--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 51 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/51/) [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 51 [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/) … [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/50/) **51** [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/52/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) **situate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Placed or lying in a certain spot.[↗](../../situate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea her wall?[↗](../../situate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../situate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **situated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Situated means placed or found in a certain place.[↗](../../situated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The school is situated near the river.[↗](../../situated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Well or badly situated can mean being in a good or bad position for something.[↗](../../situated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The village is situated at the foot of a hill.[↗](../../situated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school is situated next to a park.[↗](../../situated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · London is situated on the River Thames.[↗](../../situated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The library is conveniently situated near the bus stop.[↗](../../situated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Where is the heart situated in the body?[↗](../../situated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm was situated far from any town.[↗](../../situated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Find on the map where the volcano is situated.[↗](../../situated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel is well situated for the beach.[↗](../../situated/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The road led through an olive-grove, and here the solitary inn was situated.[↗](../../situated/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **situation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A situation is everything that is happening at a certain time and place, and how things are.[↗](../../situation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A situation can be a problem or a difficult moment you need to deal with.[↗](../../situation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The situation of a building or town is where it is placed.[↗](../../situation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A situation can also mean a job or post, especially as a servant.[↗](../../situation/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In an emergency situation, call for help.[↗](../../situation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What would you do in this situation?[↗](../../situation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather made the situation worse.[↗](../../situation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lost in the woods, they were in a scary situation.[↗](../../situation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the situation in the word problem, then write a number sentence.[↗](../../situation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher calmed the situation down.[↗](../../situation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The situation at home is better now.[↗](../../situation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Role-play helps us practise difficult situations.[↗](../../situation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Prince got the situation of Imperial Swineherd.[↗](../../situation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds.[↗](../../situation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../situation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth; even mount Zion, the uttermost parts of the north, the city of the great King.[↗](../../situation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.48.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../situation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the men of the city said unto Elisha: 'Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth; but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth.[↗](../../situation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.2.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../situation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **sivan** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Sivan is the name of a Hebrew month, usually in late spring.[↗](../../sivan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The twelve months of the year are: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamus, Ab, Elul, Tishri, Marcheshvan, Kislev, Teves, Schevat and Adar.[↗](../../sivan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../sivan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · God produced Zain, predominant in movement, crowned, combined, and formed Gemini in the world, Sivan in the year, and the left foot of man.[↗](../../sivan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../sivan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Zain, predominant in Movement, crowned it, combined and formed it with Gemini in the Universe, Sivan in the Year, and the left foot of Man.[↗](../../sivan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../sivan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **siwan** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The name of the third month of the Hebrew calendar, usually in late spring (May or June).[↗](../../siwan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He made the letter Zayin reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Gemini in the World, and Siwan in the year, and the right leg in the Person.[↗](../../siwan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../siwan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **six** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Six is the number 6, one more than five.[↗](../../six/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A six is the digit 6, or a hit worth six runs in cricket.[↗](../../six/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «At sixes and sevens» means in a muddle.[↗](../../six/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Student: six apples and three pears.[↗](../../six/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Six birds sit on a branch.[↗](../../six/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam has six boxes with four toys in each.[↗](../../six/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An insect has 6 legs.[↗](../../six/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A dice has six sides with dots from 1 to 6.[↗](../../six/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I get up at six o'clock.[↗](../../six/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A box of six eggs is half a dozen.[↗](../../six/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Six is an even number.[↗](../../six/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Nana, it isn’t six o’clock yet.[↗](../../six/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and thirty and six thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../six/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; (Torah EXO.20.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../six/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So for the six branches going out of the candlestick.[↗](../../six/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.37.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../six/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus shalt thou do six days.[↗](../../six/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.6.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../six/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jephthah judged Israel six years.[↗](../../six/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.12.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../six/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The men of Netophah, fifty and six.[↗](../../six/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../six/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **sixpence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sixpence was a small British coin worth six old pennies, used until Britain changed to decimal money and kept for a while after.[↗](../../sixpence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned) Sixpence is the amount of six old pennies.[↗](../../sixpence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye.»[↗](../../sixpence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma found a sixpence in her Christmas pudding.[↗](../../sixpence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When Grandad was a boy, a comic cost sixpence.[↗](../../sixpence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sixpence was worth half a shilling.[↗](../../sixpence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bride had a sixpence in her shoe for good luck.[↗](../../sixpence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That little car can turn on a sixpence.[↗](../../sixpence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old sixpence was also called a «tanner».[↗](../../sixpence/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "You might give me sixpence, Daddy," said Effie, "because I did bring you the new specimen.[↗](../../sixpence/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sixteen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sixteen is the number 16, one more than fifteen.[↗](../../sixteen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sixteen is ten and six, or four fours.[↗](../../sixteen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") A pound has 16 ounces.[↗](../../sixteen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sixteen children are in the class.[↗](../../sixteen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pound has sixteen ounces.[↗](../../sixteen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is sixteen years old.[↗](../../sixteen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sixteen divided by four is four.[↗](../../sixteen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Four squared is sixteen.[↗](../../sixteen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus has sixteen seats on the top deck.[↗](../../sixteen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are sixteen pieces of each colour in this game.[↗](../../sixteen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He had been the ruler of Rome for sixteen days.[↗](../../sixteen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.[↗](../../sixteen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixteen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: under every board two sockets.[↗](../../sixteen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixteen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.[↗](../../sixteen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.26.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixteen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.[↗](../../sixteen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.15.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixteen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.[↗](../../sixteen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.27.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixteen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begot twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.[↗](../../sixteen/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.13.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixteen/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **sixteenth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sixteenth means number 16 in order.[↗](../../sixteenth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sixteenth is one of sixteen equal parts of a whole, written 1/16.[↗](../../sixteenth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The sixteenth century is the period of a hundred years from 1501 to 1600.[↗](../../sixteenth/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The board is 3 and 5 sixteenths inches long.[↗](../../sixteenth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · On the sixteenth floor there are 4 flats.[↗](../../sixteenth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A sixteenth of 32 is 2.[↗](../../sixteenth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She cut the pie into sixteenths.[↗](../../sixteenth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His sixteenth birthday party was at the beach.[↗](../../sixteenth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A ruler in inches shows sixteenths.[↗](../../sixteenth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Late as they have been collected, some dozen of the tales can be traced back to the sixteenth century, two of them being quoted by Shakespeare himself.[↗](../../sixteenth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sixteenth Path is the Triumphal or Eternal Intelligence, so called because it is the pleasure of the Glory, beyond which is no other Glory like to it, and it is called also the Paradise prepared for the Righteous.[↗](../../sixteenth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../sixteenth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sixteenth Path is the Triumphal or Eternal In- telligence, so called because it is the pleasure of the Glory, beyond which is no other Glory like to it, and it is called also the Paradise prepared for the Righteous.[↗](../../sixteenth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../sixteenth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer; (Writings 1CH.24.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixteenth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixteenth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **sixth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sixth means number 6 in order, after the fifth.[↗](../../sixth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sixth is one of six equal parts of a whole, written 1/6.[↗](../../sixth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A sixth sense is a feeling that you know something without seeing or hearing it.[↗](../../sixth/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He is in the sixth grade.[↗](../../sixth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A sixth of 30 is 5.[↗](../../sixth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She ate one sixth of the cake.[↗](../../sixth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On the sixth day he had 18 coins.[↗](../../sixth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A die has numbers from one to six, so each side is one sixth of the chances.[↗](../../sixth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team came sixth in the league.[↗](../../sixth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a sixth sense that something was wrong.[↗](../../sixth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sixth time the King exclaimed, ‘It is amazing!’[↗](../../sixth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.[↗](../../sixth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.[↗](../../sixth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad: (Torah NUM.7.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.[↗](../../sixth/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixth/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh; (Writings 1CH.12.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixth/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife.[↗](../../sixth/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixth/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **sixty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sixty is the number 60, which is six tens.[↗](../../sixty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An hour has 60 minutes and a minute has 60 seconds.[↗](../../sixty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are sixty minutes in an hour.[↗](../../sixty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sixty people came.[↗](../../sixty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A ticket costs sixty cents.[↗](../../sixty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · What is sixty divided by five?[↗](../../sixty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A minute has sixty seconds.[↗](../../sixty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma turned sixty last week.[↗](../../sixty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The car was going sixty kilometers an hour.[↗](../../sixty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “I never run less than sixty miles,” Cael replied sullenly.[↗](../../sixty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.[↗](../../sixty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.[↗](../../sixty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch.[↗](../../sixty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.[↗](../../sixty/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sixty/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **size** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Size is how big or how small something is: the size of an elephant.[↗](../../size/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A size is one of the set measures for clothes and shoes: shoe size 3.[↗](../../size/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Size can mean how many there are: the size of a group.[↗](../../size/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We multiply the number of groups by the size of one group.[↗](../../size/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The groups are all the same size.[↗](../../size/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the size of each team if 20 children make 4 teams?[↗](../../size/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · What size shoes do you wear?[↗](../../size/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A blue whale is the size of a bus.[↗](../../size/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sort the stones by size, from small to big.[↗](../../size/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · These trousers are the wrong size.[↗](../../size/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class size is 28 children.[↗](../../size/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked on the griddle, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size; (Writings 1CH.23.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../size/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **sizzle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make a hissing, spitting sound like food frying in hot fat.[↗](../../sizzle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The sausages sizzled in the pan.[↗](../../sizzle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To be very hot: a sizzling summer day.[↗](../../sizzle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To be exciting or full of energy: a sizzling performance.[↗](../../sizzle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) The sound of sizzling.[↗](../../sizzle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bacon sizzled in the frying pan.[↗](../../sizzle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stand back — the oil is sizzling\![↗](../../sizzle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a sizzling hot day at the beach.[↗](../../sizzle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I love the sizzle of sausages on a barbecue.[↗](../../sizzle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dancers gave a sizzling show.[↗](../../sizzle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Water drops sizzled on the hot stove.[↗](../../sizzle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That advert is all sizzle and no steak.[↗](../../sizzle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the middle of it, a pan full of oil sizzled over a smoky fire, sending out a repelling odor of tallow that took away one’s breath.[↗](../../sizzle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **skate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To skate means to glide on ice with ice skates or on the ground with roller skates or a skateboard.[↗](../../skate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A skate is a boot with a blade or wheels on the bottom.[↗](../../skate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A skate is also a flat sea fish, a bit like a ray.[↗](../../skate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Skate can also be an insulting word for a poor, worn-out horse.[↗](../../skate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went ice skating at the rink on Saturday.[↗](../../skate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She can skate backwards\![↗](../../skate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I got new roller skates for my birthday.[↗](../../skate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear a helmet when you skate.[↗](../../skate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never skate on a frozen pond unless an adult says it's safe.[↗](../../skate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He skated round the park on his skateboard.[↗](../../skate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My skates are too small now.[↗](../../skate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A skate is a flat fish that lives on the sea floor.[↗](../../skate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Imagine the feelings of Sunol if a car-horse called her a “skate,” and you can imagine how the Australian horse felt.[↗](../../skate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **skateboard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A skateboard is a narrow board with four small wheels, which you stand on and ride by pushing with one foot.[↗](../../skateboard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To skateboard means to ride a skateboard.[↗](../../skateboard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I got a skateboard for my birthday.[↗](../../skateboard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a helmet when you skateboard.[↗](../../skateboard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We go skateboarding at the skate park.[↗](../../skateboard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He can do a trick on his skateboard.[↗](../../skateboard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't skateboard on the busy road.[↗](../../skateboard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her skateboard has green wheels.[↗](../../skateboard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Skateboarding became an Olympic sport.[↗](../../skateboard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/50/) **51** [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/52/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/50/) - next →: [page 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/52/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)