--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 22 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/22/) [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 22 [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 safe, firm way, so that nothing can come loose or get away.[↗](../../securely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gate is locked securely.[↗](../../securely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He tied the goat securely to the post.[↗](../../securely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lid was shut securely.[↗](../../securely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.[↗](../../securely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../securely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thou shalt not dash thy foot.[↗](../../securely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../securely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Thy servants shall dwell securely, and their seed shall be established before Thee.'[↗](../../securely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.102.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../securely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **security** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being safe and protected from danger, harm or crime.[↗](../../security/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Things done to keep a place or people safe: guards, locks, cameras, checks (airport security).[↗](../../security/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The people whose job is to keep a place safe (Call security!).[↗](../../security/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Keeping information and accounts safe online (online security, passwords).[↗](../../security/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A feeling of being safe and cared for (a security blanket).[↗](../../security/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Security can also mean something given as a promise that a debt will be paid.[↗](../../security/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went through security at the airport.[↗](../../security/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The security guard helped me find my mum in the mall.[↗](../../security/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a strong password for better online security.[↗](../../security/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school has security cameras at the gate.[↗](../../security/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Security checked everyone's bags at the concert.[↗](../../security/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My teddy gives me a feeling of security at night.[↗](../../security/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never share your password — it's for your security.[↗](../../security/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now I had said in my security: 'I shall never be moved.'[↗](../../security/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.30.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../security/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, upon whom had not been conferred the majesty of the kingdom; but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by blandishments.[↗](../../security/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.11.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../security/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sedate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Calm, slow and quiet, without excitement.[↗](../../sedate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, medicine) To give a person or animal a drug that makes them calm or sleepy, for example before an operation.[↗](../../sedate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked at a sedate pace through the park.[↗](../../sedate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma lives a sedate life in the countryside.[↗](../../sedate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet sedated the dog before cleaning its teeth.[↗](../../sedate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo keepers sedated the tiger to move it.[↗](../../sedate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old horse trotted along at a sedate speed.[↗](../../sedate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was sedated during the operation.[↗](../../sedate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He did not even turn round, for he could not; and yet he was young and freshly cast, but prudent and sedate.[↗](../../sedate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sedentary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Involving a lot of sitting and little exercise.[↗](../../sedentary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of people or animals) Staying in one place, not moving around or migrating.[↗](../../sedentary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A sedentary lifestyle is bad for your heart.[↗](../../sedentary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sitting at a desk all day is a sedentary job.[↗](../../sedentary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Get up and stretch to break up sedentary time.[↗](../../sedentary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When farming began, people became sedentary and built villages.[↗](../../sedentary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some birds are sedentary and stay all winter.[↗](../../sedentary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much gaming can make you sedentary.[↗](../../sedentary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Jewish faith) The special meal and service held at home on the first night (or first two nights) of the Jewish festival of Passover.[↗](../../seder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The order of the evening, where the family reads the story of the Exodus from the Haggadah and eats symbolic foods.[↗](../../seder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rachel's family holds a seder on the first night of Passover.[↗](../../seder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At the seder the youngest child asks the four questions.[↗](../../seder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The seder plate has bitter herbs to remember slavery.[↗](../../seder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They eat matzah at the seder.[↗](../../seder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a friend's seder and listened to the story of Moses.[↗](../../seder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The seder ends with songs and hopes for next year in Jerusalem.[↗](../../seder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tlie five Se- darim are : Seder 01am, Seder Pekudoth, Seder Shaot, Seder Ibbur, Seder Halakoth.[↗](../../seder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../seder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sedge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A grass-like plant that grows in wet places such as marshes, ponds and riverbanks.[↗](../../sedge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Its stems are often triangular.[↗](../../sedge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sedge grows thickly around the pond.[↗](../../sedge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sedges have three-sided stems.[↗](../../sedge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A sedge warbler sang from the reeds.[↗](../../sedge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We found frogspawn among the sedge.[↗](../../sedge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ducks nest in the sedge by the river.[↗](../../sedge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Feel the stem: if it has edges, it is a sedge.[↗](../../sedge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sediment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sediment is sand, mud, stones and other bits that are carried by water, wind or ice and then settle in a layer, for example at the bottom of a river, lake or sea.[↗](../../sediment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sediment is also the bits that sink to the bottom of a liquid, like in a glass of juice or a bottle of medicine.[↗](../../sediment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The river carried sediment down to the sea.[↗](../../sediment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Layers of sediment slowly turned into rock.[↗](../../sediment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fossils are found in sedimentary rock.[↗](../../sediment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave the muddy water to stand and the sediment will sink.[↗](../../sediment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a brown sediment at the bottom of the bottle.[↗](../../sediment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The delta is made of sediment dropped by the river.[↗](../../sediment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sedimentary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sedimentary rock is rock made from layers of sand, mud, shells or tiny bits of other rock that are pressed together over a very long time.[↗](../../sedimentary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sedimentary means made from sediment, the bits that settle at the bottom of water.[↗](../../sedimentary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sandstone is a sedimentary rock.[↗](../../sedimentary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fossils are often found in sedimentary rocks.[↗](../../sedimentary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cliff showed many sedimentary layers.[↗](../../sedimentary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chalk is a soft sedimentary rock made of tiny shells.[↗](../../sedimentary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sedimentary rocks form at the bottom of seas and lakes.[↗](../../sedimentary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The oldest layers are at the bottom of sedimentary rock.[↗](../../sedimentary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sedition** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Stirring up people to rebel against those who rule.[↗](../../sedition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.[↗](../../sedition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.4.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sedition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **seduce** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To lead someone astray, to tempt them into doing wrong.[↗](../../seduce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* But they hearkened not; and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.[↗](../../seduce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.21.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seduce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **seduction** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The act of leading someone astray with false and attractive words.[↗](../../seduction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thy prophets have seen visions for thee of vanity and delusion; and they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity; but have prophesied for thee burdens of vanity and seduction.[↗](../../seduction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.2.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seduction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **sedum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small plant with thick fleshy leaves that store water; also called stonecrop.[↗](../../sedum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Many sedums have star-shaped flowers and grow on rocks, walls and roofs.[↗](../../sedum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bus shelter has a sedum roof.[↗](../../sedum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sedum leaves are thick so they can store water.[↗](../../sedum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Butterflies landed on the pink sedum flowers.[↗](../../sedum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted sedum in the rock garden.[↗](../../sedum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sedum is a succulent, like a cactus.[↗](../../sedum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sedum can grow on old stone walls.[↗](../../sedum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **see** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To see is to notice something with your eyes.[↗](../../see/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I see a bird.[↗](../../see/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To see is to understand.[↗](../../see/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I see what you mean.[↗](../../see/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To see someone is to meet or visit them: see the doctor.[↗](../../see/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To see is to find out.[↗](../../see/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Let's see what happens.[↗](../../see/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «See you» means goodbye, I'll meet you again.[↗](../../see/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To see someone (casual) is to go out with them as a boyfriend or girlfriend: «Is she seeing anyone?».[↗](../../see/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* To see to something is to take care of it: «I'll see to the dishes».[↗](../../see/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* «See ya», «see ya later», «laters» (slang) are short ways to say goodbye.[↗](../../see/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* «See?» or «See!»[↗](../../see/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") (casual, often rude) means «I told you so».[↗](../../see/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 10:* (formal) «See» in a book or exam means «look at that part»: «see page 4», «see below»; formal writing prefers «observe» and «it can be seen that».[↗](../../see/#m10 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What do you see on the table?[↗](../../see/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Max sees 6 birds on a tree and 3 birds on the ground.[↗](../../see/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Anna saw 12 cars in the morning and 5 in the afternoon.[↗](../../see/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you see the moon tonight?[↗](../../see/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I see\![↗](../../see/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") Now I understand.[↗](../../see/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm going to see my grandma on Sunday.[↗](../../see/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · See ya tomorrow, mate\![↗](../../see/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · See?[↗](../../see/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") Told ya it was 12, not 10.[↗](../../see/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I seen him take 3 biscuits (nonstandard: «I saw»).[↗](../../see/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum says she'll see to the washing-up.[↗](../../see/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · As can be seen from the table, the aggregate number of birds observed was 9.[↗](../../see/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear something bright so drivers can see you.[↗](../../see/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · "I have never seen you before."[↗](../../see/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; (Torah GEN.28.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../see/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.[↗](../../see/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.2.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../see/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders; (Torah DEU.29.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../see/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · What will ye see in the Shulammite?[↗](../../see/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.7.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../see/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.[↗](../../see/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.3.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../see/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · THE BURDEN which Habakkuk the prophet did see.[↗](../../see/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.1.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../see/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **seed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seed is the small hard part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.[↗](../../seed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seeds are also the small pips inside fruit, like apple seeds or melon seeds.[↗](../../seed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To seed a field is to plant seeds in it.[↗](../../seed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In sport a seed is a strong player placed so that top players do not meet early in a tournament.[↗](../../seed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «The seed of an idea» is where an idea starts.[↗](../../seed/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* In some dialect speech, seed is written for see or seen.[↗](../../seed/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* The children and later family of a person, the people who come after them.[↗](../../seed/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She planted 5 rows of 8 seeds.[↗](../../seed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A packet has 30 seeds.[↗](../../seed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only 24 of the seeds grew.[↗](../../seed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many seeds are in 4 packets?[↗](../../seed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A tiny acorn is the seed of a huge oak tree.[↗](../../seed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds eat the seeds from the sunflower heads.[↗](../../seed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Spit out the watermelon seeds.[↗](../../seed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind carries dandelion seeds far away.[↗](../../seed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She was the top seed in the tennis tournament.[↗](../../seed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · You oughter seed dat toof, boss.[↗](../../seed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.[↗](../../seed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.[↗](../../seed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.28.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you; (Torah GEN.9.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, (Prophets ISA.57.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · For what seeketh the one? a seed given of God.[↗](../../seed/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seed/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · His soul shall abide in prosperity; and his seed shall inherit the land.[↗](../../seed/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.25.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seed/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.[↗](../../seed/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917) · You oughter seed dat toof, boss.[↗](../../seed/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) · He returned him to his bosom and kissed him upon the head, and called him, “My beloved,” and cut a covenant for him and his seed.[↗](../../seed/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) **seedling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seedling is a very young plant that has just grown from a seed.[↗](../../seedling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A seedling has its first small leaves and needs light, water and care to grow strong.[↗](../../seedling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our bean seedlings grew two centimetres this week.[↗](../../seedling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water the seedlings gently.[↗](../../seedling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The seedlings on the dark shelf were pale and thin.[↗](../../seedling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted the tomato seedlings in the garden.[↗](../../seedling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A seedling grows from a seed.[↗](../../seedling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Slugs ate our lettuce seedlings overnight.[↗](../../seedling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seedtime** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* the time of year when seeds are planted.[↗](../../seedtime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.'[↗](../../seedtime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seedtime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **seek** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To seek means to look for something or someone.[↗](../../seek/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To seek means to try to get something, like help, advice or safety.[↗](../../seek/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To seek to do something means to try to do it (formal).[↗](../../seek/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We played hide and seek in the garden.[↗](../../seek/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you are lost, seek help from a police officer.[↗](../../seek/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The knights set out to seek the treasure.[↗](../../seek/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seek shelter during a thunderstorm.[↗](../../seek/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ready or not, here I come — I'm coming to seek you\![↗](../../seek/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people seek advice from the library.[↗](../../seek/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She sought a quiet place to read.[↗](../../seek/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “I am seeking the three bulrushes.[↗](../../seek/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'I seek my brethren.[↗](../../seek/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seek/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?'[↗](../../seek/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seek/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.[↗](../../seek/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seek/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I will seek it yet again.'[↗](../../seek/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seek/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · How trimmest thou thy way to seek love\![↗](../../seek/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seek/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Saul and his men went to seek him.[↗](../../seek/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.23.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seek/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **seeker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seeker is a person who looks for something, such as the seeker in hide-and-seek who must find the others.[↗](../../seeker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A seeker is someone who tries to get or find something they want, like a job seeker or a treasure seeker.[↗](../../seeker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In some games and stories, the seeker is the player whose job is to catch or find a special thing.[↗](../../seeker/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In hide-and-seek, the seeker counted to twenty with her eyes shut.[↗](../../seeker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom was the seeker, so we all ran to hide.[↗](../../seeker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The treasure seekers dug all day on the beach.[↗](../../seeker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a job seeker and sends letters to many shops.[↗](../../seeker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A thrill seeker loves roller coasters and bungee jumps.[↗](../../seeker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The seeker found Mia behind the curtain.[↗](../../seeker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be a seeker of answers: ask questions in class.[↗](../../seeker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the game, the seeker must catch the golden ball.[↗](../../seeker/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I am the Treasure Seeker of the mountain.[↗](../../seeker/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/21/) **22** [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/23/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 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