--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 50 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/50/) [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 50 [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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meaning 1:* «-sion» is a word ending that makes nouns, as in «television», «decision», «explosion»; it often sounds like «zhun» or «shun».[↗](../../sion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sion is a town in Switzerland, in the Alps.[↗](../../sion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sion is an old spelling of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem in the Bible, often used to mean God's city or God's people (as in Sion College, Mount Sion).[↗](../../sion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Television» ends in -sion.[↗](../../sion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Decide» becomes «decision».[↗](../../sion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Explode» becomes «explosion».[↗](../../sion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sion is a town in the Swiss mountains.[↗](../../sion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old hymn sings of the hill of Sion.[↗](../../sion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Spell «confusion» with -sion, not -tion.[↗](../../sion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He had just to return the way he came, through St. Maurice and Sion, to his home in the valley.[↗](../../sion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion — the same is Hermon — (Torah DEU.4.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · \] sions contain only obouth tiOO words of the original Safer (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../sion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To drink slowly, taking only a small amount at a time.[↗](../../sip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A very small mouthful of a drink.[↗](../../sip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sip your hot chocolate slowly.[↗](../../sip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have a sip of your juice?[↗](../../sip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma sipped her tea.[↗](../../sip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Take small sips if your tummy hurts.[↗](../../sip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hummingbird sipped nectar from the flower.[↗](../../sip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He took one sip and pulled a face.[↗](../../sip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he nibbled his little piece of wheaten bread and sipped his water, and his hunger was immediately satisfied.[↗](../../sip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **siphon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A siphon is a bent tube that moves liquid from a higher container to a lower one, over an edge, without a pump, once the tube is full.[↗](../../siphon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To siphon is to move liquid this way.[↗](../../siphon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To siphon off money or resources is to take them away bit by bit, often secretly or wrongly.[↗](../../siphon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In animals like squids and clams, a siphon is a tube used to suck in or squirt out water.[↗](../../siphon/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We used a siphon to empty the fish tank.[↗](../../siphon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad siphoned the water out of the paddling pool.[↗](../../siphon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The squid shoots water out of its siphon.[↗](../../siphon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In science we made a siphon with a tube and two jugs.[↗](../../siphon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The thief siphoned off money from the club.[↗](../../siphon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The siphon only works if the end is lower than the water.[↗](../../siphon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never siphon petrol with your mouth.[↗](../../siphon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **siphonophore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A siphonophore is a strange sea animal, related to jellyfish, that is really a colony of many tiny animal parts joined together and working as one body.[↗](../../siphonophore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Each part has its own job: some swim, some catch food, some digest it, some make young.[↗](../../siphonophore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A siphonophore looks like one animal but is made of many tiny parts.[↗](../../siphonophore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Portuguese man o' war is a siphonophore, not a true jellyfish.[↗](../../siphonophore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists filmed a giant siphonophore deep under the sea off Australia.[↗](../../siphonophore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some siphonophores are longer than a blue whale.[↗](../../siphonophore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not touch a man o' war on the beach; it can still sting.[↗](../../siphonophore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In a siphonophore, some parts swim and some parts catch food.[↗](../../siphonophore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many siphonophores glow in the dark.[↗](../../siphonophore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sipper** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Sipper is the Hebrew word for "he told," from the same root as number and book.[↗](../../sipper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account').[↗](../../sipper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../sipper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **sir** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A polite way to speak to a man whose name you do not know, or to a man in charge.[↗](../../sir/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Can I help you, sir?"[↗](../../sir/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the UK and Ireland, what pupils call a male teacher.[↗](../../sir/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* "Sir" with a capital S is a title for a knight in the UK.[↗](../../sir/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Sir Isaac Newton".[↗](../../sir/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Excuse me, sir, you dropped your glove.[↗](../../sir/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please, sir, may I go to the toilet?[↗](../../sir/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sir Isaac Newton was a famous scientist.[↗](../../sir/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Yes, sir!" said the soldier.[↗](../../sir/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The waiter asked, "Would you like water, sir?"[↗](../../sir/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class calls Mr Brown "Sir".[↗](../../sir/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Letters used to begin "Dear Sir".[↗](../../sir/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "No, sir, by design," returned Aladdin.[↗](../../sir/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sire** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned) Sire was a way of speaking to a king, like «Your Majesty»: «Yes, sire.».[↗](../../sire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The sire of an animal, especially a horse or dog, is its father.[↗](../../sire/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To sire means to be the father of a young animal (or, in old writing, of a child).[↗](../../sire/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old-fashioned) Sire was also an old word for a lord or a father.[↗](../../sire/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Your horse is ready, sire,» said the stable boy.[↗](../../sire/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Forgive me, sire,» the knight said, bowing to the king.[↗](../../sire/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The famous racehorse sired many champion foals.[↗](../../sire/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy's sire was a prize-winning sheepdog.[↗](../../sire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer chose a strong bull to sire the calves.[↗](../../sire/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old tale, the prince's sire was a wise king.[↗](../../sire/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Sire, I have obeyed your orders.[↗](../../sire/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **siren** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A device that makes a loud wailing or rising-and-falling sound to warn people, used on ambulances, fire engines and police cars, and for warnings about danger.[↗](../../siren/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In Greek myths, the Sirens were creatures whose beautiful singing lured sailors onto rocks.[↗](../../siren/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We heard a siren and the ambulance raced past.[↗](../../siren/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When you hear a siren, stay on the pavement.[↗](../../siren/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cars pulled over for the fire engine with its siren on.[↗](../../siren/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tornado siren sounded across the town.[↗](../../siren/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The siren got lower in pitch as the police car drove away.[↗](../../siren/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the myth, the Sirens sang to the sailors.[↗](../../siren/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The siren woke the baby.[↗](../../siren/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At night we could hear sirens in the city.[↗](../../siren/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, slang) Short for "sister", used when talking to or about your sister.[↗](../../sis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang) A friendly name for a close female friend.[↗](../../sis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In old folk tales, Sis is a friendly way to address a woman or female animal, as in "Sis Cow".[↗](../../sis/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hey sis, wait for me\![↗](../../sis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sis helps me with homework.[↗](../../sis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sis is only four.[↗](../../sis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thanks, sis, you're the best\![↗](../../sis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) Love your hair, sis\![↗](../../sis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sis and I share a bedroom.[↗](../../sis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "'Howdy, Sis Cow,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.[↗](../../sis/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sister** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you.[↗](../../sister/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A half-sister shares one parent with you; a stepsister is the daughter of your stepparent.[↗](../../sister/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A sister is also a nun, or a senior nurse in some hospitals.[↗](../../sister/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her sister is 3 years older.[↗](../../sister/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave half his candy to his sister.[↗](../../sister/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ann has 2 sisters and 1 brother.[↗](../../sister/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many apples does his sister have?[↗](../../sister/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister is learning to walk.[↗](../../sister/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The twin sisters wore matching coats.[↗](../../sister/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask your big sister to help you with your homework.[↗](../../sister/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Sister Mary teaches music at the school.[↗](../../sister/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There was his sister chasing him.[↗](../../sister/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.[↗](../../sister/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.36.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sister/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'[↗](../../sister/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sister/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.[↗](../../sister/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.36.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sister/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.[↗](../../sister/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.2.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sister/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.[↗](../../sister/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.3.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sister/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ish-hod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.[↗](../../sister/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.7.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sister/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **sit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom.[↗](../../sit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To sit is to be in a place without moving, as in «the box sat in the hall».[↗](../../sit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To sit a test or an exam (UK) is to take it.[↗](../../sit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To sit for a dog is to put its bottom down when told.[↗](../../sit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 3 birds were sitting on the fence.[↗](../../sit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 children sit at each table.[↗](../../sit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many people are sitting?[↗](../../sit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Then 2 more birds came to sit.[↗](../../sit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please sit down and open your books.[↗](../../sit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sit up straight at your desk.[↗](../../sit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I sat next to my best friend.[↗](../../sit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog will sit when you say «sit».[↗](../../sit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She will sit her exams in June.[↗](../../sit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The old car sat in the garage for years.[↗](../../sit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · "Sit here, and await the bridegroom.[↗](../../sit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'[↗](../../sit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them.[↗](../../sit/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sit/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And one told Jacob, and said: 'Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee.'[↗](../../sit/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.[↗](../../sit/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.48.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sit/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the king arose, and sat in the gate.[↗](../../sit/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.19.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sit/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And he sat on the throne of the kings.[↗](../../sit/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.11.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sit/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.[↗](../../sit/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.28.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sit/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **sitar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sitar is a musical instrument from India with a long wooden neck, a round body made from a gourd, and many strings, played by plucking.[↗](../../sitar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It makes a bright, buzzing, ringing sound and is used in Indian classical music.[↗](../../sitar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sitar has a long neck and curved metal frets.[↗](../../sitar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ravi Shankar played the sitar all over the world.[↗](../../sitar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sitar's strings buzzed and shimmered.[↗](../../sitar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We listened to sitar music during our lesson on India.[↗](../../sitar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You pluck a sitar with a wire pick worn on the finger.[↗](../../sitar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · George Harrison of the Beatles learned to play the sitar.[↗](../../sitar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sitar player sat on the floor with the instrument resting on his foot.[↗](../../sitar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sitcom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sitcom is a funny TV or radio series about the same characters in everyday situations, like a family or friends at work.[↗](../../sitcom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Short for «situation comedy».[↗](../../sitcom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My favourite sitcom is about a family with five kids.[↗](../../sitcom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We watch a sitcom every Friday night.[↗](../../sitcom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sitcoms often have laughter in the background.[↗](../../sitcom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each episode of the sitcom lasts about 25 minutes.[↗](../../sitcom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sitcom is set in a school.[↗](../../sitcom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **site** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A site is a place where something is, was, or will be, like a building site or a picnic site.[↗](../../site/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A site, or website, is a set of pages on the internet.[↗](../../site/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To site something (formal) is to put it in a particular place.[↗](../../site/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Keep out of the building site; it is dangerous.[↗](../../site/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We pitched our tent at the campsite by the lake.[↗](../../site/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the site of an old castle.[↗](../../site/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school's site has a page about the trip.[↗](../../site/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Only use websites your teacher or parents trust.[↗](../../site/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They chose a sunny site for the vegetable garden.[↗](../../site/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The workers wear hard hats on site.[↗](../../site/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The new playground will be sited near the river.[↗](../../site/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He accordingly descended to earth, and travelled through many countries, seeking a fitting site upon which to establish an oracle.[↗](../../site/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Make a thing stand in assembly before its Creators; return the Maker to His Site.[↗](../../site/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") \[1:5\] Ten SEFIROT BELIMAH—Their measure is ten; they have no edge.[↗](../../site/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../site/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Contains Kalisch's pointed Hebrew text (his base text), English translation, preface, notes, glossary.[↗](../../site/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (sacred-texts site errata page not included; Hare's attribution notice kept as in etext.)[↗](../../site/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/sy/index.htm (etext by J. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../site/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **sitter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sitter is a babysitter: someone who looks after children while their parents are out.[↗](../../sitter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sitter is someone who looks after a pet or a house while the owners are away (pet sitter, house sitter).[↗](../../sitter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A sitter is a person who sits still to be painted or photographed.[↗](../../sitter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In sports, a sitter is a very easy chance to score.[↗](../../sitter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our sitter reads us a story before bed.[↗](../../sitter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum and Dad went out and the sitter stayed with us.[↗](../../sitter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We hired a pet sitter to feed the cat.[↗](../../sitter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The painter asked the sitter to stay still.[↗](../../sitter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He missed a sitter right in front of the goal\![↗](../../sitter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The house sitter watered the plants while we were away.[↗](../../sitter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sittest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «sittest» means «you sit», a form of «sit».[↗](../../sittest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom.[↗](../../sittest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.[↗](../../sittest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.11.19, JPS 1917) · And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee.[↗](../../sittest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.13, JPS 1917) · and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.[↗](../../sittest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.7, JPS 1917) **sitteth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «sitteth» means «sits», a form of «sit».[↗](../../sitteth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom.[↗](../../sitteth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.[↗](../../sitteth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.15.4, JPS 1917) · In this chariot sitteth the lord over the kingdom of Benares, the great king Brahma-datta."[↗](../../sitteth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Indian Fairy Tales) · And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.[↗](../../sitteth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.15.20, JPS 1917) **sitting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sitting means resting your bottom on a chair, the floor or another seat, with your back up.[↗](../../sitting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sitting can mean staying in a place or position: the book was sitting on the shelf.[↗](../../sitting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A sitting is one of the times when a meal is served to a group, or one session of doing something.[↗](../../sitting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children were sitting on the carpet for the story.[↗](../../sitting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please stay sitting while the bus is moving.[↗](../../sitting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My cat is sitting on the window sill.[↗](../../sitting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I read the whole book at one sitting.[↗](../../sitting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We were sitting by the campfire.[↗](../../sitting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sitting for hours in front of a screen is not healthy.[↗](../../sitting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The keys were sitting on the table the whole time.[↗](../../sitting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She is babysitting her little cousin.[↗](../../sitting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Who’s been sitting on my little chair?’[↗](../../sitting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying: (Torah GEN.23.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sitting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.[↗](../../sitting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.63, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sitting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.[↗](../../sitting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.24.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sitting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in his cool upper chamber.[↗](../../sitting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.3.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sitting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/49/) **50** [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/51/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/49/) - next →: [page 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/51/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)