--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 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/7/) [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 7 [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/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/8/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) **sapiens** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Latin) «Sapiens» means «wise» or «knowing»; it is the second part of the scientific name of modern humans, Homo sapiens, meaning «wise human».[↗](../../sapiens/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Used alone to mean modern humans: «early sapiens».[↗](../../sapiens/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an ordinary English word.[↗](../../sapiens/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Humans belong to the species Homo sapiens.[↗](../../sapiens/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Sapiens» is Latin for wise.[↗](../../sapiens/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Homo sapiens first lived in Africa.[↗](../../sapiens/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Neanderthals lived at the same time as early Homo sapiens.[↗](../../sapiens/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientific names like Homo sapiens are written in italics.[↗](../../sapiens/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum shows a skull of an early sapiens.[↗](../../sapiens/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sapient** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Wise; having great understanding.[↗](../../sapient/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Here it is Latin, "sapientes", meaning "wise men".[↗](../../sapient/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../sapient/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et \[p. 12\] profundissimis sensibus literis commendatus."[↗](../../sapient/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Johannes Pistorius.[↗](../../sapient/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../sapient/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **sapling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A young tree with a thin trunk.[↗](../../sapling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literary) A young person, especially a slim young man.[↗](../../sapling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We planted an oak sapling in the school garden.[↗](../../sapling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sapling was tied to a stick so the wind would not bend it.[↗](../../sapling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Deer eat the bark of young saplings.[↗](../../sapling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In ten years the sapling will be a big tree.[↗](../../sapling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm snapped the little sapling.[↗](../../sapling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each class planted a sapling for Arbor Day.[↗](../../sapling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘When first I came hither,’ said he, ‘the plain was bare save for one oak sapling, which grew up to be an oak with a hundred branches.[↗](../../sapling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For he shot up right forth as a sapling, and as a root out of a dry ground; he had no form nor comeliness, that we should look upon him, nor beauty that we should delight in him.[↗](../../sapling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.53.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sapling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sapphire** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sapphire is a precious stone, usually a clear, deep blue, used in jewellery.[↗](../../sapphire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Sapphire describes a bright, deep blue colour, as in «sapphire eyes» or «a sapphire sea».[↗](../../sapphire/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sapphires can also be pink, yellow or other colours, except red, which is called a ruby.[↗](../../sapphire/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The queen's crown was set with sapphires.[↗](../../sapphire/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea was a deep sapphire blue.[↗](../../sapphire/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sapphires are very hard, so they don't scratch easily.[↗](../../sapphire/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran's ring has a small sapphire in the middle.[↗](../../sapphire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rubies and sapphires are made of the same mineral.[↗](../../sapphire/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some phone screens and watch faces use man-made sapphire glass.[↗](../../sapphire/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They are made of rare sapphires, which were brought out of India a thousand years ago.[↗](../../sapphire/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald; (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sapphire/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.[↗](../../sapphire/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sapphire/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness.[↗](../../sapphire/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.24.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sapphire/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.[↗](../../sapphire/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sapphire/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.[↗](../../sapphire/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sapphire/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires.[↗](../../sapphire/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sapphire/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **sarcasm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sarcasm is saying the opposite of what you mean, often in a mocking voice, to make fun of something or to show you are annoyed.[↗](../../sarcasm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Great weather for a picnic," he said with sarcasm, as it poured.[↗](../../sarcasm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She did not notice the sarcasm in his voice.[↗](../../sarcasm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sarcasm can be funny, but it can also hurt people.[↗](../../sarcasm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Oh, thanks a lot," she said, full of sarcasm.[↗](../../sarcasm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's hard to tell sarcasm in a text message.[↗](../../sarcasm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher asked us not to use sarcasm in the debate.[↗](../../sarcasm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But for the moment Wendy was shocked.[↗](../../sarcasm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") “You conceit,” she exclaimed, with frightful sarcasm; “of course I did nothing!”[↗](../../sarcasm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sarcastic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sarcastic means saying the opposite of what you mean, in a mocking way, to make fun of someone or show you are annoyed.[↗](../../sarcastic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Oh, brilliant, more homework,» he said in a sarcastic voice.[↗](../../sarcastic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be sarcastic with your teacher.[↗](../../sarcastic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a sarcastic laugh.[↗](../../sarcastic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Nice of you to turn up,» said the coach sarcastically when Tom came late.[↗](../../sarcastic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His sarcastic remarks hurt my feelings.[↗](../../sarcastic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Was that a real compliment or were you being sarcastic?[↗](../../sarcastic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Still he kept up a flow of sarcastic talk, just to exercise his wits and to have the fun of disputing.[↗](../../sarcastic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sarcastically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sarcastically means saying something in a mocking way, where you say the opposite of what you mean in order to tease or hurt, like saying "Oh, great!" when something bad happens.[↗](../../sarcastically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Oh, brilliant," he said sarcastically, as the rain started.[↗](../../sarcastically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Thanks a lot," she said sarcastically when her brother ate the last biscuit.[↗](../../sarcastically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He clapped sarcastically when I dropped the ball.[↗](../../sarcastically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "What a lovely surprise," Mum said sarcastically, looking at the muddy floor.[↗](../../sarcastically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't speak sarcastically to your teacher.[↗](../../sarcastically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She rolled her eyes and answered sarcastically.[↗](../../sarcastically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the line sarcastically and the meaning changes.[↗](../../sarcastically/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "I suppose it's full of molasses now," remarked one of the young men, sarcastically.[↗](../../sarcastically/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **sardine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sardine is a small, silvery sea fish, often eaten from a tin.[↗](../../sardine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (idiom) «Packed like sardines» means squashed very tightly together.[↗](../../sardine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had sardines on toast for tea.[↗](../../sardine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus was full; we were packed like sardines.[↗](../../sardine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dolphins chase shoals of sardines.[↗](../../sardine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A tin holds 6 sardines; how many in 4 tins?[↗](../../sardine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (24)[↗](../../sardine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · At the party we played sardines.[↗](../../sardine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sardines are oily fish and are good for you.[↗](../../sardine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In fact the wagon was so closely packed with boys of all ages that it looked like a box of sardines.[↗](../../sardine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sargasso** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) The Sargasso Sea is a part of the North Atlantic Ocean with no coast around it, famous for floating brown seaweed.[↗](../../sargasso/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sargasso (also sargassum) is the kind of brown seaweed that floats there in large mats.[↗](../../sargasso/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Sargasso Sea is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.[↗](../../sargasso/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · European eels travel thousands of kilometres to the Sargasso Sea.[↗](../../sargasso/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sargasso seaweed floats in huge golden mats.[↗](../../sargasso/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby sea turtles hide in the sargasso weed.[↗](../../sargasso/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sargasso Sea has no coastline at all.[↗](../../sargasso/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors once feared their ships would get stuck in the Sargasso.[↗](../../sargasso/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sari** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A Hebrew word meaning officer or prince, found in the Assyrian and Babylonian titles "Rab-saris," chief officer.[↗](../../sari/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem.[↗](../../sari/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.18.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sari/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban Rab-saris, and Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon; (Prophets JER.39.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sari/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.[↗](../../sari/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.39.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sari/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **sars** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (abbreviation) SARS stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, a serious lung illness caused by a coronavirus that spread to several countries in 2002–2003.[↗](../../sars/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) SARS-CoV-2 is the name of the virus that causes COVID-19.[↗](../../sars/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (abbreviation) In some places SAR or SARs can mean other things, such as Hong Kong and Macau's status as Special Administrative Regions of China.[↗](../../sars/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* SARS was a dangerous illness that spread in 2003.[↗](../../sars/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The SARS virus attacked people's lungs.[↗](../../sars/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The virus that causes COVID-19 is called SARS-CoV-2.[↗](../../sars/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors stopped SARS spreading with careful hygiene and quarantine.[↗](../../sars/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · SARS is short for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.[↗](../../sars/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists think SARS came from animals.[↗](../../sars/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hand-washing helps protect against viruses like SARS.[↗](../../sars/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sash** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long band of cloth worn around the waist or over one shoulder, often as decoration or part of a uniform.[↗](../../sash/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The frame that holds the glass in a window that slides up and down.[↗](../../sash/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wendy wore a pink sash.[↗](../../sash/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She tied the sash around her waist.[↗](../../sash/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He fastened the cord to his sash.[↗](../../sash/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · the headtires, and the armlets, and the sashes, and the corselets, and the amulets; (Prophets ISA.3.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sash/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **sass** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, mainly US) Cheeky, rude talk, especially to a parent or teacher; back talk.[↗](../../sass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, informal) To talk back cheekily to someone.[↗](../../sass/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, praise) Bold, lively confidence and style: «she's got sass».[↗](../../sass/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Don't sass your mother,» said Dad.[↗](../../sass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That's enough sass, young lady.[↗](../../sass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy has a lot of sass for such a tiny dog.[↗](../../sass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He sassed the teacher and got a detention.[↗](../../sass/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer performed with style and sass.[↗](../../sass/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I didn't mean to give you sass.[↗](../../sass/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sassy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cheeky, bold and not polite, answering back in a lively way (mainly American informal).[↗](../../sassy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sassy cat answered back.[↗](../../sassy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sassy bird hopped about the tree.[↗](../../sassy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be sassy to your teacher.[↗](../../sassy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **satanic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with Satan, who Christians believe is the devil, the chief spirit of evil.[↗](../../satanic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very evil or cruel.[↗](../../satanic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (literature) "Dark satanic mills" is a famous phrase from William Blake's poem "Jerusalem", often taken to mean the grim factories of the Industrial Revolution.[↗](../../satanic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Christians believe Satan is the devil, so "satanic" means "of the devil".[↗](../../satanic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang "Jerusalem", which mentions "dark satanic mills".[↗](../../satanic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The villain gave a satanic laugh.[↗](../../satanic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old film was about a satanic cult.[↗](../../satanic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Blake may have meant the factories when he wrote "satanic mills".[↗](../../satanic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people called the cruel king satanic.[↗](../../satanic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **satchel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bag with a long strap, worn over the shoulder or on the back, used especially for carrying school books.[↗](../../satchel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She put her pencil case and reading book in her satchel.[↗](../../satchel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad had a brown leather satchel at school.[↗](../../satchel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The postman's satchel was full of letters.[↗](../../satchel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He swung his satchel over his shoulder and ran to school.[↗](../../satchel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't forget your satchel\![↗](../../satchel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The satchel was heavy with books.[↗](../../satchel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Give me what you have got in your satchel.’[↗](../../satchel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) The old past tense of «sit», meaning the same as «sat».[↗](../../sate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To satisfy a hunger or desire completely, so there is no more wanting.[↗](../../sate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To have sat down or been seated, in the past.[↗](../../sate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* So down she sate and wept.[↗](../../sate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Somebody has been sitting in my chair and has sate the bottom out of it.[↗](../../sate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sheep sate in the field all day.[↗](../../sate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.[↗](../../sate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.[↗](../../sate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.88.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt.[↗](../../sate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.123.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So down she sate; I suppose she wept.[↗](../../sate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (More English Fairy Tales) · ‘Somebody has been sitting in my chair, and has sate the bottom of it out!’[↗](../../sate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (The Green Fairy Book) · “Somebody has been sitting in my chair and has sate the bottom out of it!”[↗](../../sate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (English Fairy Tales) **satellite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A satellite is a machine sent into space to travel around the Earth or another planet, used for communication, weather, maps or science.[↗](../../satellite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A satellite is any natural object that travels around a planet; the Moon is Earth's natural satellite.[↗](../../satellite/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Satellite (before a noun) means using satellites: satellite TV, satellite photo.[↗](../../satellite/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.[↗](../../satellite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Weather satellites take pictures of clouds.[↗](../../satellite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Satnav uses satellites to find where we are.[↗](../../satellite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Jupiter has many moons, which are its satellites.[↗](../../satellite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We looked at a satellite photo of our school.[↗](../../satellite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a satellite dish on our roof.[↗](../../satellite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You can sometimes see a satellite moving across the night sky.[↗](../../satellite/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **satiable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (rare) Able to be satisfied or filled.[↗](../../satiable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Just So Stories) In «The Elephant's Child», Kipling writes «'satiable curtiosity», meaning «insatiable curiosity» — a curiosity that can never be satisfied; the Elephant's Child keeps asking questions.[↗](../../satiable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Elephant's Child was full of 'satiable curtiosity.[↗](../../satiable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He asked the Kolokolo Bird about the Crocodile because of his 'satiable curtiosity.[↗](../../satiable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her curiosity was insatiable — she never stopped asking why.[↗](../../satiable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A small appetite is easily satiable.[↗](../../satiable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Kipling made up the word «curtiosity» on purpose.[↗](../../satiable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists need an insatiable curiosity.[↗](../../satiable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **satiate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To fill someone fully so they want no more.[↗](../../satiate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, saith the LORD.[↗](../../satiate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.31.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../satiate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **satiation** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The state of being completely full or satisfied.[↗](../../satiation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Heat was created from Fire, and cold from Water, and satiation from Wind deciding between them.[↗](../../satiation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../satiation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **satiety** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The feeling of being completely full, or having more than enough of something.[↗](../../satiety/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sweet is the sleep of a labouring man, whether he eat little or much; but the satiety of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.[↗](../../satiety/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../satiety/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **satin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A smooth, shiny cloth, often made of silk or polyester, used for dresses, ribbons and pyjamas.[↗](../../satin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Smooth and shiny like satin; a "satin" paint finish is a soft shine, between matt and gloss.[↗](../../satin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ballerina wore pink satin shoes.[↗](../../satin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She tied the present with a satin ribbon.[↗](../../satin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The satin dress shone under the lights.[↗](../../satin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Satin feels smooth and cool.[↗](../../satin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad painted the door with satin paint.[↗](../../satin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten's fur was soft as satin.[↗](../../satin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She lifted her graceful round arm, and her satin dress rustled.[↗](../../satin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/8/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/6/) - next →: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/8/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)