--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 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/4/) [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 4 [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/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/5/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) **sale** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sale is selling something: the sale of a house.[↗](../../sale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sale is a time when things cost less than usual: a summer sale.[↗](../../sale/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «For sale» means someone wants to sell it.[↗](../../sale/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «On sale» means it can be bought, or (USA) that it is cheaper than usual.[↗](../../sale/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Sales are the number of things sold, or the money from them.[↗](../../sale/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A bake sale or yard sale is an event to sell things.[↗](../../sale/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Shirts are on sale for $5 off.[↗](../../sale/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bake sale made $120.[↗](../../sale/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · During the sale, prices are 20% less.[↗](../../sale/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many tickets were sold at the sale?[↗](../../sale/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class had a bake sale for charity.[↗](../../sale/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The house next door is for sale.[↗](../../sale/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tickets go on sale on Monday.[↗](../../sale/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Sales of ice cream go up in summer.[↗](../../sale/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We sold old toys at a yard sale.[↗](../../sale/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · "It's not for sale, my good man."[↗](../../sale/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession.[↗](../../sale/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sale/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **salesman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A salesman is a man whose job is selling things, in a shop, by phone or by visiting people.[↗](../../salesman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car salesman showed us a red car.[↗](../../salesman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A salesman knocked on the door selling brushes.[↗](../../salesman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The salesman earns $50 for every TV he sells.[↗](../../salesman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a salesman for a toy company.[↗](../../salesman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The salesman sold 12 phones on Monday and 15 on Tuesday.[↗](../../salesman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let a pushy salesman rush you.[↗](../../salesman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **saline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Saline means containing salt or salty.[↗](../../saline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Saline (noun), or saline solution, is clean salty water used in medicine, for example to wash wounds, rinse eyes or contact lenses, or in a drip in hospital.[↗](../../saline/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Seawater is saline, so you cannot drink it.[↗](../../saline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse cleaned the cut with saline.[↗](../../saline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He rinses his contact lenses in saline solution.[↗](../../saline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In hospital she was given a saline drip.[↗](../../saline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Dead Sea is a very saline lake.[↗](../../saline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a saline solution by dissolving salt in water.[↗](../../saline/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Saline nose spray helps clear a blocked nose.[↗](../../saline/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **salinity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Salinity is how salty water or soil is: how much salt is dissolved in it.[↗](../../salinity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) It is measured as the amount of salt in a certain amount of water, for example grams per litre or parts per thousand.[↗](../../salinity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The salinity of the ocean is about 35 grams of salt in every litre.[↗](../../salinity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Dead Sea has such high salinity that people float easily.[↗](../../salinity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rivers have very low salinity, so their water is called fresh water.[↗](../../salinity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested the salinity of three water samples in class.[↗](../../salinity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Where rivers meet the sea, the salinity is in between.[↗](../../salinity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · High salinity in the soil made the wheat grow badly.[↗](../../salinity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some fish, like salmon, can cope with changes in salinity.[↗](../../salinity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **saliva** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Saliva is the clear watery liquid that is made in your mouth; it keeps your mouth wet and helps you chew, swallow and start digesting food.[↗](../../saliva/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Saliva helps you swallow food.[↗](../../saliva/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your mouth makes saliva all day.[↗](../../saliva/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Smelling cookies made my mouth fill with saliva.[↗](../../saliva/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Saliva starts to digest food in your mouth.[↗](../../saliva/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Saliva helps protect your teeth from acid.[↗](../../saliva/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs drool a lot of saliva when they're hot.[↗](../../saliva/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Spitting saliva at people spreads germs and is rude.[↗](../../saliva/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors can test saliva to look for some illnesses.[↗](../../saliva/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then suddenly the warrior remembered that he had heard that human saliva was deadly to centipedes.[↗](../../saliva/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sallow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of skin, yellowish and pale, often looking unwell.[↗](../../sallow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She had a sallow face after the long winter.[↗](../../sallow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The girls had long faces and sallow complexions.[↗](../../sallow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His sallow skin showed he was ill.[↗](../../sallow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **sally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Sally is a girl's name.[↗](../../sally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old, war) A sally is a sudden attack by soldiers rushing out from a castle or town that is under siege.[↗](../../sally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (literary) A sally is a quick, witty remark.[↗](../../sally/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To sally forth is to set out boldly, often jokingly.[↗](../../sally/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sally is my best friend.[↗](../../sally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knights made a sally from the castle.[↗](../../sally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sallied forth to the shops.[↗](../../sally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His sally made everyone laugh.[↗](../../sally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sally port was a small castle door.[↗](../../sally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sally walked her dog in the park.[↗](../../sally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Wasp’s-nest, Wasp’s-nest, make a sally, Or Drakestail nevermore may rally.’[↗](../../sally/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **salmon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A salmon is a large silver fish that lives in the sea but swims up rivers to lay its eggs.[↗](../../salmon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Salmon is the pink flesh of this fish eaten as food.[↗](../../salmon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Salmon (or salmon pink) is an orange-pink colour.[↗](../../salmon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Salmon swim up the river to lay their eggs.[↗](../../salmon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bears catch salmon as they jump up the waterfall.[↗](../../salmon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had grilled salmon for dinner.[↗](../../salmon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoked salmon is good on toast.[↗](../../salmon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The salmon's flesh is pink.[↗](../../salmon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her dress was salmon pink.[↗](../../salmon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At this moment a fine salmon swam slowly up.[↗](../../salmon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon; (Writings RUT.4.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salmon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed; (Writings RUT.4.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salmon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **salmonella** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kind of bacteria that can cause food poisoning, with stomach ache, being sick, diarrhoea and fever.[↗](../../salmonella/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The illness caused by these bacteria (often called salmonella or food poisoning).[↗](../../salmonella/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Salmonella is a germ that can give you food poisoning.[↗](../../salmonella/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Always cook chicken all the way through to kill salmonella.[↗](../../salmonella/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't eat raw cake mix — raw eggs can carry salmonella.[↗](../../salmonella/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after touching raw meat.[↗](../../salmonella/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pet turtles can carry salmonella, so wash your hands after holding them.[↗](../../salmonella/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a different chopping board for raw meat.[↗](../../salmonella/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **salon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A salon is a shop where people go to have their hair cut or styled, their nails done or their skin treated.[↗](../../salon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned, formal) A salon is an elegant sitting room in a big house where guests are received.[↗](../../salon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) A salon was a meeting of writers, artists and thinkers at a rich person's home, especially in France.[↗](../../salon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A salon can be an art exhibition, as in the famous Paris Salon.[↗](../../salon/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum has an appointment at the hair salon on Saturday.[↗](../../salon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The salon smelled of shampoo and hair spray.[↗](../../salon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister works in a nail salon.[↗](../../salon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The guests waited in the grand salon of the palace.[↗](../../salon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In old Paris, rich women held salons where writers shared ideas.[↗](../../salon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The painting was shown at the Paris Salon.[↗](../../salon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The salon was busy before the school dance.[↗](../../salon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **saloon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large, grand room in an old house or palace, used for receiving guests or holding gatherings.[↗](../../saloon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (American) A bar where drinks were sold in old Western films.[↗](../../saloon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Did the gods pass through the large saloons?[↗](../../saloon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king gave a feast in the saloon.[↗](../../saloon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The big saloon was empty and quiet.[↗](../../saloon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **salsa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Salsa is a sauce, often spicy, made from chopped tomatoes, onions, chillies and herbs, eaten with tortilla chips and Mexican food.[↗](../../salsa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Salsa is a lively dance and a kind of music from Latin America and the Caribbean, especially Cuba and Puerto Rico.[↗](../../salsa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In Spanish and Italian, «salsa» simply means sauce.[↗](../../salsa/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We dipped tortilla chips in tomato salsa.[↗](../../salsa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This mango salsa is sweet and spicy.[↗](../../salsa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum goes to salsa classes on Thursdays.[↗](../../salsa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Salsa music has a fast, bouncy beat.[↗](../../salsa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Chop the tomatoes carefully when making salsa.[↗](../../salsa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Add a little lime juice to the salsa.[↗](../../salsa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They danced salsa at the wedding.[↗](../../salsa/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **salt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Salt is white grains that make food taste salty.[↗](../../salt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It comes from the sea or from rock in the ground.[↗](../../salt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To salt is to put salt on food, or on roads to melt ice.[↗](../../salt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science, a salt is a chemical made when an acid and a base react; table salt is sodium chloride.[↗](../../salt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Take it with a pinch of salt» means do not believe it fully.[↗](../../salt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The recipe needs 2 teaspoons of salt.[↗](../../salt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bag holds 1 kg of salt.[↗](../../salt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How much salt for 3 batches?[↗](../../salt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seawater has 35 grams of salt in each liter.[↗](../../salt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Salt dissolves when you stir it into water.[↗](../../salt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Trucks put salt on the roads to melt the ice.[↗](../../salt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave salty water in the sun and the salt is left behind.[↗](../../salt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much salt is not good for your heart.[↗](../../salt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Take what you read online with a pinch of salt.[↗](../../salt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.[↗](../../salt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim — the same is the Salt Sea.[↗](../../salt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.[↗](../../salt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place.[↗](../../salt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.[↗](../../salt/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.15.62, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salt/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.[↗](../../salt/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salt/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **saltiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Saltiness is how salty something tastes or is.[↗](../../saltiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can also mean how much salt is in water, like the saltiness of the sea.[↗](../../saltiness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chef tasted the soup to check its saltiness.[↗](../../saltiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I could taste the saltiness of the sea on my lips.[↗](../../saltiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crisps have a lot of saltiness.[↗](../../saltiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The saltiness of the Dead Sea makes people float.[↗](../../saltiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Saltiness is one of the five basic tastes.[↗](../../saltiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Add lemon to balance the saltiness.[↗](../../saltiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists measure the saltiness of ocean water.[↗](../../saltiness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **saltwater** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Water that has salt in it, like sea water.[↗](../../saltwater/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Living in or coming from the sea, not fresh water: saltwater fish, saltwater crocodile.[↗](../../saltwater/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Most of the water on Earth is saltwater.[↗](../../saltwater/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Saltwater fish cannot live in a pond.[↗](../../saltwater/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An egg floats in salt water but sinks in tap water.[↗](../../saltwater/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Saltwater crocodiles live in northern Australia; never swim where there are croc signs.[↗](../../saltwater/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't drink saltwater, as it makes you thirstier.[↗](../../saltwater/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We gargled warm salt water for a sore throat.[↗](../../saltwater/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **salty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Salty means tasting of salt or having salt in it.[↗](../../salty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Salty (informal) can mean a bit rude or cross: a salty reply.[↗](../../salty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She bought 3 bags of salty chips.[↗](../../salty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The salty snacks cost $2 each.[↗](../../salty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea is salty.[↗](../../salty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He drank 2 glasses of water after the salty soup.[↗](../../salty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Salty food makes you thirsty.[↗](../../salty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An egg floats in very salty water but sinks in fresh water.[↗](../../salty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We smelled the salty sea air.[↗](../../salty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The chips were too salty to eat.[↗](../../salty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Tears taste a little salty.[↗](../../salty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He blinked his eyes hard to keep out the salty perspiration streaming down his face.[↗](../../salty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **salutation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A salutation is a greeting, a word or action that says hello, such as "Good morning" or a wave.[↗](../../salutation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a letter or email, the salutation is the greeting at the start, like "Dear Sam,".[↗](../../salutation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) "Salutations!" can be said as a jokey, old-fashioned "hello".[↗](../../salutation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Start your letter with a salutation such as "Dear Aunt Jo,".[↗](../../salutation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He raised his hat in salutation.[↗](../../salutation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Salutations!" said Charlotte the spider to Wilbur.[↗](../../salutation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The salutation in a formal letter is often "Dear Sir or Madam".[↗](../../salutation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Underline the salutation in this letter.[↗](../../salutation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A wave is a friendly salutation.[↗](../../salutation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The knights bowed to the king in salutation.[↗](../../salutation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Peace be upon you,” said the king, giving the usual country salutation.[↗](../../salutation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **salute** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To salute means to raise your right hand to your forehead as a sign of respect, as soldiers do.[↗](../../salute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A salute is that movement, or another sign of respect such as guns fired into the air.[↗](../../salute/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To salute someone means to praise them openly for something brave or good.[↗](../../salute/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "we salute our volunteers".[↗](../../salute/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) To salute can mean to greet someone.[↗](../../salute/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soldier saluted the general.[↗](../../salute/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The scouts saluted the flag at the start of the meeting.[↗](../../salute/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain returned the salute.[↗](../../salute/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Guns were fired as a salute to the king.[↗](../../salute/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We salute all the nurses who worked so hard.[↗](../../salute/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You finished the whole marathon?[↗](../../salute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") I salute you\![↗](../../salute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave a smart salute and marched away.[↗](../../salute/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Before starting your performance, salute your audience!”[↗](../../salute/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they will salute thee, and give thee two cakes of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hand.[↗](../../salute/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salute/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying: 'Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he flew upon them.[↗](../../salute/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.25.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salute/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.[↗](../../salute/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.13.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salute/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **salvation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Salvation is being saved from sin and its results; Christians believe Jesus brings salvation, so that people can be close to God for ever.[↗](../../salvation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Salvation is anything that saves you from danger, trouble or failure, as in "The bus was my salvation in the rain.".[↗](../../salvation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Christians believe Jesus came to bring salvation.[↗](../../salvation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Salvation Army band played carols in the town square.[↗](../../salvation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeboat was the sailors' salvation.[↗](../../salvation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That library was my salvation on rainy days.[↗](../../salvation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sermon was about God's gift of salvation.[↗](../../salvation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A cold drink was salvation after the long hike.[↗](../../salvation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She carries the banner in front of the combating army, and brings victory and salvation to her fatherland.[↗](../../salvation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.[↗](../../salvation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salvation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation; this is my God, and I will glorify Him; my father's God, and I will exalt Him.[↗](../../salvation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salvation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.[↗](../../salvation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salvation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Make haste to help me, O LORD, my salvation.[↗](../../salvation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.38.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salvation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; Thy blessing be upon Thy people.[↗](../../salvation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.3.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salvation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion\![↗](../../salvation/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.14.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../salvation/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/5/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/3/) - next →: [page 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/5/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)