--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 74 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/74/) [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 74 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* (verb, rhymes with go) To plant seeds in the ground.[↗](../../sow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To cause something to start or spread: sow doubt.[↗](../../sow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, rhymes with cow) An adult female pig.[↗](../../sow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sowed sunflower seeds in pots.[↗](../../sow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers sow wheat in autumn.[↗](../../sow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sow had ten piglets.[↗](../../sow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sow the seeds 2 cm apart.[↗](../../sow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His lies sowed doubt in our minds.[↗](../../sow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You reap what you sow.[↗](../../sow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Who sowed this sort of corn?"[↗](../../sow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.[↗](../../sow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase thereof; (Torah EXO.23.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.[↗](../../sow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.[↗](../../sow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.126.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.[↗](../../sow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.[↗](../../sow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **sowest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «sowest» means «you sow», a form of «sow»: (verb, rhymes with go) To plant seeds in the ground.[↗](../../sowest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.[↗](../../sowest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.16, JPS 1917) **sown** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sown is the past participle of sow: planted as seeds.[↗](../../sown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The farmer has sown wheat in the field.[↗](../../sown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Sown with» means spread with something, like a field sown with seeds.[↗](../../sown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The field was sown with 50 kg of seed.[↗](../../sown/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 3 acres have been sown.[↗](../../sown/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many rows are sown?[↗](../../sown/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each acre sown needs 2 bags of seed.[↗](../../sown/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The beans were sown in neat rows.[↗](../../sown/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Once the seeds are sown, water them gently.[↗](../../sown/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer had sown corn in the big field.[↗](../../sown/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · SOME CRANES made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly sown with wheat.[↗](../../sown/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.[↗](../../sown/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sown/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness of the seed which thou hast sown be forfeited together with the increase of the vineyard.[↗](../../sown/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.22.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sown/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which may neither be plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.[↗](../../sown/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.21.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sown/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.[↗](../../sown/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.97.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sown/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown; (Prophets EZK.36.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sown/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; (Prophets JDG.6.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sown/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **soy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Soya beans, the seeds of a plant from East Asia that are rich in protein, used to make many foods.[↗](../../soy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Soy sauce, a dark salty sauce made from fermented soya beans, used in Chinese, Japanese and other cooking.[↗](../../soy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Made from soya: soy milk, soy yoghurt.[↗](../../soy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can I have soy sauce with my sushi?[↗](../../soy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin drinks soy milk because she can't have cow's milk.[↗](../../soy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tofu is made from soy.[↗](../../soy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Soy is listed as an allergen on the label.[↗](../../soy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Most soya is fed to farm animals.[↗](../../soy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad marinated the chicken in soy and honey.[↗](../../soy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **spa** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place with natural mineral water springs, where people go to drink or bathe in the water to feel healthier.[↗](../../spa/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A town that grew up around such springs.[↗](../../spa/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A place where people go to relax and have treatments such as massages, saunas and pools.[↗](../../spa/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (US, Australia, NZ) A hot tub, a small heated pool with bubbling water.[↗](../../spa/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bath is a famous spa town with hot springs.[↗](../../spa/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum went to a spa for her birthday treat.[↗](../../spa/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel has a pool and a spa.[↗](../../spa/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat in the spa in the backyard after swimming.[↗](../../spa/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · People once travelled to spas to drink the mineral water.[↗](../../spa/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The spa offers massages and face masks.[↗](../../spa/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never stay in a hot spa for too long, or you may feel faint.[↗](../../spa/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **space** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The area beyond the Earth's air where the planets and stars are.[↗](../../space/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "outer space".[↗](../../space/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An empty area.[↗](../../space/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a parking space", "space to play".[↗](../../space/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Room, amount of area available.[↗](../../space/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "There's no space."[↗](../../space/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The gap between words or things.[↗](../../space/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A period of time.[↗](../../space/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "in the space of an hour".[↗](../../space/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* As a verb, to put things with gaps between them.[↗](../../space/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Astronauts travel into space.[↗](../../space/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no air in space.[↗](../../space/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave a space between words.[↗](../../space/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there space for one more?[↗](../../space/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Respect people's personal space.[↗](../../space/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Space the plants ten centimetres apart.[↗](../../space/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The International Space Station goes around the Earth.[↗](../../space/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Find a space and sit down.[↗](../../space/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He longed to soar through space.[↗](../../space/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Laban said to him: 'Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.'[↗](../../space/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") And he abode with him the space of a month.[↗](../../space/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../space/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants: 'Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.'[↗](../../space/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../space/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · 15) According to the author, the space and six dimensions emanated from the ether.[↗](../../space/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../space/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.[↗](../../space/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../space/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them.[↗](../../space/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.26.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../space/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · to the space above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and on all the wall round about within and without, by measure.[↗](../../space/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.41.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../space/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **spacecraft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spacecraft is a vehicle built to travel in space, with or without people on board, such as a rocket capsule, a space probe, a satellite or a space station.[↗](../../spacecraft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Spacecraft can carry astronauts, explore other planets or orbit the Earth to send back pictures and signals.[↗](../../spacecraft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The spacecraft blasted off from the launch pad.[↗](../../spacecraft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A robot spacecraft landed on Mars.[↗](../../spacecraft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The astronauts lived on the spacecraft for six months.[↗](../../spacecraft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Voyager is a spacecraft that has left our Solar System.[↗](../../spacecraft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Satellites are spacecraft that orbit the Earth.[↗](../../spacecraft/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two spacecraft docked with the space station.[↗](../../spacecraft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The spacecraft sent back photos of Jupiter.[↗](../../spacecraft/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **spaceship** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vehicle that can travel in space, especially one with people inside.[↗](../../spaceship/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The astronauts climbed into the spaceship.[↗](../../spaceship/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a spaceship out of cardboard boxes.[↗](../../spaceship/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, an alien spaceship landed in the park.[↗](../../spaceship/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A spaceship needs huge rockets to leave Earth.[↗](../../spaceship/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The spaceship orbited the Moon.[↗](../../spaceship/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw your own spaceship and label its parts.[↗](../../spaceship/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **spacesuit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A special suit an astronaut wears in space; it gives air to breathe, keeps the right pressure and temperature, and protects from harmful rays.[↗](../../spacesuit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The astronaut put on her spacesuit for the spacewalk.[↗](../../spacesuit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A spacesuit gives astronauts oxygen to breathe.[↗](../../spacesuit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My costume is a silver spacesuit.[↗](../../spacesuit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Spacesuits are very heavy on Earth.[↗](../../spacesuit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The spacesuit protects from the Sun's rays.[↗](../../spacesuit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes hours to put on a spacesuit.[↗](../../spacesuit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **spacious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spacious room, house or car has a lot of space inside it; it is big and roomy.[↗](../../spacious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our new classroom is bright and spacious.[↗](../../spacious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car is spacious enough for five people.[↗](../../spacious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They live in a spacious flat by the sea.[↗](../../spacious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A room 6 m by 5 m has 30 square metres, so it is quite spacious.[↗](../../spacious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel had spacious rooms with big windows.[↗](../../spacious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tent was more spacious than we expected.[↗](../../spacious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Once upon a time in a certain country there lived a king whose palace was surrounded by a spacious garden.[↗](../../spacious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That saith: 'I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers', and cutteth him out windows, and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.[↗](../../spacious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.22.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../spacious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **spade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spade is a garden tool with a long handle and a flat metal blade, used for digging.[↗](../../spade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A spade is a small plastic tool for digging in sand at the beach.[↗](../../spade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Spades are one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards, shown by a black ♠ shape.[↗](../../spade/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad dug a hole with the spade to plant the tree.[↗](../../spade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I took my bucket and spade to the beach.[↗](../../spade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ace of spades is a black card.[↗](../../spade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean the spade after you use it.[↗](../../spade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a spade to dig up potatoes.[↗](../../spade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She likes to call a spade a spade and say what she thinks.[↗](../../spade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 13 spades in a pack of cards.[↗](../../spade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The spade struck against a hard substance; it was a stone, that shone dazzling white.[↗](../../spade/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **spaghetti** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spaghetti is a kind of pasta made in long, thin strings, which is boiled and eaten with a sauce.[↗](../../spaghetti/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had spaghetti for dinner.[↗](../../spaghetti/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I twirl spaghetti round my fork.[↗](../../spaghetti/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Spaghetti comes from Italy.[↗](../../spaghetti/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dry spaghetti snaps easily.[↗](../../spaghetti/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a bridge from spaghetti and marshmallows.[↗](../../spaghetti/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Spaghetti bolognese is my favourite.[↗](../../spaghetti/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The wires were tangled like spaghetti.[↗](../../spaghetti/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **spake** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Said words aloud, in the past.[↗](../../spake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thus spake Dvina while blessing him:--[↗](../../spake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And she spake to her and said:[↗](../../spake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Pink Fairy Book) · Thus spake the old man, and straightway disappeared.[↗](../../spake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) **spam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spam is unwanted messages sent to many people at once, usually emails or texts trying to sell something or trick you.[↗](../../spam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To spam means to send lots of unwanted messages, or to post the same thing again and again.[↗](../../spam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Spam is a brand of tinned cooked pork meat.[↗](../../spam/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My email filter sent the message to the spam folder.[↗](../../spam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never click links in spam.[↗](../../spam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop spamming the chat with emojis\![↗](../../spam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept spamming the same attack in the game.[↗](../../spam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The spam said I had won a prize, but it was a trick.[↗](../../spam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad remembers eating Spam sandwiches.[↗](../../spam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Report the account if it sends spam.[↗](../../spam/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **span** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A span is the length of time something lasts: a life span, an attention span.[↗](../../span/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A span is the distance from one end of something to the other: the span of a bridge, a bird's wingspan.[↗](../../span/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To span something is to stretch across it or last over it: the bridge spans the river.[↗](../../span/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A hand span is the distance from the tip of your thumb to the tip of your little finger when your hand is spread out.[↗](../../span/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Span new is an old way of saying brand new, as if something has never been used.[↗](../../span/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An albatross has the biggest wingspan of any bird.[↗](../../span/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure your hand span with a ruler.[↗](../../span/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A mayfly's life span is only a day or two.[↗](../../span/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge spans the whole river.[↗](../../span/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Small children have a short attention span.[↗](../../span/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The story spans three generations of a family.[↗](../../span/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After tidying, my room was spick and span.[↗](../../span/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So now, here's the play, brin-bran-span new\![↗](../../span/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.[↗](../../span/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.28.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../span/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.[↗](../../span/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../span/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.[↗](../../span/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../span/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?[↗](../../span/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../span/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **spang** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spang means exactly, right on, or directly: it landed spang on my head.[↗](../../spang/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stone fell spang on the roof.[↗](../../spang/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball hit me spang in the middle of the back.[↗](../../spang/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He landed spang in the pond.[↗](../../spang/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **spangled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spangled means covered with small, shiny bits, like sparkling spots or stars.[↗](../../spangled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dress was spangled with silver stars.[↗](../../spangled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaves glittered, diamond-spangled in the sun.[↗](../../spangled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The night sky was spangled with stars.[↗](../../spangled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **spaniard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person from Spain.[↗](../../spaniard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My football coach is a Spaniard from Valencia.[↗](../../spaniard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rafael Nadal is a famous Spaniard who plays tennis.[↗](../../spaniard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Spaniards built forts across Central and South America.[↗](../../spaniard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Two Spaniards and a Portuguese sailor joined the crew.[↗](../../spaniard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Spaniards eat dinner late in the evening.[↗](../../spaniard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Spaniard on our team scored two goals.[↗](../../spaniard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "It might be an Italian or a Spaniard," remarked the clergyman.[↗](../../spaniard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **spaniel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dog with long soft ears that hang down and a silky coat; breeds include the cocker spaniel, springer spaniel and King Charles spaniel.[↗](../../spaniel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our spaniel loves running through puddles.[↗](../../spaniel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cocker spaniel has long floppy ears.[↗](../../spaniel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A springer spaniel helps the police find lost things.[↗](../../spaniel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · King Charles spaniels are small and gentle.[↗](../../spaniel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The spaniel wagged its whole body when we came home.[↗](../../spaniel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Spaniels need lots of walks.[↗](../../spaniel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He seemed as fond of his three-headed dog as if it had been a sweet little spaniel, with silken ears and curly hair.[↗](../../spaniel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/73/) **74** [75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/75/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/73/) - next →: [page 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