--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 28 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/28/) [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 28 [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 sequoia is a huge evergreen tree from California; it includes the giant sequoia and the coast redwood.[↗](../../sequoia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sequoias are among the biggest and oldest living things on Earth.[↗](../../sequoia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sequoia was so wide we couldn't hug it, even with ten people.[↗](../../sequoia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sequoias can live for thousands of years.[↗](../../sequoia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Their bark protects them from fire.[↗](../../sequoia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw giant sequoias in a national park in California.[↗](../../sequoia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A sequoia grows from a seed as small as a flake of oat.[↗](../../sequoia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Redwoods and sequoias are cousins.[↗](../../sequoia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **seraph** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A kind of fiery angel with wings, found in visions of heaven; "seraphim" is the plural.[↗](../../seraph/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* § 21 Four — He graved and hewed out of them the throne of glory, the ophanim, the seraph- im, the holy animals, and the ministering angels.[↗](../../seraph/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../seraph/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **serbian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From or to do with Serbia, a country in south-east Europe in the Balkans, whose capital is Belgrade.[↗](../../serbian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A person from Serbia (also called a Serb).[↗](../../serbian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) The language of Serbia, a Slavic language that can be written in both Cyrillic and Latin letters.[↗](../../serbian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Novak Djokovic is a Serbian tennis star.[↗](../../serbian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Serbian can be written in two alphabets.[↗](../../serbian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Belgrade is the Serbian capital.[↗](../../serbian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's grandparents are Serbian.[↗](../../serbian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We tried Serbian food: grilled meat and peppers.[↗](../../serbian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Serbian flag is red, blue and white.[↗](../../serbian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **serenade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A serenade is a song sung softly at night, often under a loved one's window.[↗](../../serenade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To serenade someone is to sing or play music to them in this way.[↗](../../serenade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In a tale, a bird that sings sweetly to flowers.[↗](../../serenade/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lover serenaded her under the moon.[↗](../../serenade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The winged songster serenades the fragrant flowers.[↗](../../serenade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every night the boy serenaded his lady with his guitar.[↗](../../serenade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **serene** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Serene means calm and peaceful, with no worry or fear showing.[↗](../../serene/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her serene face showed no fear.[↗](../../serene/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lake was serene under the moon.[↗](../../serene/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A frown gathered on his usually serene brow.[↗](../../serene/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.[↗](../../serene/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serene/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **serf** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A serf was a farm worker long ago, in the Middle Ages, who had to live and work on a lord's land and could not leave it.[↗](../../serf/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Serfs were not slaves, because they could not be sold alone, but they were not free.[↗](../../serf/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lord had 30 serfs.[↗](../../serf/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each serf worked 3 days a week for the lord.[↗](../../serf/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 12 serfs worked in the fields.[↗](../../serf/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many serfs were left?[↗](../../serf/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Serfs gave part of their harvest to the lord of the manor.[↗](../../serf/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A serf needed the lord's permission to marry or move away.[↗](../../serf/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the serf's son dreamed of being free.[↗](../../serf/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Serfdom ended in Russia long ago.[↗](../../serf/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This enigmatic expression appears only once in the Tanakh, in \[Job 26:7\], where in a harkening back to \[Genesis 1:2\] it serves as a parallelism of primarial tohu.[↗](../../serf/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../serf/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally.[↗](../../serf/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../serf/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **serfdom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (history) Serfdom was a system, mainly in the Middle Ages, in which poor farm workers called serfs were tied to a lord's land and could not leave it.[↗](../../serfdom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) Serfdom means the state of being a serf.[↗](../../serfdom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Under serfdom, peasants could not leave the lord's land.[↗](../../serfdom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Serfdom slowly ended in England after the Black Death.[↗](../../serfdom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Russian tsar abolished serfdom, freeing millions of people.[↗](../../serfdom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Serfs paid the lord with work and crops.[↗](../../serfdom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The feudal system was built on serfdom.[↗](../../serfdom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many peasants rebelled against serfdom.[↗](../../serfdom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sergeant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A soldier of middle rank, above a corporal, who is in charge of a group of soldiers.[↗](../../sergeant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A police officer of the rank above a constable.[↗](../../sergeant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (in titles) Sergeant Major, Sergeant at Arms.[↗](../../sergeant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sergeant shouted, «Left, right, left, right!»[↗](../../sergeant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sergeant Jones is in charge of the local police station.[↗](../../sergeant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad was a sergeant in the army.[↗](../../sergeant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sergeant has three stripes on his sleeve.[↗](../../sergeant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sergeant asked the witness some questions.[↗](../../sergeant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A police sergeant came to talk to our class about road safety.[↗](../../sergeant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A sergeant-major cried for mercy, saying he had nine wounds, and was a brave fellow, and did not deserve this disgrace.[↗](../../sergeant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **series** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A series is a group of things that come one after another, like books about the same characters.[↗](../../series/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A TV series is a set of programmes with the same story or people.[↗](../../series/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A number series is numbers in a row that follow a rule.[↗](../../series/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In sport a series is a set of games between the same teams.[↗](../../series/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In electricity, things in series are joined one after another in a single loop.[↗](../../series/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The book series has 7 books.[↗](../../series/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the next number in the series 2, 4, 6, 8.[↗](../../series/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team won the series 4 games to 2.[↗](../../series/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She read 3 books of the series.[↗](../../series/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a nature series about the ocean.[↗](../../series/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A series of loud bangs woke the dog.[↗](../../series/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In a series circuit, the bulbs share one path.[↗](../../series/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He finished the whole series in a week.[↗](../../series/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 11) As the infinite series of numbers starts from one unit, so was the whole Universe formed a unity, that centres in the Godhead.[↗](../../series/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../series/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 27) The author endeavors to show how the creative divine word became more condensed and how a new series of productions came out of three elements.[↗](../../series/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../series/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He combined, weighed and changed : the א with all the other letters in succession, and all the others again with א; ב with all, and all again with ב; and so the whole series of letters.[↗](../../series/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../series/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **serious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Serious means bad or dangerous enough to worry about: a serious illness, a serious accident.[↗](../../serious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A serious person is thoughtful and not joking or laughing.[↗](../../serious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* If you are serious about something, you really mean it and are not pretending.[↗](../../serious/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Serious can mean important and needing careful thought: a serious talk.[↗](../../serious/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A serious cut needs a doctor, not just a plaster.[↗](../../serious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa had a serious look on his face when he read the letter.[↗](../../serious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you serious?[↗](../../serious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") You really saw a fox in the garden?[↗](../../serious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher wants to have a serious talk with the class about bullying.[↗](../../serious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Take fire alarms seriously and leave the building straight away.[↗](../../serious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is serious about learning the piano and practises every day.[↗](../../serious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The flood caused serious damage to the town.[↗](../../serious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to stay serious, but he started to giggle.[↗](../../serious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a serious matter for him.[↗](../../serious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **seriously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Seriously means in a serious way, not joking.[↗](../../seriously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Take your homework seriously.[↗](../../seriously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Seriously means very badly: seriously hurt.[↗](../../seriously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Seriously?» is said when you are surprised or cannot believe something.[↗](../../seriously/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please take fire drills seriously.[↗](../../seriously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was seriously hurt in the fall.[↗](../../seriously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you seriously eating ice cream for breakfast?[↗](../../seriously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seriously, I am not joking\![↗](../../seriously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She takes her swimming very seriously.[↗](../../seriously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm seriously damaged the roof.[↗](../../seriously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Seriously?[↗](../../seriously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") We have a test today?[↗](../../seriously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Think seriously before you answer.[↗](../../seriously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He turned round anew, firmly convinced that he was seriously ill.[↗](../../seriously/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sermon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A sermon is a talk given by a priest, minister or preacher during a religious service, explaining the Bible or teaching how to live.[↗](../../sermon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A sermon is a long, boring telling-off or lecture about how to behave.[↗](../../sermon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vicar's sermon was about being kind to strangers.[↗](../../sermon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount on a hillside.[↗](../../sermon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa fell asleep during the sermon.[↗](../../sermon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The minister's sermon was only five minutes long today.[↗](../../sermon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I got a sermon from Dad about leaving my bike in the rain.[↗](../../sermon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In his sermon, the priest talked about forgiveness.[↗](../../sermon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "It was a good sermon to-day," the man said at last.[↗](../../sermon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **serpent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (literary, old) A snake, especially a big one.[↗](../../serpent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In myths and stories, a huge snake-like monster such as a sea serpent.[↗](../../serpent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old, figurative) A sly, tricky person who cannot be trusted.[↗](../../serpent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A snake, especially a large one.[↗](../../serpent/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight fought a giant serpent.[↗](../../serpent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors told tales of sea serpents.[↗](../../serpent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The serpent hissed and slid under a rock.[↗](../../serpent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, a cunning serpent tricks the hero.[↗](../../serpent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The serpent was 9 metres long, three times as long as the boat.[↗](../../serpent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The river curved like a serpent through the valley.[↗](../../serpent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But look! the serpent himself is coming!"[↗](../../serpent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die; (Torah GEN.3.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serpent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.[↗](../../serpent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serpent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.[↗](../../serpent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serpent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a basilisk.[↗](../../serpent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serpent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.[↗](../../serpent/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serpent/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips.[↗](../../serpent/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.140.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serpent/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die;[↗](../../serpent/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.4, JPS 1917) · THE SERPENT-TSAREVICH AND HIS TWO WIVES[↗](../../serpent/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) · Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.[↗](../../serpent/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.33, JPS 1917) **serval** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A slim wild cat of African grasslands, with long legs, very large ears and a golden coat with black spots and stripes.[↗](../../serval/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It leaps high to catch birds and rodents.[↗](../../serval/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The serval has the longest legs for its size of any cat.[↗](../../serval/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A serval can leap high into the air to catch a bird.[↗](../../serval/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Its huge ears help the serval hear mice under the grass.[↗](../../serval/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a serval at the wildlife park in Kent.[↗](../../serval/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Servals live in the grasslands of Africa near water.[↗](../../serval/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The serval's coat has black spots on gold, a bit like a cheetah's.[↗](../../serval/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A serval is a wild animal and does not make a good house pet.[↗](../../serval/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **servant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who is paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like cooking, cleaning and serving food, especially in the past.[↗](../../servant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who works for and serves others: a public servant (a government worker), a civil servant.[↗](../../servant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, old) Used politely at the end of old letters: «Your humble servant».[↗](../../servant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The castle had many servants.[↗](../../servant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The servant brought the king his dinner.[↗](../../servant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is a civil servant.[↗](../../servant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Firefighters are public servants.[↗](../../servant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The 18 servants worked in 3 groups of 6.[↗](../../servant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the servant turned out to be a princess.[↗](../../servant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We are no more than servants.[↗](../../servant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'I am Abraham's servant.[↗](../../servant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../servant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.[↗](../../servant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.61, JPS 1917)[↗](../../servant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.[↗](../../servant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../servant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is blind, but My servant?[↗](../../servant/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.42.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../servant/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants.[↗](../../servant/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.90.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../servant/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · How many are the days of Thy servant?[↗](../../servant/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.84, JPS 1917)[↗](../../servant/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **serve** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To serve is to give food or drink to people.[↗](../../serve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A dish that serves 4 is enough food for 4 people.[↗](../../serve/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To serve is to work for or help others, like a shop assistant serves customers.[↗](../../serve/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In tennis or volleyball, to serve is to hit the ball to start play; a serve is that hit.[↗](../../serve/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To serve in the army or on a team is to work in it.[↗](../../serve/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* «It serves you right» means you deserved the bad thing.[↗](../../serve/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* One pizza serves 4 people.[↗](../../serve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cafe served 120 meals today.[↗](../../serve/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pizzas does she need to serve 20 people?[↗](../../serve/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each cook serves 15 plates an hour.[↗](../../serve/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The waiter served our drinks first.[↗](../../serve/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you being served? asked the shop assistant.[↗](../../serve/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She served the ball hard over the net.[↗](../../serve/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma served in the navy when she was young.[↗](../../serve/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Serve the soup while it is hot.[↗](../../serve/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For dinner the Fox served soup.[↗](../../serve/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Let peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee.[↗](../../serve/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serve/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.[↗](../../serve/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serve/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.[↗](../../serve/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serve/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee?[↗](../../serve/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serve/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?[↗](../../serve/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serve/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.[↗](../../serve/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.2.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../serve/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **server** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A server is a powerful computer that stores websites, files, games or emails and sends them to other computers over the internet or a network.[↗](../../server/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A server is a person who brings food and drink to people in a restaurant or café; a waiter or waitress.[↗](../../server/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In tennis and similar games, the server is the player who hits the ball to start a point.[↗](../../server/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A server can also be a spoon or tool for putting food on plates.[↗](../../server/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The website is not working because the server is down.[↗](../../server/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school saves our work on the school server.[↗](../../server/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The server brought us our pizzas.[↗](../../server/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In tennis, the server gets two tries to hit the ball in.[↗](../../server/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We joined the same game server to play together.[↗](../../server/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Always thank the server when they bring your food.[↗](../../server/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Every email you send passes through a server.[↗](../../server/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the salad servers, not your fingers.[↗](../../server/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But, for the moment, the great room was seated, and the doors were held to allow a moment of respect to pass before the servers and squires came in.[↗](../../server/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/27/) **28** 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