--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 24 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/24/) [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 24 [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 seizure is a sudden burst of unusual electrical activity in the brain that can make a person shake, fall, stare or lose consciousness.[↗](../../seizure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seizure is also the act of taking something by force or by law, like the police seizure of stolen goods.[↗](../../seizure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend has epilepsy and sometimes has seizures.[↗](../../seizure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · During a seizure, move things away so the person doesn't get hurt.[↗](../../seizure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never put anything in someone's mouth during a seizure.[↗](../../seizure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Call for help if the seizure lasts more than five minutes.[↗](../../seizure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Flashing lights can cause seizures in some people.[↗](../../seizure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Police made a big seizure of stolen phones.[↗](../../seizure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But as this sudden seizure showed no sign of abating, he left her to her women, ordering them to take the greatest care of her.[↗](../../seizure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **seldom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not often; rarely.[↗](../../seldom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* We seldom see snow here.[↗](../../seldom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Seldom, if ever» means almost never.[↗](../../seldom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It seldom rains in the desert.[↗](../../seldom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We seldom eat out because it costs a lot.[↗](../../seldom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Owls are seldom seen in the day.[↗](../../seldom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow is seldom, if ever, seen in this town.[↗](../../seldom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He seldom forgets his homework.[↗](../../seldom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A seldom event has a low chance of happening.[↗](../../seldom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Very seldom does she miss a match.[↗](../../seldom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Old Anthony seldom spoke of this place, but he thought of it all the more.[↗](../../seldom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be sated with thee, and hate thee.[↗](../../seldom/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.25.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seldom/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **select** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To choose someone or something from a group, carefully.[↗](../../select/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (computers) To click on or highlight something on a screen.[↗](../../select/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective, formal) Only for a small group of the best or richest people.[↗](../../select/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Select the correct answer from the list.[↗](../../select/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was selected for the school netball team.[↗](../../select/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A marble is selected at random from the bag.[↗](../../select/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Select the word and click "delete".[↗](../../select/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We selected three books to take on holiday.[↗](../../select/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a select few were invited to the party.[↗](../../select/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Select two numbers that add up to 10.[↗](../../select/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach selected the fastest runners.[↗](../../select/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · From among the numerous stories relating to the Vyed'ma we may select the following, which bears her name.[↗](../../select/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **selected** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Selected means chosen from a group, often carefully.[↗](../../selected/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "she was selected for the team".[↗](../../selected/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Selected (adjective) means only some, not all.[↗](../../selected/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "on sale in selected shops".[↗](../../selected/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* On a computer, selected text or items are marked (highlighted) so you can do something with them.[↗](../../selected/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mia was selected for the netball team.[↗](../../selected/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Selected items are half price this week.[↗](../../selected/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A card is selected at random from 52 cards.[↗](../../selected/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Click the selected text and make it bold.[↗](../../selected/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Only five pupils were selected to read in assembly.[↗](../../selected/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The chef uses carefully selected fruit.[↗](../../selected/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If one of 4 balls is selected, the chance of red is 1 in 4.[↗](../../selected/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Parallels.--Sorcerers' pupils seem to be generally selected for their stupidity--in folk-tales.[↗](../../selected/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He selected three letters from among the simple ones and sealed them and formed them into a Great (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../selected/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He selected three letters from the simple ones, and sealed them as forming his great Name, I H V and he sealed the universe in six directions.[↗](../../selected/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../selected/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · His ministers a flaming fire."[↗](../../selected/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Psalm 104, 4.)[↗](../../selected/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") \[1:13\] He selected three consonants from the simple ones which are in the hidden secret of three mothers or first elements: א"מ"ש air, water and ether or fire.[↗](../../selected/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../selected/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **selection** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Selection is choosing someone or something from a group.[↗](../../selection/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A selection is a set of things chosen, or a range of things to choose from.[↗](../../selection/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Natural selection is how living things that suit their surroundings survive and have young.[↗](../../selection/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bakery has a wide selection of bread.[↗](../../selection/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Team selection is on Friday.[↗](../../selection/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I got a selection box of chocolates.[↗](../../selection/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Natural selection helps animals adapt over many generations.[↗](../../selection/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Make a selection from the menu.[↗](../../selection/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 4 cakes and 3 drinks; how many different selections of one cake and one drink?[↗](../../selection/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (12)[↗](../../selection/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In making my selection I have chiefly tried to make the stories characteristic.[↗](../../selection/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **selective** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Selective means choosing carefully, only taking some things and not others.[↗](../../selective/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A selective school only takes pupils who pass a test or meet certain standards.[↗](../../selective/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Selective can mean affecting only some things: a selective weedkiller kills weeds but not grass.[↗](../../selective/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Selective hearing» or «a selective memory» jokingly means only hearing or remembering what you want to.[↗](../../selective/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Farmers used selective breeding to make cows give more milk.[↗](../../selective/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is very selective about which books she reads.[↗](../../selective/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother has selective hearing when it is time to tidy up.[↗](../../selective/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a selective school, so you have to sit an exam.[↗](../../selective/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The gardener used a selective weedkiller on the lawn.[↗](../../selective/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Be selective with your photos and only share the best ones.[↗](../../selective/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats can be selective eaters.[↗](../../selective/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **selector** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who chooses players for a team.[↗](../../selector/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A device, knob or switch for choosing a setting.[↗](../../selector/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing) A tool or rule that picks out items.[↗](../../selector/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The selectors picked her for the county team.[↗](../../selector/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the selector to «wash».[↗](../../selector/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cricket selectors announced the squad.[↗](../../selector/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad moved the gear selector to reverse.[↗](../../selector/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The selector chose the fastest runners.[↗](../../selector/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the colour selector to pick blue.[↗](../../selector/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **self** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The person you are, your own nature and character: her true self.[↗](../../self/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Your usual state.[↗](../../self/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* He wasn't his normal self today.[↗](../../self/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Self- (prefix): by, of or for yourself: self-service, self-confidence, self-portrait.[↗](../../self/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (on a cheque or form, formal) Yourself.[↗](../../self/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Be your true self.[↗](../../self/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After a good sleep she was back to her cheerful self.[↗](../../self/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He wasn't his usual self after the bad news.[↗](../../self/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Van Gogh painted many self-portraits.[↗](../../self/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the self-service checkout.[↗](../../self/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Practising helps build self-confidence.[↗](../../self/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Self-care means looking after your body and mind.[↗](../../self/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Self help is the best help.[↗](../../self/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Let my soul not come into their council; unto their assembly let my glory not be united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed oxen.[↗](../../self/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../self/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · To return, to turn one's self round.[↗](../../self/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../self/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 1) Our author maintains that there is a first intelligent, self-existing, almighty, eternal ruling cause of all things, and that an everlasting entity produced nonentities by a progression of effects.[↗](../../self/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../self/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **selfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A selfish person thinks mostly about themselves and what they want, and does not care enough about other people.[↗](../../selfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A selfish act is one done only for your own good, at others' expense.[↗](../../selfish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's selfish to eat all the sweets yourself.[↗](../../selfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Selfish Giant would not let the children play in his garden.[↗](../../selfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was too selfish to share his toys.[↗](../../selfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Taking the last seat when Grandma was standing was selfish.[↗](../../selfish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Being selfish can lose you friends.[↗](../../selfish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She realised she had been selfish and said sorry.[↗](../../selfish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was a very selfish Giant.[↗](../../selfish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **selfishness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Selfishness is caring only about yourself and not about other people's needs or wishes.[↗](../../selfishness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Selfishness makes friends go away.[↗](../../selfishness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She refused to share, and her selfishness spoiled the party.[↗](../../selfishness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · True friends have no selfishness.[↗](../../selfishness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **selfless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A selfless person thinks about other people's needs and happiness more than their own.[↗](../../selfless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A selfless act is something done to help others without wanting anything back.[↗](../../selfless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The firefighter's selfless courage saved the family.[↗](../../selfless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is selfless; she always gives us the bigger slice.[↗](../../selfless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Giving your lunch to the hungry boy was a selfless thing to do.[↗](../../selfless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses did selfless work during the long winter of illness.[↗](../../selfless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe Jesus showed selfless love.[↗](../../selfless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her selfless help at the food bank was thanked in assembly.[↗](../../selfless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **selflessly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that thinks about others more than yourself; generously and without wanting a reward.[↗](../../selflessly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The firefighters worked selflessly to save the family.[↗](../../selflessly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She selflessly gave her lunch to a hungry friend.[↗](../../selflessly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Volunteers help selflessly at the food bank.[↗](../../selflessly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He selflessly let the younger children go first.[↗](../../selflessly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe Jesus gave his life selflessly.[↗](../../selflessly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum selflessly stayed up all night with the sick puppy.[↗](../../selflessly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **selfsame** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* exactly the same.[↗](../../selfsame/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Exactly the same, the very same one.[↗](../../selfsame/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the LORD spoke unto Moses that selfsame day, saying: (Torah DEU.32.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../selfsame/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.[↗](../../selfsame/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.17.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../selfsame/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass the selfsame day that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.[↗](../../selfsame/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.51, JPS 1917)[↗](../../selfsame/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end.[↗](../../selfsame/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.102.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../selfsame/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And they did eat of the produce of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched corn, in the selfsame day.[↗](../../selfsame/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../selfsame/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day; this selfsame day the king of Babylon hath invested Jerusalem.[↗](../../selfsame/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.24.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../selfsame/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD spoke unto Moses that selfsame day, saying:[↗](../../selfsame/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.48, JPS 1917) · And he continued, and said, "About the third cockcrow something else came to the window and said the selfsame thing, and added, 'This shall befall thy lord on his way home.[↗](../../selfsame/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.[↗](../../selfsame/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.17.26, JPS 1917) **sell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To sell is to give something to someone for money.[↗](../../sell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something sells when people buy it, as in «The book sells well».[↗](../../sell/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To sell an idea is to make people like it or agree with it.[↗](../../sell/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baker sold 75 cakes.[↗](../../sell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She sells lemonade for 2 dollars a cup.[↗](../../sell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cakes did he sell in all?[↗](../../sell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He sold 8 more than yesterday.[↗](../../sell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The concert tickets sold out in an hour.[↗](../../sell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We sold old toys at a garage sale.[↗](../../sell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sells shoes and bags.[↗](../../sell/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The house is for sale.[↗](../../sell/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He sold his bike to his cousin.[↗](../../sell/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice cream sells best in summer.[↗](../../sell/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob said: 'Sell me first thy birthright.'[↗](../../sell/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sell/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.[↗](../../sell/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sell/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him; (Torah LEV.25.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sell/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant; (Writings PSA.105.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sell/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.[↗](../../sell/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sell/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you?[↗](../../sell/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.50.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sell/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **seller** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A seller is a person or shop that sells things for money.[↗](../../seller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A best seller is a book or thing that very many people buy.[↗](../../seller/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A good seller is a thing that sells well.[↗](../../seller/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The seller has 50 melons.[↗](../../seller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The seller charges $2 per melon.[↗](../../seller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A flower seller sold 36 roses.[↗](../../seller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much money did the seller make?[↗](../../seller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice-cream seller rings a bell as he drives down the street.[↗](../../seller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The book became a best seller in a month.[↗](../../seller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The seller gave me my change and a smile.[↗](../../seller/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Always check that an online seller is real before you pay.[↗](../../seller/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Let someone find the plum-seller at once and bring him to me\![↗](../../seller/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.[↗](../../seller/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seller/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The time is come, the day draweth near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.[↗](../../seller/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.7.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seller/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive; for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any stand possessed of the iniquity of his life.[↗](../../seller/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.7.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../seller/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **selleth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «selleth» means «sells», a form of «sell».[↗](../../selleth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To sell is to give something to someone for money.[↗](../../selleth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.[↗](../../selleth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.16, JPS 1917) **selvedge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The edge of a piece of woven cloth, made so that it does not fray or unravel.[↗](../../selvedge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* More widely, an edge or border strip of something, like the edge of a piece of land.[↗](../../selvedge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The selvedge of the cloth had the maker's name printed on it.[↗](../../selvedge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pin the pattern so the arrow runs along the selvedge.[↗](../../selvedge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The selvedge stops the cloth from fraying.[↗](../../selvedge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma cut off the selvedge before sewing the quilt.[↗](../../selvedge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The denim had a neat red stripe on its selvedge.[↗](../../selvedge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Weavers make a tight selvedge on each side of the loom.[↗](../../selvedge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/23/) **24** [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/25/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/23/) - next →: [page 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/25/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)