--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 82 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/82/) [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 82 [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:* Spoken is the form of «speak» used after have, has, had or be: «I have spoken», «English is spoken here».[↗](../../spoken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Spoken means said out loud, not written, as in «spoken English».[↗](../../spoken/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Soft-spoken» or «well-spoken» describes how a person talks.[↗](../../spoken/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have spoken to my teacher about the trip.[↗](../../spoken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · French is spoken in Canada.[↗](../../spoken/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a soft-spoken girl.[↗](../../spoken/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Spoken English is often less formal than written English.[↗](../../spoken/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Not a word was spoken on the long drive.[↗](../../spoken/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This seat is already spoken for.[↗](../../spoken/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He had never spoken in front of the whole school before.[↗](../../spoken/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Meanwhile the swallows had spoken again.[↗](../../spoken/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Balak said unto him: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'[↗](../../spoken/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../spoken/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.[↗](../../spoken/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../spoken/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said: 'Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more.'[↗](../../spoken/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.10.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../spoken/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I the LORD have spoken it.'[↗](../../spoken/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.5.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../spoken/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?[↗](../../spoken/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../spoken/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we spoken against thee?'[↗](../../spoken/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.3.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../spoken/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **spokesman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spokesman is a person chosen to speak officially for a group, company, team or government, especially to newspapers and TV.[↗](../../spokesman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A spokesman for the zoo said the panda was healthy.[↗](../../spokesman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The police spokesman asked people to stay away.[↗](../../spokesman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class chose Amy as spokesperson for the school council.[↗](../../spokesman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A spokesman for the team said the captain was injured.[↗](../../spokesman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The company spokeswoman answered the reporters' questions.[↗](../../spokesman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The government spokesman gave a short statement.[↗](../../spokesman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Sir," replied their spokesman, "we cannot find jewels enough."[↗](../../spokesman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him in God's stead.[↗](../../spokesman/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../spokesman/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **spokesperson** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spokesperson is someone whose job is to speak for a group, company, government or organisation, giving its news and answering questions.[↗](../../spokesperson/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A police spokesperson said nobody was hurt.[↗](../../spokesperson/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school's spokesperson answered questions from parents.[↗](../../spokesperson/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team picked her as their spokesperson.[↗](../../spokesperson/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A spokesperson for the zoo said the panda was healthy.[↗](../../spokesperson/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The company's spokesperson would not comment.[↗](../../spokesperson/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class spokesperson read our ideas to the head teacher.[↗](../../spokesperson/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sponge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sponge is a soft thing full of holes that soaks up water, used for washing or cleaning.[↗](../../sponge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sponge is a simple sea animal that lives fixed to rocks and has a body full of holes.[↗](../../sponge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A sponge or sponge cake is a light, soft cake.[↗](../../sponge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To sponge something is to wipe or clean it with a wet sponge.[↗](../../sponge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To sponge off someone means to keep taking money or food from them without giving back (informal).[↗](../../sponge/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wipe the table with a damp sponge.[↗](../../sponge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sponge soaked up all the spilled juice.[↗](../../sponge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sea sponges are animals that live on the ocean floor.[↗](../../sponge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma baked a jam sponge for tea.[↗](../../sponge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She sponged the mud off her coat.[↗](../../sponge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Little children soak up new words like a sponge.[↗](../../sponge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested which material absorbs most water, and the sponge won.[↗](../../sponge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The angry Merchant immediately turned about and drove the Ass back to the seashore, where he loaded him with two great baskets of sponges.[↗](../../sponge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **spongy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spongy means soft, squashy and full of tiny holes, like a sponge, so it springs back when pressed.[↗](../../spongy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Spongy can describe ground that is soft and wet, or something that has too much give, like spongy brakes.[↗](../../spongy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cake was light and spongy.[↗](../../spongy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Moss feels spongy under your feet.[↗](../../spongy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The inside of a bone is spongy.[↗](../../spongy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ground near the river was spongy and wet.[↗](../../spongy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bread dough becomes spongy as it rises.[↗](../../spongy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old mattress was too spongy.[↗](../../spongy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old beams had become worm-eaten and spongy--they lay in dust and ashes.[↗](../../spongy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sponsor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sponsor is a person or company that gives money to support an event, team or person, often to get their name shown.[↗](../../sponsor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sponsor is someone who promises to give money to charity if you do a task, like a sponsored walk.[↗](../../sponsor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To sponsor is to give that money or support.[↗](../../sponsor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* At a christening, a sponsor is a person who promises to help bring up a child in their faith.[↗](../../sponsor/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Will you sponsor me for the charity swim?[↗](../../sponsor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad sponsored me one pound for every lap.[↗](../../sponsor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The football shirts show the sponsor's name.[↗](../../sponsor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school did a sponsored walk to raise money.[↗](../../sponsor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The show was sponsored by a toy company.[↗](../../sponsor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I swam 20 lengths at 50 cents each, so my sponsor gave $10.[↗](../../sponsor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I suppose the creature must be christened, but I don’t see how we are to ask anyone to be sponsor to him, and what are we to call him?’[↗](../../sponsor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sponsorship** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sponsorship is money or support that a person or company gives to pay for an event, team or activity, often to advertise their name.[↗](../../sponsorship/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sponsorship is also money people promise to give to charity if you complete a challenge, like a sponsored walk.[↗](../../sponsorship/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sponsorship can mean officially supporting someone, such as a person moving to a new country or a member joining a club.[↗](../../sponsorship/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our football team got sponsorship from the local bakery.[↗](../../sponsorship/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I raised forty pounds in sponsorship for the charity swim.[↗](../../sponsorship/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The concert was paid for by sponsorship.[↗](../../sponsorship/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The company ended its sponsorship of the race.[↗](../../sponsorship/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle signed a big sponsorship deal.[↗](../../sponsorship/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We need sponsorship to buy new instruments for the band.[↗](../../sponsorship/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran gave me sponsorship for every lap I ran.[↗](../../sponsorship/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **spontaneous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spontaneous means happening or done suddenly, without being planned.[↗](../../spontaneous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A spontaneous person often does things on the spur of the moment, naturally and freely.[↗](../../spontaneous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Spontaneous describes something that happens by itself without being caused from outside, like spontaneous combustion.[↗](../../spontaneous/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The crowd burst into spontaneous applause.[↗](../../spontaneous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a spontaneous trip to the park.[↗](../../spontaneous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her laugh was warm and spontaneous.[↗](../../spontaneous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He is spontaneous and always has new ideas.[↗](../../spontaneous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hug was spontaneous, not planned.[↗](../../spontaneous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Piles of wet hay can catch fire by spontaneous combustion.[↗](../../spontaneous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher likes spontaneous questions in class.[↗](../../spontaneous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **spontaneously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spontaneously means doing something suddenly, without planning it first, because you feel like it, as in «the crowd spontaneously started clapping».[↗](../../spontaneously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, something happens spontaneously when it happens by itself, without anything from outside causing it at that moment.[↗](../../spontaneously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The whole class spontaneously burst into song.[↗](../../spontaneously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We spontaneously decided to go to the beach.[↗](../../spontaneously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fans stood up and cheered spontaneously.[↗](../../spontaneously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Haystacks can sometimes catch fire spontaneously when they are damp and warm.[↗](../../spontaneously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She spontaneously hugged the new girl.[↗](../../spontaneously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kittens spontaneously started chasing each other.[↗](../../spontaneously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When once the conscience is awakened, it springs up in the heart spontaneously, and God awakens the conscience when we least expect it.[↗](../../spontaneously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **spoof** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spoof is a funny copy of something, such as a film, song or advert, that makes fun of it by exaggerating it.[↗](../../spoof/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To spoof something is to make that kind of funny copy.[↗](../../spoof/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computers) Spoofing is pretending to be someone else online, for example sending an email that looks as if it comes from your bank or school, to trick people.[↗](../../spoof/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) A spoof can also be a trick or hoax.[↗](../../spoof/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The film is a spoof of old superhero movies.[↗](../../spoof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a spoof news report for fun.[↗](../../spoof/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Comedians love to spoof politicians.[↗](../../spoof/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That email is a spoof; it isn't really from the bank.[↗](../../spoof/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scammers spoofed the school's phone number.[↗](../../spoof/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was only a spoof, but some people believed it.[↗](../../spoof/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The song spoofs famous pop stars.[↗](../../spoof/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **spook** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A spook is a ghost.[↗](../../spook/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To spook someone or an animal is to frighten or startle them suddenly.[↗](../../spook/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, US) A spook is a spy.[↗](../../spook/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (offensive) "Spook" has also been used as a nasty insult for Black people; it should not be used about people.[↗](../../spook/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old house was said to be full of spooks.[↗](../../spook/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The loud bang spooked the horse and it ran off.[↗](../../spook/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't creep up behind me — you spooked me\![↗](../../spook/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We dressed up as spooks for Halloween.[↗](../../spook/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was about spooks working for the secret service.[↗](../../spook/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was spooked by its own reflection.[↗](../../spook/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk calmly near horses so you don't spook them.[↗](../../spook/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **spooky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spooky means strange and a bit frightening, as if there might be ghosts.[↗](../../spooky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Spooky can mean strangely surprising, like an odd coincidence.[↗](../../spooky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, of an animal) Easily frightened or nervous, as in a spooky horse.[↗](../../spooky/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old house on the hill looks spooky at night.[↗](../../spooky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We told spooky stories around the campfire.[↗](../../spooky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our classroom is decorated with spooky bats for Halloween.[↗](../../spooky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's spooky that we both drew the same picture\![↗](../../spooky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The woods were spooky and silent.[↗](../../spooky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pony is spooky and jumps at plastic bags.[↗](../../spooky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The spookiest part of the film was the creaking door.[↗](../../spooky/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **spoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spoon is a small tool with a round, shallow end and a handle, used for eating, serving or stirring.[↗](../../spoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A spoon (a spoonful) is the amount a spoon holds: a spoon of sugar.[↗](../../spoon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To spoon food is to move it with a spoon.[↗](../../spoon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I put three spoons on the table.[↗](../../spoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 5 spoons in the drawer.[↗](../../spoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lily washes 8 spoons and 4 forks.[↗](../../spoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Eat your soup with a spoon.[↗](../../spoon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Add one spoon of honey to the tea.[↗](../../spoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stir the paint with an old spoon.[↗](../../spoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A metal spoon gets hot in hot soup.[↗](../../spoon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum spooned the beans onto my plate.[↗](../../spoon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "At all events leave with us your silver spoon.[↗](../../spoon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **spoonbill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spoonbill is a wading bird with a long, flat bill shaped like a spoon.[↗](../../spoonbill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Twelve spoonbills came flying and struck the moist earth.[↗](../../spoonbill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She turned into a spoonbill and flew away after her companions.[↗](../../spoonbill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **spoonerism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spoonerism is a slip of the tongue where you swap the first sounds of two words, often by accident and with a funny result: «a well-boiled icicle» instead of «a well-oiled bicycle».[↗](../../spoonerism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is named after William Spooner, an Oxford teacher who was said to make this mistake often.[↗](../../spoonerism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Tease my ears» for «ease my tears» is a spoonerism.[↗](../../spoonerism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying «fighting a liar» instead of «lighting a fire» is a spoonerism.[↗](../../spoonerism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher made a spoonerism and said «bunny phone» for «funny bone».[↗](../../spoonerism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write three spoonerisms of your own.[↗](../../spoonerism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many famous spoonerisms were probably invented by Spooner's students.[↗](../../spoonerism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A spoonerism swaps sounds, not letters: «chew the dores» for «do the chores».[↗](../../spoonerism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **spoonful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spoonful is the amount a spoon holds.[↗](../../spoonful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is used as a rough measure in cooking and medicine, like a spoonful of sugar.[↗](../../spoonful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Add a spoonful of sugar to the tea.[↗](../../spoonful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Take one spoonful of medicine after dinner.[↗](../../spoonful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She ate the yoghurt one spoonful at a time.[↗](../../spoonful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix two spoonfuls of flour with water.[↗](../../spoonful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A heaped spoonful has more than a level spoonful.[↗](../../spoonful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby took one spoonful and spat it out.[↗](../../spoonful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If each cup needs 3 spoonfuls of cocoa, 4 cups need 12 spoonfuls.[↗](../../spoonful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch took a spoonful and tasted it.[↗](../../spoonful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **spore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spore is a tiny cell made by fungi, ferns, mosses and some bacteria that can grow into a new living thing.[↗](../../spore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Spores do the job that seeds do in flowering plants, but they are much smaller and have no stored food.[↗](../../spore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A mushroom releases millions of spores.[↗](../../spore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mould grows on bread from spores in the air.[↗](../../spore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Look for the brown spots of spores under the fern leaf.[↗](../../spore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Spores are carried by the wind.[↗](../../spore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some bacteria make spores that survive boiling.[↗](../../spore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Damp rooms can be full of mould spores.[↗](../../spore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **spork** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A spork is a plastic or metal eating tool that is a spoon and a fork in one: a spoon shape with short prongs at the tip.[↗](../../spork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I ate my salad with a plastic spork.[↗](../../spork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Camping kits often include a spork.[↗](../../spork/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A spork is a spoon and a fork joined together.[↗](../../spork/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Spork" is made by blending the words "spoon" and "fork".[↗](../../spork/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The spork wasn't good for soup — the soup ran through the gaps.[↗](../../spork/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Forky in Toy Story 4 is made from a spork.[↗](../../spork/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bring a reusable spork instead of a plastic one.[↗](../../spork/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sport** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sport is a game or activity where you move your body and follow rules, often to win: football, swimming, netball.[↗](../../sport/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sport (uncountable, UK) or sports (USA) means all these activities together.[↗](../../sport/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A good sport is someone who plays fairly and is kind whether they win or lose.[↗](../../sport/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To sport something means to wear it to show it off.[↗](../../sport/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Sport can also mean fun or teasing, as in "make sport of someone," which means to make fun of them.[↗](../../sport/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My favourite sport is swimming.[↗](../../sport/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We have sports day at school next week.[↗](../../sport/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Football is called soccer in the USA, Canada and Australia.[↗](../../sport/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Be a good sport and shake hands after the game.[↗](../../sport/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice hockey is a popular sport in Canada.[↗](../../sport/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Doing sport keeps your heart and muscles strong.[↗](../../sport/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was sporting a new pair of trainers.[↗](../../sport/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Netball is a team sport.[↗](../../sport/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Surely I've made sport enough for Woe\![↗](../../sport/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.[↗](../../sport/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sport/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.[↗](../../sport/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sport/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Against whom do ye sport yourselves?[↗](../../sport/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.57.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sport/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein.[↗](../../sport/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sport/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith: 'Am not I in sport?'[↗](../../sport/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.26.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../sport/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/81/) **82** [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/83/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/81/) - next →: [page 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