--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 66 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/66/) [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 66 [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:* Liking to meet and talk with other people; friendly.[↗](../../sociable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of an event) Friendly and relaxed, where people mix: a sociable evening.[↗](../../sociable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of animals) Living and getting on well in groups.[↗](../../sociable/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little brother is very sociable and talks to everyone.[↗](../../sociable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Guinea pigs are sociable, so keep them in pairs.[↗](../../sociable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The barbecue was a sociable evening.[↗](../../sociable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She's not very sociable in the morning\![↗](../../sociable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dolphins are sociable animals.[↗](../../sociable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses often work unsociable hours.[↗](../../sociable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We were very sociable, and there was as much joking and fun as if we had been all of one family circle.[↗](../../sociable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **social** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Social means about people and how they live, meet and get on together in groups.[↗](../../social/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A social person likes to be with other people and to talk and play.[↗](../../social/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Social animals, like bees and wolves, live in groups.[↗](../../social/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A social (informal) is a party or get-together for a club or school.[↗](../../social/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We learn about our town in social studies.[↗](../../social/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother is very social and has lots of friends.[↗](../../social/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants are social insects that live in colonies.[↗](../../social/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You must be thirteen to use most social media apps.[↗](../../social/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharing and taking turns are social skills.[↗](../../social/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school is having a social on Friday evening.[↗](../../social/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A social worker helps families who need support.[↗](../../social/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Lunchtime is a social time for talking with friends.[↗](../../social/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Social success had not spoilt him; it had made him sweeter.[↗](../../social/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **socialisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Socialisation is the way a child learns how to behave with other people and fit into their family, school and society: sharing, manners, language, rules and customs.[↗](../../socialisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* For animals, socialisation is getting a puppy or kitten used to people, other animals, sounds and places, so it is calm and friendly.[↗](../../socialisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, money/politics) Putting a business or service under the control of the state or the community.[↗](../../socialisation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* School helps with children's socialisation, not just learning facts.[↗](../../socialisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Socialisation teaches us to say please and thank you.[↗](../../socialisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our puppy goes to socialisation classes on Saturdays.[↗](../../socialisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Without good socialisation, a dog may be scared of strangers.[↗](../../socialisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Playing team games is part of socialisation.[↗](../../socialisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Different countries have different socialisation, so manners differ.[↗](../../socialisation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma says too much screen time can slow socialisation.[↗](../../socialisation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **socialist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who believes in socialism, the idea that a country's important businesses, land and wealth should be shared or controlled by the people or the government, so that everyone is treated more equally.[↗](../../socialist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having to do with socialism or with a party that supports it.[↗](../../socialist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A socialist believes that wealth should be shared more equally.[↗](../../socialist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The socialist party wants free health care for all.[↗](../../socialist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some countries have had socialist governments.[↗](../../socialist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In history we learnt about socialist ideas and workers' rights.[↗](../../socialist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her grandfather was a socialist all his life.[↗](../../socialist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · People argue a lot about whether socialist plans work well.[↗](../../socialist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The candidate described himself as a democratic socialist.[↗](../../socialist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **society** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Society is all the people living together in a country or the world, with their ways of life, rules and customs.[↗](../../society/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A society is a group or club of people who share an interest or aim, like a science society or a drama society.[↗](../../society/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Society can mean being with other people, company.[↗](../../society/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Laws help keep society safe and fair.[↗](../../society/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We learnt how society was different long ago.[↗](../../society/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister joined the school drama society.[↗](../../society/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone in society has rights and duties.[↗](../../society/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds looks after wild birds.[↗](../../society/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindness makes society a better place.[↗](../../society/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Teachers and nurses do important work for society.[↗](../../society/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There is neither society here, nor solitude.[↗](../../society/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Womem's Prixting Society, Ltd., 66, Whitcomb Street, W.C.[↗](../../society/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../society/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.[↗](../../society/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../society/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The substance of this little volume was read as a \[p. 13\] Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.[↗](../../society/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../society/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **sock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sock is a soft piece of clothing worn on the foot inside a shoe.[↗](../../sock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Socks come in pairs: a pair is 2 socks.[↗](../../sock/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To sock someone (informal) is to hit them.[↗](../../sock/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He has 5 pairs of socks.[↗](../../sock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pack has 6 pairs of socks.[↗](../../sock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many socks are in 4 pairs?[↗](../../sock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each pair of socks costs $3.[↗](../../sock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I can only find one sock\![↗](../../sock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We made sock puppets with buttons for eyes.[↗](../../sock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear warm woolly socks in winter.[↗](../../sock/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He is wearing odd socks today.[↗](../../sock/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And his shoes were right, and his waistcoat was right, and his tie was right, and his socks were right.[↗](../../sock/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **socket** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A socket is a hole in a wall or device where you push in a plug to get electricity; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ often called a power point (Australia) or plug socket, in the USA and Canada an outlet.[↗](../../socket/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A socket is a hollow place in the body where another part fits, like your eye socket or hip socket.[↗](../../socket/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A socket is also a hollow part of an object or tool into which another part, such as the shaft of a spear, is fitted.[↗](../../socket/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plug the lamp into the socket.[↗](../../socket/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never put anything in a socket except a plug.[↗](../../socket/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep drinks away from sockets.[↗](../../socket/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby has plastic covers on the sockets.[↗](../../socket/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Your eye sits in your eye socket.[↗](../../socket/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.[↗](../../socket/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The socket made a spark, so Dad turned off the power.[↗](../../socket/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many plugs in one socket can cause a fire.[↗](../../socket/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “You remember my spear with the thirty rivets of Arabian gold in its socket?”[↗](../../socket/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.[↗](../../socket/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.26.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../socket/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.[↗](../../socket/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../socket/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: under every board two sockets.[↗](../../socket/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../socket/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.[↗](../../socket/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../socket/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **sod** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A piece of grass with the earth and roots under it; turf.[↗](../../sod/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rude, UK, Ireland, Australia) An insulting word for an annoying or unpleasant person.[↗](../../sod/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rude, UK) «Poor sod»: an unlucky person you feel sorry for.[↗](../../sod/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (rude, UK) «Sod it» or «sod this»: said when you are fed up and give up.[↗](../../sod/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (rude, UK) «Sod off»: go away.[↗](../../sod/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (UK, informal) «Sod's law»: the idea that if something can go wrong, it will.[↗](../../sod/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Boiled, cooked in boiling liquid, in the past.[↗](../../sod/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They laid fresh sod on the football field.[↗](../../sod/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mayor turned the first sod for the new school.[↗](../../sod/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «Sod off and leave me alone!»[↗](../../sod/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «Sod it, I'm going home,» said Dad.[↗](../../sod/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) The poor sod missed the bus again.[↗](../../sod/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK) Of course it rained on sports day — Sod's law\![↗](../../sod/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «You lazy sod, get up!»[↗](../../sod/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And his horse cast up four sods with his four hoofs, like four swallows in the air about his head, now above, now below.[↗](../../sod/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.[↗](../../sod/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sod/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance; and the holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.[↗](../../sod/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.35.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sod/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.[↗](../../sod/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.29, JPS 1917) · So soon as she touches with the root the sod that blocks the nest, it will fly violently out of the hole.[↗](../../sod/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (The Crimson Fairy Book) · You remember the baskets I left there with the sod from Ireland in one and the sod from Scotland in the other; bring me the baskets and sods.”[↗](../../sod/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Irish Fairy Tales) **soda** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Soda is a sweet fizzy drink, like cola or lemonade (also called pop or soft drink).[↗](../../soda/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Soda water is water with bubbles and no sugar.[↗](../../soda/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Baking soda is a white powder used in baking and cleaning.[↗](../../soda/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A shop has 49 bottles of regular soda.[↗](../../soda/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It has 40 bottles of diet soda.[↗](../../soda/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many bottles of soda in all?[↗](../../soda/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He drank 2 sodas.[↗](../../soda/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much soda is bad for your teeth.[↗](../../soda/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix baking soda and vinegar to make a volcano.[↗](../../soda/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She ordered a soda with her pizza.[↗](../../soda/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A can of soda has a lot of sugar.[↗](../../soda/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In some places soda is called pop.[↗](../../soda/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Soda water has bubbles but no sugar.[↗](../../soda/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **sodden** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Cooked by boiling, or soaked through with water.[↗](../../sodden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Here it is an old form of "boiled".[↗](../../sodden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Boiled, cooked in boiling water.[↗](../../sodden/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.[↗](../../sodden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if it be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.[↗](../../sodden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.6.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hands of women full of compassion have sodden their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.[↗](../../sodden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.4.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, before the fat was made to smoke, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed: 'Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.'[↗](../../sodden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.[↗](../../sodden/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.9, JPS 1917) · When it was sodden she hung it on the shoulder of the poor girl, and gave her an axe, that she might go upon the frozen pond and cut a hole in the ice to drag the net.[↗](../../sodden/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Grimm's Fairy Stories) · But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if it be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.[↗](../../sodden/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.6.28, JPS 1917) **sodium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sodium is a soft, silvery-white metal element with the symbol Na; it is so reactive that it reacts strongly with water, sometimes fizzing and catching fire, so it is never found pure in nature.[↗](../../sodium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sodium is part of many compounds, most famously sodium chloride, which is common table salt; «sodium» on a food label usually means salt in the food.[↗](../../sodium/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Table salt is made of sodium and chlorine.[↗](../../sodium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sodium is so soft you can cut it with a knife.[↗](../../sodium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher dropped a tiny piece of sodium into water and it whizzed around.[↗](../../sodium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much sodium in food is not good for your heart.[↗](../../sodium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The label shows how much sodium is in the crisps.[↗](../../sodium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Old orange street lights were sodium lamps.[↗](../../sodium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sodium bicarbonate makes cakes rise.[↗](../../sodium/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The symbol for sodium is Na, from its Latin name «natrium».[↗](../../sodium/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sodom** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A city of ancient Canaan near the Dead Sea, destroyed with its neighbours by fire from heaven.[↗](../../sodom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.[↗](../../sodom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.13.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.[↗](../../sodom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.[↗](../../sodom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride; (Prophets EZK.16.56, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not.[↗](../../sodom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.3.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.[↗](../../sodom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.13.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sodomite** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person from Sodom, or in old translations a man who served as a temple prostitute.[↗](../../sodomite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.[↗](../../sodomite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodomite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.[↗](../../sodomite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.15.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodomite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the remnant of the sodomites that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.[↗](../../sodomite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.22.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodomite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah.[↗](../../sodomite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.23.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sodomite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **sofa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sofa is a long, soft seat with a back and arms, for two or more people.[↗](../../sofa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We curled up on the sofa to watch a film.[↗](../../sofa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat is asleep on the sofa.[↗](../../sofa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's sofa has flowery cushions.[↗](../../sofa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our sofa folds out into a sofa bed.[↗](../../sofa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I found a coin down the side of the sofa.[↗](../../sofa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't jump on the sofa.[↗](../../sofa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The beautiful Persian, inconsolable at his departure, sank on a sofa bathed in tears.[↗](../../sofa/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **soft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not hard or firm; easy to press or bend: a soft pillow.[↗](../../soft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Smooth and nice to touch: soft fur.[↗](../../soft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Quiet and gentle: a soft voice, soft music.[↗](../../soft/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Not bright: soft light.[↗](../../soft/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Kind and gentle, or too easy on people: soft on rules.[↗](../../soft/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Soft drinks: drinks without alcohol.[↗](../../soft/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The kitten has soft fur.[↗](../../soft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My pillow is soft.[↗](../../soft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke in a soft voice.[↗](../../soft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Clay is soft before it dries.[↗](../../soft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Butter goes soft in the sun.[↗](../../soft/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I sleep with my soft toy.[↗](../../soft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sponge is a soft material.[↗](../../soft/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa has a soft spot for our dog.[↗](../../soft/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many soft drinks are bad for your teeth.[↗](../../soft/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then a soft voice cried from the parlour:[↗](../../soft/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · A soft and hard structure, a strong and weak structure.[↗](../../soft/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../soft/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The two sounds of each letter are the hard and the soft—the aspirated and the softened.[↗](../../soft/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../soft/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The two sounds of each letter are the hard and the soft — the aspirated and the softened.[↗](../../soft/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../soft/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.[↗](../../soft/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.15.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../soft/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.[↗](../../soft/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.25.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../soft/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?[↗](../../soft/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../soft/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/65/) **66** [67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/67/) … 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