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A thin wall or frame that hides or protects something: a screen of trees, a fly screen.[↗](../../screen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Verb: to show a film or programme.[↗](../../screen/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Verb: to check people or things to find a problem: screen for illness.[↗](../../screen/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't sit too close to the TV screen.[↗](../../screen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My tablet has a touch screen.[↗](../../screen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the film on the big screen.[↗](../../screen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much screen time before bed makes it hard to sleep.[↗](../../screen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Take a screenshot and show it to an adult if a message upsets you.[↗](../../screen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A screen of trees hides the house from the road.[↗](../../screen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Close the fly screen so the mosquitoes stay out.[↗](../../screen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The school will screen a film on Friday.[↗](../../screen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The date and the palm lifted themselves as a screen or as a sun-shade over them.[↗](../../screen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.[↗](../../screen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.40.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../screen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · the ark, and the staves thereof, the ark-cover, and the veil of the screen; (Torah EXO.35.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../screen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen; (Torah EXO.39.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../screen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He spread a cloud for a screen; and fire to give light in the night.[↗](../../screen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.105.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../screen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle, (Writings PSA.140.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../screen/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **screening** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A showing of a film or TV programme.[↗](../../screening/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (health) A medical test given to many people to find illnesses early, before they cause problems.[↗](../../screening/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Checking people or things to see if they are suitable or safe, such as bags at an airport.[↗](../../screening/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb form) Hiding or protecting with a screen.[↗](../../screening/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school held a screening of the film for charity.[↗](../../screening/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · All children have eye screening in their first year at school.[↗](../../screening/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Security screening at the airport took ages.[↗](../../screening/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The trees are screening the garden from the road.[↗](../../screening/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There were two screenings of the movie that evening.[↗](../../screening/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Screening helps doctors find illnesses early.[↗](../../screening/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Beautiful weeping willows, real products of spring, hung their fresh branches over these lakes like a fresh, green, transparent, and yet screening veil.[↗](../../screening/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, screening the ark-cover with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the ark-cover were the faces of the cherubim.[↗](../../screening/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.37.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../screening/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, screening the ark-cover with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the ark-cover shall the faces of the cherubim be.[↗](../../screening/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../screening/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **screenshot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A screenshot is a picture of what is showing on a computer, tablet or phone screen at that moment.[↗](../../screenshot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To screenshot is to take that picture.[↗](../../screenshot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I took a screenshot of my high score.[↗](../../screenshot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Press these two buttons to take a screenshot.[↗](../../screenshot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a screenshot of your graph in your project.[↗](../../screenshot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Anyone can screenshot a message you send.[↗](../../screenshot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Screenshot the mean message and show a teacher.[↗](../../screenshot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He sent me a screenshot of the map.[↗](../../screenshot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The screenshot shows the error on the screen.[↗](../../screenshot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Think before you post, because people can take screenshots.[↗](../../screenshot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **screw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small pointed metal pin with a spiral ridge, turned with a screwdriver to hold things together.[↗](../../screw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To fix something with screws, or to turn something round to fasten it: screw on the lid.[↗](../../screw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To twist or squeeze into a shape: screw up your eyes, screw up the paper.[↗](../../screw/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Screw up (informal): to make a mess of something or make a big mistake.[↗](../../screw/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang, rude) Screwed: in deep trouble; «screw it» or «screw you» is a rude way to show anger.[↗](../../screw/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (verb, informal) To cheat someone out of money: we got screwed.[↗](../../screw/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad used four screws to fix the shelf.[↗](../../screw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Screw the lid on tightly.[↗](../../screw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She screwed up her eyes in the bright sun.[↗](../../screw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I screwed up the paper and threw it in the bin.[↗](../../screw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I totally screwed up my lines in the play.[↗](../../screw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) If we miss the last bus, we're screwed.[↗](../../screw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey: turn the screw clockwise to tighten it.[↗](../../screw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then her father took the bottle and the cork-screw into his hands.[↗](../../screw/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **screwdriver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A screwdriver is a tool with a handle and a metal tip that fits into the top of a screw, used to turn screws in or out.[↗](../../screwdriver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Common types: a flat-head screwdriver and a Phillips (cross-head) screwdriver.[↗](../../screwdriver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pass me the screwdriver, please.[↗](../../screwdriver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a small screwdriver to open the battery cover.[↗](../../screwdriver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the screwdriver clockwise to tighten the screw.[↗](../../screwdriver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad needed a cross-head screwdriver for the shelf.[↗](../../screwdriver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never use a screwdriver near a plug socket.[↗](../../screwdriver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We built the bookcase with a screwdriver and a hammer.[↗](../../screwdriver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **scribble** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To scribble is to write or draw quickly and carelessly.[↗](../../scribble/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A scribble is messy writing or a messy drawing of lines.[↗](../../scribble/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby scribbled all over the wall with a crayon.[↗](../../scribble/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I scribbled her phone number on my hand.[↗](../../scribble/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't scribble in library books.[↗](../../scribble/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Your writing looks like a scribble — please write neatly.[↗](../../scribble/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He scribbled a quick note to his mum.[↗](../../scribble/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We scribbled down ideas before writing our story.[↗](../../scribble/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Here, take this," he continued, scribbling a few lines on some paper, and then handing it to her, "and give it to the king.[↗](../../scribble/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **scribe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (history) A person whose job was to write or copy documents by hand, before printing.[↗](../../scribe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) In the New Testament, the scribes were experts in Jewish law.[↗](../../scribe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (school) An adult who writes down a pupil's answers in a test.[↗](../../scribe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, humorous) A writer or journalist.[↗](../../scribe/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ancient Egyptian scribes wrote on papyrus.[↗](../../scribe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The monk worked as a scribe copying the Bible.[↗](../../scribe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Jesus argued with the scribes.[↗](../../scribe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A scribe helped Sam write his test answers.[↗](../../scribe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You can be the scribe for your group.[↗](../../scribe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's scribe wrote down every word.[↗](../../scribe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · By his orders this story and the others I had told him were written by his scribes in letters of gold, and laid up among his treasures.[↗](../../scribe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · (1) "isiD (Scribe), the man whom God inspired to invent the alphabet; (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../scribe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script, and Scroll.[↗](../../scribe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../scribe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · "Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, the Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script and Scroll."[↗](../../scribe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../scribe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; (Prophets 2SA.20.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scribe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes.[↗](../../scribe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scribe/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; (Prophets 1KI.4.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scribe/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **scrip** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A small bag or wallet carried by a traveler.[↗](../../scrip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (Old word.).[↗](../../scrip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **script** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A script is the written words of a play, film or TV show, telling actors what to say and do.[↗](../../script/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A script is a writing system or style of handwriting, like the Latin, Cyrillic or Arabic script, or joined-up "script" handwriting.[↗](../../script/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computers) A script is a small program, a list of instructions for a computer.[↗](../../script/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To script something is to write the words for it or plan it in detail.[↗](../../script/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I learned my lines from the script for the school play.[↗](../../script/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The script says, "Enter the giant, stage left."[↗](../../script/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Arabic script is written from right to left.[↗](../../script/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Scratch, we built a script to make the cat dance.[↗](../../script/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The interview felt scripted, not natural.[↗](../../script/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The comedian went off script and made everyone laugh.[↗](../../script/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote a script for our own puppet show.[↗](../../script/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The very letters that have spread through all Europe except Russia, are to be traced to the script of these Irish monks: why not certain folk-tales?[↗](../../script/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In Tomus Primus of \*\* Artis Cabalisticae hoc est reconditae theologiae et philosophise script orum."[↗](../../script/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") Basileae 1587, is found \*\* Liber de Creatione Cabalistinis, Hebraice Sepher Jezira ; Authore Abrahamo.[↗](../../script/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../script/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script, and Scroll.[↗](../../script/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../script/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · "Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, the Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script and Scroll."[↗](../../script/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../script/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth; (Prophets ISA.8.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../script/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **scriptural** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church, Bible) Based on or connected with holy writings, especially the Bible.[↗](../../scriptural/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vicar read a scriptural passage.[↗](../../scriptural/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians look for scriptural guidance in the Bible.[↗](../../scriptural/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The song uses scriptural words.[↗](../../scriptural/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each faith has its own scriptural texts.[↗](../../scriptural/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lesson had a scriptural theme.[↗](../../scriptural/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist painted scriptural scenes.[↗](../../scriptural/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../scriptural/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **scripture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church, Bible) Scripture (or the Scriptures) means the holy writings of the Bible for Christians.[↗](../../scripture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (religion) The holy writings of any religion, such as the Qur'an, the Torah or the Vedas.[↗](../../scripture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old use, UK schools) A school subject for Bible study, now called Religious Education.[↗](../../scripture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vicar read a passage from Scripture.[↗](../../scripture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians call the Bible the Holy Scriptures.[↗](../../scripture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hindu scriptures include the Vedas.[↗](../../scripture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Torah is the most important scripture for Jews.[↗](../../scripture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandmother can quote Scripture from memory.[↗](../../scripture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, monks copied the scriptures by hand.[↗](../../scripture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We compared stories from the scriptures of different religions.[↗](../../scripture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Listening attentively, he heard her reading the Buddhist scriptures with great devotion.[↗](../../scripture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **scrivener** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A scrivener was a person whose job was to write and copy documents for other people, a kind of clerk who wrote out legal papers.[↗](../../scrivener/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scrivener wrote the papers by hand.[↗](../../scrivener/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Neither the scrivener nor the lawyer came to the house.[↗](../../scrivener/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old scrivener copied the will in neat letters.[↗](../../scrivener/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **scroll** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To scroll means to move the text or pictures on a screen up, down or sideways to see more.[↗](../../scroll/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A scroll is a long roll of paper or parchment with writing on it, used in ancient times.[↗](../../scroll/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A scroll is a decoration shaped like a curl.[↗](../../scroll/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Scroll down to see the rest of the page.[↗](../../scroll/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I scrolled through my photos to find the dog.[↗](../../scroll/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient Egyptians wrote on scrolls of papyrus.[↗](../../scroll/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard unrolled a dusty scroll.[↗](../../scroll/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't spend hours scrolling on your phone.[↗](../../scroll/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Torah scroll is kept in the synagogue.[↗](../../scroll/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Look well at this scroll and see whether you can read it.[↗](../../scroll/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.[↗](../../scroll/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.5.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scroll/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account').[↗](../../scroll/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../scroll/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The three occurrences of the root SPR that follow, “with ספר SPR and ספר SPR and ספור SPWR”, are here interpreted respectively as סָפַר safar ‘to count’, representing counting/mahetmatics; סֵפר sefer ‘scroll, book’, representing writing; and סִפּוּר sippur, representing speech.[↗](../../scroll/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../scroll/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/16/) **17** [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/18/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/16/) - next →: [page 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/18/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)