--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 20 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/20/) [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 20 [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 woman whose job is sewing and mending clothes.[↗](../../seamstress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The seamstress sewed my new school dress.[↗](../../seamstress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The seamstresses worked late to finish the gowns.[↗](../../seamstress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum took the torn coat to the seamstress.[↗](../../seamstress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **seaport** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A town or city by the sea, with a harbour where ships load and unload.[↗](../../seaport/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After a long walk, we reached a seaport.[↗](../../seaport/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship sailed from the busy seaport.[↗](../../seaport/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ships unload their cargo at the seaport.[↗](../../seaport/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **search** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To search is to look carefully for something or someone.[↗](../../search/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To search a place or a person is to look through it carefully to find something hidden.[↗](../../search/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To search on the internet is to type words into a search engine to find information.[↗](../../search/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A search is the act of looking for something.[↗](../../search/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I searched everywhere for my left shoe.[↗](../../search/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We searched the internet for facts about volcanoes.[↗](../../search/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police searched the house.[↗](../../search/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A search party went out to find the lost hiker.[↗](../../search/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The search for the missing cat lasted two days.[↗](../../search/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Search your bag before you say it is lost.[↗](../../search/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorers went in search of gold.[↗](../../search/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Type a word in the search box.[↗](../../search/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He searched among the shavings--no one\![↗](../../search/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack.[↗](../../search/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../search/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But from thence ye will seek the LORD thy God; and thou shalt find Him, if thou search after Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.[↗](../../search/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.4.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../search/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee; (Torah DEU.13.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../search/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Would not God search this out?[↗](../../search/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.44.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../search/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · His discernment is past searching out.[↗](../../search/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../search/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me.[↗](../../search/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.139.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../search/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **searcher** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who looks hard for someone or something, for example in a search party.[↗](../../searcher/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sometimes a person or program that searches for information.[↗](../../searcher/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The searchers found the lost hiker before dark.[↗](../../searcher/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hundreds of searchers walked through the woods.[↗](../../searcher/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you are lost, stay still and wait for the searchers.[↗](../../searcher/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Searchers used dogs to follow the trail.[↗](../../searcher/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The searchers shouted the boy's name.[↗](../../searcher/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A searcher spotted the missing kayak.[↗](../../searcher/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **searching** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The act of looking into something carefully, here of the heart.[↗](../../searching/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.[↗](../../searching/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../searching/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **seared** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Burnt or scorched the surface of something with strong heat.[↗](../../seared/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (cooking) Cooked the outside of meat or fish quickly in a very hot pan.[↗](../../seared/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Caused a sharp, burning pain or a strong lasting feeling: «the memory was seared into her mind».[↗](../../seared/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad seared the steak in a hot pan.[↗](../../seared/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun seared the grass brown.[↗](../../seared/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The image of the fire was seared into his memory.[↗](../../seared/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pan-seared salmon is crispy outside.[↗](../../seared/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pain seared through his ankle when he fell.[↗](../../seared/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The desert wind seared their faces.[↗](../../seared/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **searing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Searing means extremely hot, hot enough to burn: searing heat.[↗](../../searing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Searing pain is sudden, sharp and very strong.[↗](../../searing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Searing words or criticism are very harsh and strong.[↗](../../searing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb, searing means cooking the outside of meat quickly at a very high heat, or burning a surface.[↗](../../searing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The desert sun was searing at midday.[↗](../../searing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt a searing pain when she touched the hot pan.[↗](../../searing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The chef is searing the steak on both sides.[↗](../../searing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bushfires bring searing winds in Australia.[↗](../../searing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach gave a searing speech after the loss.[↗](../../searing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Searing temperatures closed the beach.[↗](../../searing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The metal was searing hot after hours in the sun.[↗](../../searing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seashell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The hard empty shell of a sea animal, such as a snail, clam, mussel or scallop, often found on the beach.[↗](../../seashell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We collected seashells on the beach.[↗](../../seashell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She sells seashells by the seashore.[↗](../../seashell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold a seashell to your ear and you seem to hear the sea.[↗](../../seashell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hermit crabs live in old seashells.[↗](../../seashell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We sorted the seashells by size and colour.[↗](../../seashell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The seashell was spiral like a snail's.[↗](../../seashell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Disappearing within his teepee, he came out again with some huge seashells.[↗](../../seashell/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seashore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The land along the edge of the sea, such as a beach, rocks or sand.[↗](../../seashore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The area between high tide and low tide.[↗](../../seashore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We collected shells on the seashore.[↗](../../seashore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs and starfish live on the seashore.[↗](../../seashore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked along the seashore at sunset.[↗](../../seashore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rock pools are found on the rocky seashore.[↗](../../seashore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "She sells seashells on the seashore" is a tongue-twister.[↗](../../seashore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tide covers the seashore twice a day.[↗](../../seashore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One day the Dog wandered down to the seashore.[↗](../../seashore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Torah GEN.22.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seashore/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **seasick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seasick means feeling sick, dizzy or wanting to vomit because a boat or ship is moving up and down on the water.[↗](../../seasick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I always get seasick on the ferry to Ireland.[↗](../../seasick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The seasick passengers stood by the rail.[↗](../../seasick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the horizon if you feel seasick.[↗](../../seasick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Even the captain was seasick in the storm.[↗](../../seasick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister took a tablet so she would not be seasick.[↗](../../seasick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocking boat made Tom feel seasick.[↗](../../seasick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people are never seasick at all.[↗](../../seasick/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocking made him seasick and the noose, becoming tighter and tighter, choked him.[↗](../../seasick/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **seasickness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seasickness is the sick, dizzy feeling some people get when a boat moves on the water.[↗](../../seasickness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It can make you vomit, feel tired and look pale.[↗](../../seasickness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Seasickness ruined the first day of our boat trip.[↗](../../seasickness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ginger biscuits may help with seasickness.[↗](../../seasickness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many sailors get over seasickness after a few days.[↗](../../seasickness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor gave Mum a patch for seasickness.[↗](../../seasickness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Seasickness is a kind of motion sickness.[↗](../../seasickness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fresh air on deck eased his seasickness.[↗](../../seasickness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Lord Nelson, a famous admiral, is said to have suffered from seasickness.[↗](../../seasickness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seaside** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The seaside is a place by the sea, especially a beach or town where people go on holiday.[↗](../../seaside/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) By the sea: a seaside town.[↗](../../seaside/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went to the seaside for the day.[↗](../../seaside/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Brighton is a seaside town.[↗](../../seaside/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At the seaside we built sandcastles.[↗](../../seaside/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seaside holidays in the past were very different.[↗](../../seaside/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Swim between the red and yellow flags at the seaside.[↗](../../seaside/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma lives in a little seaside village.[↗](../../seaside/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Boy was going to the seaside to-morrow.[↗](../../seaside/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **season** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A season is one of the four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn (fall in the USA and Canada) and winter.[↗](../../season/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A season is also a time of year when something happens: the rainy season, the football season, the holiday season.[↗](../../season/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To season food means to add salt, pepper, herbs or spices to give it flavour.[↗](../../season/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To season wood means to dry it out over time so it is ready to use.[↗](../../season/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are four seasons in a year.[↗](../../season/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My favourite season is autumn, when the leaves turn orange.[↗](../../season/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, Christmas comes in the summer season.[↗](../../season/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Strawberries are in season in summer.[↗](../../season/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The football season starts again soon.[↗](../../season/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some countries near the equator have a rainy season and a dry season.[↗](../../season/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad seasoned the soup with salt and pepper.[↗](../../season/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Each season lasts about three months.[↗](../../season/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Rails split 'fo' bre'kfus'll season de dinner.[↗](../../season/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.[↗](../../season/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.9.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../season/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.[↗](../../season/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.13.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../season/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the appointed seasons of the LORD.[↗](../../season/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.23.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../season/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season?[↗](../../season/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../season/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who appointedst the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.[↗](../../season/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../season/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · To declare Thy lovingkindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness in the night seasons, (Writings PSA.92.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../season/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **seasonal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seasonal means happening or needed only at a certain season of the year.[↗](../../seasonal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seasonal food is food that is ripe and fresh at that time of year.[↗](../../seasonal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Seasonal work is a job only for part of the year, like picking fruit or Christmas shop work.[↗](../../seasonal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Strawberries are seasonal fruit in summer.[↗](../../seasonal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves falling is a seasonal change.[↗](../../seasonal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many farms hire seasonal workers at harvest time.[↗](../../seasonal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The seasonal flu jab is given each autumn.[↗](../../seasonal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Seasonal rains fill the rivers.[↗](../../seasonal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop has a seasonal sale in winter.[↗](../../seasonal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seasonally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that depends on or changes with the seasons of the year.[↗](../../seasonally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* At certain seasons only.[↗](../../seasonally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many birds move seasonally between countries.[↗](../../seasonally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We try to eat seasonally and buy local strawberries in summer.[↗](../../seasonally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The river floods seasonally after heavy rain.[↗](../../seasonally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some shops open only seasonally, in the holidays.[↗](../../seasonally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather changes seasonally.[↗](../../seasonally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Unemployment figures are seasonally adjusted.[↗](../../seasonally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seat is something to sit on, like a chair, a bench or a place on a bus.[↗](../../seat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A seat is a place where one person can sit in a theatre, plane or classroom.[↗](../../seat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To seat someone is to give them a place to sit or to show them where to sit.[↗](../../seat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A table or room that seats 6 has room for 6 people.[↗](../../seat/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A seat is also a place in a parliament or council won in an election.[↗](../../seat/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bus has 40 seats.[↗](../../seat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hall has 12 rows of 20 seats.[↗](../../seat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 35 seats are taken; how many are empty?[↗](../../seat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each table seats 6 people.[↗](../../seat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please take a seat and wait for your name.[↗](../../seat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Small children must ride in a car seat in the back seat.[↗](../../seat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you save me a seat next to you at lunch?[↗](../../seat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The guests were seated at long tables.[↗](../../seat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Fasten your seat belt before the car moves.[↗](../../seat/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The fool took his seat and drove off.[↗](../../seat/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. — (Torah NUM.21.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seat/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn this wisdom, and be wise in the understanding of it, investigate these numbers, and draw knowledge from them, fix the design in its purity, and pass from it to its Creator seated on his throne.[↗](../../seat/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../seat/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute?[↗](../../seat/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.94.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seat/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat\![↗](../../seat/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.23.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seat/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; (Prophets AMO.6.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seat/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **seatbelt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A strong belt in a car, bus or plane that holds you in your seat to keep you safe in a crash or sudden stop.[↗](../../seatbelt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fasten your seatbelt before we go.[↗](../../seatbelt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wearing a seatbelt saves lives.[↗](../../seatbelt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The seatbelt sign is on, so stay seated.[↗](../../seatbelt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Make sure the seatbelt goes across your shoulder, not your neck.[↗](../../seatbelt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad won't start the car until we buckle our seatbelts.[↗](../../seatbelt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's the law to wear a seatbelt.[↗](../../seatbelt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seaward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Towards the sea, away from the land.[↗](../../seaward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wind blew the boat seaward.[↗](../../seaward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shoals lay to seaward, hidden under the waves.[↗](../../seaward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cliffs drop away on the seaward side.[↗](../../seaward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **seawards** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Towards the sea, away from the land.[↗](../../seawards/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tide was flowing seawards.[↗](../../seawards/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat drifted seawards in the strong wind.[↗](../../seawards/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · From the cliff we looked seawards.[↗](../../seawards/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rip currents can pull swimmers seawards; swim parallel to the shore to escape.[↗](../../seawards/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The river runs seawards through the town.[↗](../../seawards/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The house faces seawards.[↗](../../seawards/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seawater** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The salty water of the sea or the ocean.[↗](../../seawater/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Never drink seawater; it is too salty.[↗](../../seawater/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We left seawater in a dish and the sun dried it into salt crystals.[↗](../../seawater/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Seawater tastes salty because of dissolved salts.[↗](../../seawater/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is easier to float in seawater than in a pool.[↗](../../seawater/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crabs lived in a rock pool of seawater.[↗](../../seawater/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seawater makes metal rust faster.[↗](../../seawater/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · About 97 out of every 100 litres of Earth's water is seawater.[↗](../../seawater/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We filled our bucket with seawater to keep the shells wet.[↗](../../seawater/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It had something of the taste of seawater, certainly, although it had been drawn from the well outside.[↗](../../seawater/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **seaweed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seaweed is a plant-like living thing that grows in the sea, often green, brown or red, and sticks to rocks.[↗](../../seaweed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seaweed is also used as food in many countries, for example in sushi and some snacks.[↗](../../seaweed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The beach was covered with seaweed after the storm.[↗](../../seaweed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs hide under the seaweed in rock pools.[↗](../../seaweed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful, the seaweed on the rocks is slippery.[↗](../../seaweed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sushi is wrapped in dried seaweed.[↗](../../seaweed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Seaweed gives food and shelter to many sea animals.[↗](../../seaweed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A long strand of seaweed wrapped around my leg.[↗](../../seaweed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Seaweed is a type of algae.[↗](../../seaweed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a collage with bits of seaweed and shells.[↗](../../seaweed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She went out and cropped the seaweed which grew in great abundance near the shore, and always kept in good condition.[↗](../../seaweed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **seb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Seb is a short form of the boy's name Sebastian.[↗](../../seb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not an ordinary English word in lower case; as letters it can be an abbreviation used by organisations.[↗](../../seb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Seb is my best friend in Year 5.[↗](../../seb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sebastian likes to be called Seb.[↗](../../seb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Pass the ball, Seb!» shouted the coach.[↗](../../seb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seb's birthday party is on Saturday.[↗](../../seb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/19/) **20** [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/21/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/19/) - next →: [page 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/21/) - ↑ back to [The 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