--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 19 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/19/) [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 19 [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 a mean, unfair or shabby way, as when someone is treated badly or let down.[↗](../../scurvily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He treated the poor boy scurvily and gave him no food.[↗](../../scurvily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She laughed scurvily at the lost puppy.[↗](../../scurvily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man was dealt with scurvily by his neighbours.[↗](../../scurvily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **scurvy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An illness caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which comes from fresh fruit and vegetables.[↗](../../scurvy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It makes the gums bleed and people feel weak.[↗](../../scurvy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Long ago, many sailors got scurvy at sea.[↗](../../scurvy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Oranges and lemons help to prevent scurvy.[↗](../../scurvy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scurvy makes your gums sore and bleeding.[↗](../../scurvy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain gave his crew lime juice to stop scurvy.[↗](../../scurvy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scurvy is very rare today.[↗](../../scurvy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating fruit and vegetables keeps us safe from scurvy.[↗](../../scurvy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed; (Torah LEV.21.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scurvy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scabbed, or scurvy, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.[↗](../../scurvy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.22.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scurvy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **scuttle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To run with short, quick steps, like a crab or mouse.[↗](../../scuttle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To sink your own ship on purpose by making holes in it.[↗](../../scuttle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To spoil or stop a plan.[↗](../../scuttle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The rain scuttled our picnic.[↗](../../scuttle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A metal bucket for coal.[↗](../../scuttle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A crab scuttled across the sand.[↗](../../scuttle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mice scuttled into the hole.[↗](../../scuttle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children scuttled off when the bell rang.[↗](../../scuttle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain scuttled the ship.[↗](../../scuttle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bad weather scuttled our plans.[↗](../../scuttle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma kept a coal scuttle by the fire.[↗](../../scuttle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **scythe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass or corn.[↗](../../scythe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Old pictures of Father Time also show him carrying one.[↗](../../scythe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Farmers cut the long grass with a scythe.[↗](../../scythe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some men came with scythes and pitch-forks.[↗](../../scythe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Old Time is often drawn as an old man leaning on a scythe.[↗](../../scythe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **se** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (abbreviation) SE stands for south-east, the direction halfway between south and east.[↗](../../se/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (abbreviation, UK) SE is the start of postcodes in south-east London, as in SE1.[↗](../../se/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (French) se is a small word meaning himself, herself, itself or themselves, used with some verbs, as in il se lave (he washes himself).[↗](../../se/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") It sounds like suh.[↗](../../se/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Spanish) se is a similar small word in Spanish.[↗](../../se/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word.[↗](../../se/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wind is blowing from the SE.[↗](../../se/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk SE across the field to reach the stile.[↗](../../se/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · SE is halfway between south and east.[↗](../../se/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cousins live in London SE15.[↗](../../se/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Il se lave, means he washes himself.[↗](../../se/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (French)[↗](../../se/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · On the compass, SE is at 135 degrees.[↗](../../se/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest; (Torah DEU.12.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../se/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.[↗](../../se/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.13.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../se/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; (Torah DEU.21.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../se/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou seest not?[↗](../../se/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.58.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../se/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man seeth?[↗](../../se/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../se/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 'Jeremiah, what seest thou?'[↗](../../se/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") And I said: 'I see a rod of an almond-tree.'[↗](../../se/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.1.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../se/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **sea** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The large area of salt water that covers most of the Earth.[↗](../../sea/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A particular large area of salt water.[↗](../../sea/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the North Sea".[↗](../../sea/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A large amount of something.[↗](../../sea/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a sea of faces".[↗](../../sea/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went swimming in the sea.[↗](../../sea/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sea water is salty.[↗](../../sea/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Whales live in the sea.[↗](../../sea/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat was far out at sea.[↗](../../sea/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Swim between the flags at the beach.[↗](../../sea/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We built sandcastles by the sea.[↗](../../sea/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mount Everest is 8,849 metres above sea level.[↗](../../sea/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I was all at sea in the new maths topic.[↗](../../sea/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a storm at sea.[↗](../../sea/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they journeyed from Elim, and pitched by the Red Sea.[↗](../../sea/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.33.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sea/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and pitched in the wilderness of Sin.[↗](../../sea/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.33.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sea/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sea/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.[↗](../../sea/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.4.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sea/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The burden of the wilderness of the sea.[↗](../../sea/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.21.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sea/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?[↗](../../sea/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sea/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **seabed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The seabed is the ground at the bottom of the sea.[↗](../../seabed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shipwreck lies on the seabed.[↗](../../seabed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs crawl across the seabed.[↗](../../seabed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Divers searched the seabed for treasure.[↗](../../seabed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The anchor sank to the seabed.[↗](../../seabed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some fish hide in the sand of the seabed.[↗](../../seabed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Robots map the deep seabed.[↗](../../seabed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seabird** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seabird is a bird that lives near the sea and finds most of its food in the sea, such as a gull, a puffin, a tern or an albatross.[↗](../../seabird/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seabirds often nest on cliffs, rocks or islands and fly far over the water.[↗](../../seabird/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A seabird dived into the waves and came up with a fish.[↗](../../seabird/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cliffs were white with nesting seabirds.[↗](../../seabird/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gulls and terns are common seabirds on our coast.[↗](../../seabird/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic rubbish in the sea can hurt seabirds.[↗](../../seabird/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted twelve seabirds on the rocks.[↗](../../seabird/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The albatross is a seabird with very long wings.[↗](../../seabird/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Please do not feed the seabirds your sandwich.[↗](../../seabird/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Puffins are small seabirds with bright beaks.[↗](../../seabird/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **seafarer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who travels by sea, especially a sailor whose life and job is at sea.[↗](../../seafarer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Sea Rat was a seafarer who had sailed to many ports.[↗](../../seafarer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Phoenicians were brave seafarers.[↗](../../seafarer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Seafarers once used the stars to find their way.[↗](../../seafarer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandfather was a seafarer all his life.[↗](../../seafarer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Polynesian seafarers sailed canoes across the Pacific.[↗](../../seafarer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The seafarer told tales of storms and strange lands.[↗](../../seafarer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seafaring** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Working or travelling on the sea; living by the sea and sailing: «a seafaring nation».[↗](../../seafaring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) The life or work of sailors; travel by sea.[↗](../../seafaring/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Vikings were a seafaring people.[↗](../../seafaring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sea Rat told tales of his seafaring life.[↗](../../seafaring/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Polynesian seafaring was so skilled they found islands across the Pacific.[↗](../../seafaring/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandad came from a seafaring family.[↗](../../seafaring/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Seafaring was hard and dangerous in old times.[↗](../../seafaring/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town has a long seafaring history.[↗](../../seafaring/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seagrass** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seagrass is a flowering plant that grows underwater in shallow seas, forming green meadows on the sea floor.[↗](../../seagrass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seagrass is also a strong grass-like material used to weave mats and baskets.[↗](../../seagrass/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dugongs graze on seagrass like cows on grass.[↗](../../seagrass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seagrass meadows are nurseries for baby fish.[↗](../../seagrass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Seagrass has roots, stems and even flowers.[↗](../../seagrass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Boat anchors can tear up seagrass beds.[↗](../../seagrass/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Shark Bay in Western Australia has huge seagrass meadows.[↗](../../seagrass/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our kitchen has a seagrass mat.[↗](../../seagrass/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Seagrass helps store carbon from the air.[↗](../../seagrass/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seagull** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seagull (or gull) is a large grey and white bird with a loud cry that lives near the sea and often by rivers and towns.[↗](../../seagull/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A seagull stole my chips at the beach\![↗](../../seagull/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seagulls were crying above the harbour.[↗](../../seagull/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't feed the seagulls.[↗](../../seagull/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The seagull dived into the sea for a fish.[↗](../../seagull/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Seagulls nest on the cliffs.[↗](../../seagull/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seagulls followed the fishing boat.[↗](../../seagull/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seahorse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seahorse is a small fish that swims upright, has a head shaped like a horse's, a curled tail and a bony body.[↗](../../seahorse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The father seahorse carries the eggs in a pouch until the babies are born.[↗](../../seahorse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A seahorse holds onto seaweed with its tail.[↗](../../seahorse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The male seahorse carries the babies in his pouch.[↗](../../seahorse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Seahorses swim slowly, standing upright.[↗](../../seahorse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw seahorses at the aquarium.[↗](../../seahorse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A seahorse is a fish, even though it looks like a horse.[↗](../../seahorse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seahorses eat tiny shrimp.[↗](../../seahorse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sea animal with a smooth body, flippers and thick fat, that lives in the sea and on land, eats fish and swims very well.[↗](../../seal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that closes a container tightly so nothing gets in or out.[↗](../../seal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A special stamp or mark, often in wax, put on a document to show it is real.[↗](../../seal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To close something tightly.[↗](../../seal/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A seal lay on the rocks in the sun.[↗](../../seal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seals are mammals and breathe air.[↗](../../seal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't go near a seal pup, even if it seems alone.[↗](../../seal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seal the envelope before you post it.[↗](../../seal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't use the medicine if the seal is broken.[↗](../../seal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king pressed his seal into hot wax.[↗](../../seal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The plastic seal keeps the food fresh.[↗](../../seal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Seals use their flippers to swim fast.[↗](../../seal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction among My disciples.'[↗](../../seal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.8.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.[↗](../../seal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment.[↗](../../seal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **sealant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sealant is a substance put on a surface or into a gap to stop air, water or dirt getting through.[↗](../../sealant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A dental sealant is a thin coating a dentist paints on the back teeth to protect them from decay.[↗](../../sealant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad put sealant around the edge of the bath.[↗](../../sealant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist painted a sealant on my back teeth.[↗](../../sealant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sealant stops rain from coming in around the window.[↗](../../sealant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the sealant dry for a day.[↗](../../sealant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch wet sealant; it's sticky.[↗](../../sealant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tyre sealant fixed my puncture.[↗](../../sealant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sealed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Closed tightly so that nothing can get in or out.[↗](../../sealed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fixed or made certain: «Our win was sealed».[↗](../../sealed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* With a seal or stamp on it.[↗](../../sealed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Keep the biscuits in a sealed tin so they stay crisp.[↗](../../sealed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The letter came in a sealed envelope.[↗](../../sealed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice melted in a sealed jar, and the mass stayed the same.[↗](../../sealed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't use a juice carton that isn't sealed.[↗](../../sealed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The last goal sealed our win.[↗](../../sealed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tomb had been sealed for hundreds of years.[↗](../../sealed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "My lips are sealed," she said.[↗](../../sealed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants can live for years in a sealed bottle garden.[↗](../../sealed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?[↗](../../sealed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sealed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · With them He sealed 6 Edges.[↗](../../sealed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../sealed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Fifth ; He looked above, and sealed the Height (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../sealed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.[↗](../../sealed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.14.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sealed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.[↗](../../sealed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.4.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sealed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.[↗](../../sealed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.32.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sealed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **sealskin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The skin of a seal, used for coats, bags and purses.[↗](../../sealskin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Made of sealskin, as in a sealskin purse.[↗](../../sealskin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man wore a coat of sealskin.[↗](../../sealskin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Sealskin, are they?" said the moth.[↗](../../sealskin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The little purse was made of soft sealskin.[↗](../../sealskin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood; (Torah EXO.25.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sealskin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.[↗](../../sealskin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sealskin/#x5 "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)[↗](../../sealskin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk.[↗](../../sealskin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sealskin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seam is the line where two pieces of cloth, leather or other material are sewn or joined together.[↗](../../seam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A seam is a thin layer of coal, gold or another mineral in rock underground.[↗](../../seam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In cricket, the seam is the raised stitching round the ball.[↗](../../seam/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To seam something is to join it with a seam.[↗](../../seam/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To seam something can also mean to mark it with deep lines, like the wrinkles on a face.[↗](../../seam/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The seam on my jeans split when I bent down.[↗](../../seam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma sewed a neat seam along the edge of the curtain.[↗](../../seam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The miners followed a thick seam of coal deep underground.[↗](../../seam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The football has stitched seams between its panels.[↗](../../seam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cricket ball swung because the bowler held the seam upright.[↗](../../seam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The classroom was bursting at the seams with forty children.[↗](../../seam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our plan for the party began to come apart at the seams.[↗](../../seam/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face was seamed with many wrinkles, and was as brown as leather, and every now and then she stopped to wipe the perspiration which rolled down her face.[↗](../../seam/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **seaman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sailor, especially one who is not an officer.[↗](../../seaman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who is good at sailing a ship: a fine seaman.[↗](../../seaman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old seaman told stories of faraway ports.[↗](../../seaman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sea Rat was a seafaring seaman.[↗](../../seaman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every seaman on board helped with the sails.[↗](../../seaman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy.[↗](../../seaman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The seamen pulled up the anchor.[↗](../../seaman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A good seaman can read the weather.[↗](../../seaman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seamless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having no join or seam, so that it is smooth and whole with no stitches showing.[↗](../../seamless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gloves were seamless, with no stitches showing.[↗](../../seamless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Prince Ivan brought the seamless shoes for his bride.[↗](../../seamless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her seamless dress fitted perfectly.[↗](../../seamless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/18/) **19** 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