--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 53 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/53/) [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 53 [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:* Skimming means reading something quickly to get the main idea, without reading every word.[↗](../../skimming/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Skimming means removing something from the top of a liquid, like cream from milk or leaves from a pond.[↗](../../skimming/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Skimming means moving quickly just above or across a surface: a bird skimming the water.[↗](../../skimming/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Skimming stones is throwing flat stones so they bounce across water.[↗](../../skimming/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (crime) Skimming is secretly copying bank card details with a hidden device, or secretly taking small amounts of money.[↗](../../skimming/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am skimming the article to see what it is about.[↗](../../skimming/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Skimming is useful before you answer questions on a text.[↗](../../skimming/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma was skimming the cream off the milk.[↗](../../skimming/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Swallows were skimming low over the river.[↗](../../skimming/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We spent the afternoon skimming stones at the beach.[↗](../../skimming/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My stone skimmed five times\![↗](../../skimming/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Police warned shoppers about card skimming at cash machines.[↗](../../skimming/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They were now so high, that a large ship beneath them looked like a white sea-gull skimming the waves.[↗](../../skimming/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **skin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The outer covering of a person's or animal's body.[↗](../../skin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The outer layer of a fruit or vegetable.[↗](../../skin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "banana skin".[↗](../../skin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A thin layer that forms on top of a liquid.[↗](../../skin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "skin on hot milk".[↗](../../skin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb, to scrape the skin off.[↗](../../skin/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I skinned my knee."[↗](../../skin/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your skin protects your body.[↗](../../skin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put sunscreen on your skin.[↗](../../skin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I peeled the skin off the orange.[↗](../../skin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She fell and skinned her knee.[↗](../../skin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Snakes shed their old skin.[↗](../../skin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sweat on your skin helps you cool down.[↗](../../skin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · People have many different skin colours.[↗](../../skin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We caught the bus by the skin of our teeth.[↗](../../skin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN[↗](../../skin/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood; (Torah EXO.25.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skin/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing, (Torah LEV.13.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skin/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the flesh and the skin were burnt with fire without the camp.[↗](../../skin/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skin/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?[↗](../../skin/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.13.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skin/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent.[↗](../../skin/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.9.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skin/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?[↗](../../skin/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skin/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **skinflint** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who hates spending money and is mean with it; a miser.[↗](../../skinflint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old skinflint would not give the poor man a single coin.[↗](../../skinflint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a skinflint; share your sweets.[↗](../../skinflint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The skinflint counted his coins every night.[↗](../../skinflint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody liked the skinflint who never bought anyone a present.[↗](../../skinflint/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **skinful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Australia, informal, slang) A large amount of alcohol, enough to make someone drunk: «He'd had a skinful.».[↗](../../skinful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Uncle Ray had a skinful at the wedding and fell asleep.[↗](../../skinful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He'd had a skinful, so he got a taxi home.[↗](../../skinful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They had a skinful at the pub.[↗](../../skinful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After a skinful, you shouldn't drive.[↗](../../skinful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa said the sailor had a skinful.[↗](../../skinful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum frowned: «He's had a skinful again.»[↗](../../skinful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **skinned** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Skinned is the past of «to skin»: to take the skin off an animal or fruit.[↗](../../skinned/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If you have skinned your knee, you have scraped some skin off it.[↗](../../skinned/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As part of a word, -skinned describes the kind of skin something has: thick-skinned, dark-skinned, smooth-skinned.[↗](../../skinned/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Thick-skinned means not easily upset by criticism; thin-skinned means easily upset.[↗](../../skinned/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I skinned my knee on the gravel.[↗](../../skinned/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cook skinned the potatoes.[↗](../../skinned/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your eyes skinned for the bus.[↗](../../skinned/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is thick-skinned and laughs off teasing.[↗](../../skinned/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He is thin-skinned and gets upset easily.[↗](../../skinned/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe uses skinned tomatoes.[↗](../../skinned/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The hunter skinned the rabbit for its fur.[↗](../../skinned/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Bring up the great bull buffaloes, the blue-skinned herd bulls with the angry eyes.[↗](../../skinned/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **skinny** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Skinny means very thin, sometimes too thin.[↗](../../skinny/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Skinny clothes fit closely, like skinny jeans.[↗](../../skinny/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (food) Skinny means made with low-fat milk, like a skinny latte.[↗](../../skinny/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (US slang) «The skinny» means the inside information or the facts.[↗](../../skinny/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stray cat was very skinny.[↗](../../skinny/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I wear skinny jeans.[↗](../../skinny/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My legs are skinny, but strong.[↗](../../skinny/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (US slang) Give me the skinny on the new teacher.[↗](../../skinny/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The skinny tree bent in the wind.[↗](../../skinny/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum ordered a skinny latte.[↗](../../skinny/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · How would he look if he saw your pointy ears, your long thin snout, your shivering, skinny legs, and your long grey tail.[↗](../../skinny/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **skint** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, UK) Having no money at all; broke.[↗](../../skint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In old country speech, skint can mean climbed or scrambled quickly up something.[↗](../../skint/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I can't come to the cinema, I'm skint.[↗](../../skint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK) Lend us a quid, I'm skint till Friday.[↗](../../skint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After buying the bike, he was totally skint.[↗](../../skint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We're a bit skint this week, so we'll eat at home.[↗](../../skint/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Skint again?[↗](../../skint/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") You spent all your pocket money on sweets\![↗](../../skint/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was skint, so she walked instead of taking the bus.[↗](../../skint/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Brer Rabbit he skint up de chimbly--dat's w'at turnt de pot er greens over.[↗](../../skint/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **skip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To skip is to move along with little hops and jumps.[↗](../../skip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To skip rope (UK: skipping) is to jump over a turning rope.[↗](../../skip/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To skip something is to leave it out or not do it: skip breakfast.[↗](../../skip/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To skip count is to count by 2s, 5s or 10s.[↗](../../skip/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A skip (UK) is a big metal container for rubbish.[↗](../../skip/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To skip a place can mean to leave it quickly and run away from it.[↗](../../skip/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Skip count by 5s to 50.[↗](../../skip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She skipped rope 80 times.[↗](../../skip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He skipped 2 days of practice.[↗](../../skip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pages did she read if she skipped 10?[↗](../../skip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The children skipped happily down the lane.[↗](../../skip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You skip a turn if you land on this square.[↗](../../skip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't skip breakfast before a test.[↗](../../skip/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The builders filled the skip with old bricks.[↗](../../skip/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · You better go long an' git yo' kyarpet-sack and skip de town.[↗](../../skip/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep.[↗](../../skip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.114.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skip/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep?[↗](../../skip/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.114.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skip/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.[↗](../../skip/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.2.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skip/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **skipjack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small fish that leaps out of the water, a kind of tuna.[↗](../../skipjack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the tale, the name of a fish who is thought unable to jump.[↗](../../skipjack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A skipjack is a fish that often leaps out of the sea.[↗](../../skipjack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The skipjack stood a long time thinking.[↗](../../skipjack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone thought the skipjack could not jump at all.[↗](../../skipjack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **skipper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The captain of a ship or boat, especially a small one.[↗](../../skipper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) The captain of a sports team.[↗](../../skipper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A friendly name for a boss or leader, like «Okay, skipper».[↗](../../skipper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To be the captain of a boat or team.[↗](../../skipper/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A small butterfly that darts quickly from flower to flower.[↗](../../skipper/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A person who skips.[↗](../../skipper/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The skipper steered the fishing boat into the harbour.[↗](../../skipper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our skipper scored the winning try.[↗](../../skipper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She skippered the netball team to victory.[↗](../../skipper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Aye, aye, skipper!" laughed the crew.[↗](../../skipper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · England's skipper lifted the trophy.[↗](../../skipper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A tiny skipper butterfly landed on the thistle.[↗](../../skipper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad calls his boss "skipper" as a joke.[↗](../../skipper/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the skipper said: "All good things defend you, Nigel, from sailing near that light.[↗](../../skipper/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **skirl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A loud, shrill cry or high sound, such as the sound of bagpipes; to make such a cry.[↗](../../skirl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pipes gave a loud skirl.[↗](../../skirl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy let out a skirl that made the giant jump.[↗](../../skirl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gulls skirled over the harbour.[↗](../../skirl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **skirt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A skirt is a piece of clothing worn by women and girls that hangs from the waist and has no separate legs.[↗](../../skirt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The skirt of a dress or coat is the part below the waist.[↗](../../skirt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To skirt something means to go round the edge of it.[↗](../../skirt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To skirt (round) a problem or question means to avoid talking about it.[↗](../../skirt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wore a grey pleated skirt to school.[↗](../../skirt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Girls may choose a skirt or trousers.[↗](../../skirt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The path skirted the lake.[↗](../../skirt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We skirted round the muddy field.[↗](../../skirt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The politician skirted the question about money.[↗](../../skirt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her skirt swirled as she danced.[↗](../../skirt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The kilt is a kind of skirt worn by Scottish men.[↗](../../skirt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum painted the skirting board white.[↗](../../skirt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Wandering along the banks of the Tigris, they skirted a garden enclosed by a high wall.[↗](../../skirt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.[↗](../../skirt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.22.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skirt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt.[↗](../../skirt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skirt/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.[↗](../../skirt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skirt/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.[↗](../../skirt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.13.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skirt/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt also take thereof a few by number, and bind them in thy skirts.[↗](../../skirt/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skirt/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.[↗](../../skirt/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.24.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skirt/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **skittish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Easily frightened, nervous and jumpy, ready to run off at any noise.[↗](../../skittish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of a horse, lively and likely to shy or bolt.[↗](../../skittish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The skittish pony jumped at the sound of the bell.[↗](../../skittish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbits were skittish and ran at every noise.[↗](../../skittish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be skittish; the dog will not bite you.[↗](../../skittish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **skittle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wooden or plastic bottle-shaped piece that players try to knock down with a ball.[↗](../../skittle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Skittles is the game played with them, an older cousin of ten-pin bowling.[↗](../../skittle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal) «Bowl over like skittles» or «knocked down like skittles» means many things falling quickly.[↗](../../skittle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We set up nine skittles at the end of the hall.[↗](../../skittle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam knocked down six skittles with one ball.[↗](../../skittle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's play skittles in the garden\![↗](../../skittle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bowling ball scattered the skittles.[↗](../../skittle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind knocked the bins over like skittles.[↗](../../skittle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Life isn't all beer and skittles, said Grandad.[↗](../../skittle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **skittles** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A game in which you roll a ball to knock down wooden pins; like bowling.[↗](../../skittles/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (plural of skittle) The wooden or plastic pins used in this game.[↗](../../skittles/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Skittles is a brand of small, fruity, colourful chewy sweets (candies).[↗](../../skittles/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We played skittles in the garden.[↗](../../skittles/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I knocked down eight skittles with one ball.[↗](../../skittles/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you knock down 6 of 9 skittles, 3 are still standing.[↗](../../skittles/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend shared her bag of Skittles.[↗](../../skittles/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The skittles fell over with a clatter.[↗](../../skittles/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad plays skittles at the pub on Fridays.[↗](../../skittles/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **skua** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large brown seabird of cold northern and southern seas that often chases other seabirds to make them drop or bring up their food, and attacks people who come near its nest.[↗](../../skua/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A skua chased the puffin until it dropped its fish.[↗](../../skua/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Great skuas live on the islands of Shetland.[↗](../../skua/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The skua swooped at our heads because we were near its nest.[↗](../../skua/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Antarctica, skuas steal penguin eggs.[↗](../../skua/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Skuas are called the pirates of the sea.[↗](../../skua/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The skua is brown and about the size of a big gull.[↗](../../skua/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **skull** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The skull is the hard bony frame of the head that protects the brain.[↗](../../skull/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A skull with crossed bones is a sign of danger or poison, and on old flags of pirates.[↗](../../skull/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The skull protects your brain.[↗](../../skull/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a helmet to protect your skull.[↗](../../skull/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a dinosaur skull at the museum.[↗](../../skull/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A skull and crossbones on a bottle means poison.[↗](../../skull/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirate flag had a skull on it.[↗](../../skull/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Your skull is made of several bones joined together.[↗](../../skull/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor looked at an X-ray of his skull.[↗](../../skull/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A baby's skull has soft spots.[↗](../../skull/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So they carried the skull into the sitting-room.[↗](../../skull/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.[↗](../../skull/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.9.53, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skull/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.[↗](../../skull/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../skull/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **skunk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small black-and-white animal of North America with a bushy tail, which sprays a very bad-smelling liquid when it is frightened.[↗](../../skunk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Skunk can also be an insult for a mean, dishonest person.[↗](../../skunk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A skunk walked across our garden at night.[↗](../../skunk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog came home smelling of skunk.[↗](../../skunk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A skunk sprays when it is scared.[↗](../../skunk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Skunks have black and white fur.[↗](../../skunk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Skunks eat insects, eggs and berries.[↗](../../skunk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Back away slowly if you see a skunk.[↗](../../skunk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Its stripes warn other animals to stay away.[↗](../../skunk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have eliminated a malodorous and un-English skunk.[↗](../../skunk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The space above the Earth where you see clouds, the Sun, the Moon and the stars.[↗](../../sky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The weather or look of it: blue skies, grey skies.[↗](../../sky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sky is blue today.[↗](../../sky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds fly across the sky.[↗](../../sky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At night the sky is full of stars.[↗](../../sky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dark clouds filled the sky before the storm.[↗](../../sky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky turned pink at sunset.[↗](../../sky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Skyscrapers are very tall buildings.[↗](../../sky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We hope for clear skies on sports day.[↗](../../sky/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices went sky-high.[↗](../../sky/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Little by little the sky cleared.[↗](../../sky/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.[↗](../../sky/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sky/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.[↗](../../sky/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.36.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sky/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven; (Writings PSA.78.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sky/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.[↗](../../sky/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.36.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sky/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/52/) **53** [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/54/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 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