--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 87 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/87/) [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 87 [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:* (informal) To squash something soft, so it gets flat or out of shape.[↗](../../squish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make a soft wet sound, as when walking in mud.[↗](../../squish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) The sound or feeling of something soft being squashed.[↗](../../squish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't squish the tomatoes in the bag\![↗](../../squish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My boots squished in the mud.[↗](../../squish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The clay squished between my fingers.[↗](../../squish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Squish up so I can sit down.[↗](../../squish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I accidentally squished a spider.[↗](../../squish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake got squished in my backpack.[↗](../../squish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **squishy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Squishy means soft and wet or soft and easy to squeeze, so it changes shape when pressed: squishy mud, a squishy tomato.[↗](../../squishy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A squishy is a soft squeezy toy that slowly goes back to its shape.[↗](../../squishy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Squishy can also mean soft-hearted or a bit unclear and not firm.[↗](../../squishy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I stepped in squishy mud at the park.[↗](../../squishy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That banana is too squishy to eat.[↗](../../squishy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My squishy toy looks like a strawberry.[↗](../../squishy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The jelly felt squishy and cold.[↗](../../squishy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Kids at school collect squishies.[↗](../../squishy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sofa cushions are really squishy.[↗](../../squishy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Squeeze the sponge; feel how squishy it is when wet.[↗](../../squishy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ss** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (abbreviation) SS before a ship's name stands for steamship, as in the SS Great Britain.[↗](../../ss/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) The SS was a violent Nazi military and police force in Germany during the Second World War, which ran concentration camps and carried out the Holocaust.[↗](../../ss/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (abbreviation) ss can mean screenshot in online chat.[↗](../../ss/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (spelling) ss is a double letter in many words, as in miss, class, kiss, often at the end after a short vowel.[↗](../../ss/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (abbreviation, church) Ss is short for Saints, as in Ss Peter and Paul.[↗](../../ss/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The SS Great Britain is a famous ship in Bristol.[↗](../../ss/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited the SS Great Britain on a school trip.[↗](../../ss/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The SS ran the Nazi concentration camps.[↗](../../ss/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Miss, class and grass all end in ss.[↗](../../ss/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Send me a ss of the score.[↗](../../ss/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (chat slang)[↗](../../ss/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The church is called Ss Peter and Paul.[↗](../../ss/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sss** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* "Sss" is the hissing sound of a snake, written down.[↗](../../sss/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can be the sound of air or steam escaping, or of something sizzling.[↗](../../sss/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In phonics, /s/ or "sss" is how teachers say the sound of the letter s.[↗](../../sss/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Sssss!" hissed the snake from behind the rock.[↗](../../sss/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tyre went "sss" as the air came out.[↗](../../sss/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sausages went "sss" in the hot pan.[↗](../../sss/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In phonics, the letter s says "sss", like a snake.[↗](../../sss/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Sss — keep your voice down!" whispered my friend.[↗](../../sss/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kettle went "sssss" before it boiled.[↗](../../sss/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a snake and write "sss" in a speech bubble.[↗](../../sss/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stab means to push a knife or other sharp, pointed thing into someone or something.[↗](../../stab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To stab can mean to push or poke something hard with a pointed object or finger.[↗](../../stab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A stab is a sudden sharp pain or feeling («a stab of pain», «a stab of jealousy»).[↗](../../stab/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To have a stab at something means to try it («Have a stab at the answer»).[↗](../../stab/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A stab can also be a small prick or wound made by something sharp.[↗](../../stab/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stab the potatoes with a fork before baking them.[↗](../../stab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Have a stab at the hard question.[↗](../../stab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt a stab of pain in my side while running.[↗](../../stab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrying a knife to stab someone is a crime.[↗](../../stab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He stabbed the button angrily with his finger.[↗](../../stab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt a stab of jealousy when her friend won.[↗](../../stab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Telling my secret was a stab in the back.[↗](../../stab/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never stab at things with scissors.[↗](../../stab/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stabbing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stabbing is a crime or attack in which someone is hurt with a knife or sharp object.[↗](../../stabbing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stabbing pain is a sudden, sharp pain, as if something pointed is pushing in.[↗](../../stabbing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Stabbing is the -ing form of «stab»: pushing something pointed into something, like a fork into food.[↗](../../stabbing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a stabbing in the city, and the police are looking for the attacker.[↗](../../stabbing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt a stabbing pain in my side after running.[↗](../../stabbing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was stabbing at his food with his fork.[↗](../../stabbing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She kept stabbing the button, but the lift did not come.[↗](../../stabbing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A stabbing pain in your chest means you should tell an adult at once.[↗](../../stabbing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Knife crime and stabbings are very serious.[↗](../../stabbing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Gopani-Kufa considered for a moment, then stabbing the antelope with his assegai, he set the python free.[↗](../../stabbing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stabiliser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK) Stabilisers are the two small extra wheels on the back of a child's bicycle that stop it falling over while you learn to ride (US: training wheels).[↗](../../stabiliser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stabiliser is any part or device that keeps something steady, such as the fins on a ship or the small horizontal wings at the back of an aeroplane.[↗](../../stabiliser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (food, science) A stabiliser is a substance added to food or chemicals to keep them mixed and stop them changing.[↗](../../stabiliser/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I learned to ride without stabilisers when I was five.[↗](../../stabiliser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad took the stabilisers off my bike.[↗](../../stabiliser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In America they call stabilisers training wheels.[↗](../../stabiliser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Big ships have stabilisers to stop them rolling in waves.[↗](../../stabiliser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice cream has a stabiliser to keep it smooth.[↗](../../stabiliser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane's stabiliser helps it fly straight.[↗](../../stabiliser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She still needs stabilisers on her bike.[↗](../../stabiliser/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stabilising** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making something steady and less likely to move, fall or change.[↗](../../stabilising/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Becoming steady after a time of change, like prices, weather or a patient's health.[↗](../../stabilising/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Helping to keep something steady: «stabilising wheels», «stabilising effect».[↗](../../stabilising/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctors are stabilising the injured man.[↗](../../stabilising/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His temperature is stabilising now.[↗](../../stabilising/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stabilising wheels help small children learn to ride.[↗](../../stabilising/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wide base is stabilising the tower so it won't topple.[↗](../../stabilising/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Prices are slowly stabilising after a big jump.[↗](../../stabilising/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship has fins for stabilising it in rough seas.[↗](../../stabilising/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **stability** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stability is being steady and not likely to fall over, move or change suddenly.[↗](../../stability/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stability in a life, family, country or job means things stay calm and safe and do not keep changing.[↗](../../stability/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Stability is how well a structure or object stays balanced and upright.[↗](../../stability/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A wide base gives a tower more stability.[↗](../../stability/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike's training wheels add stability.[↗](../../stability/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Children need stability and love at home.[↗](../../stability/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat lost its stability in the big waves.[↗](../../stability/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Test the stability of your paper bridge by adding coins.[↗](../../stability/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The country wants peace and stability after the war.[↗](../../stability/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the stability of thy times shall be a hoard of salvation — wisdom and knowledge, and the fear of the LORD which is His treasure.[↗](../../stability/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.33.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stability/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stable means steady and firm, not likely to move, wobble, fall or change.[↗](../../stable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stable is a building where horses are kept and fed.[↗](../../stable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A person or a situation that is stable is calm and not changing much, like a patient in a stable condition.[↗](../../stable/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A wide base makes the tower more stable.[↗](../../stable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ladder must be stable before you climb it.[↗](../../stable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The horses are in the stable for the night.[↗](../../stable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to the riding stables for a lesson.[↗](../../stable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The patient is now in a stable condition.[↗](../../stable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather will stay stable all week.[↗](../../stable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Triangles make bridges strong and stable.[↗](../../stable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Black, fiery horses, neighed in the stables.[↗](../../stable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../stable/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-third Path is the Stable Intelligence, and it is so called because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations.[↗](../../stable/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../stable/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Siphra Dtzeniouta, or Book of Concealed Mystery, translated by Mac Gregor Mathers, in his " Kabalah Denudata," opens with a reference to this Equilibrium as a fundamental neces- sity of stable existence.[↗](../../stable/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../stable/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **stableman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stableman is a man whose job is to look after horses in a stable: feeding them, cleaning them and exercising them.[↗](../../stableman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stableman brushed the horse until its coat shone.[↗](../../stableman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Every morning the stableman fed the horses.[↗](../../stableman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The stablemen led the king's horses out to the field.[↗](../../stableman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new stableman knew how to calm a wild horse.[↗](../../stableman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **stack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stack is a neat pile of things one on top of another.[↗](../../stack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To stack is to make such a pile.[↗](../../stack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Stacks of something means a lot of it (informal): «stacks of homework».[↗](../../stack/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A stack is also a tall chimney.[↗](../../stack/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 5 stacks of 10 plates.[↗](../../stack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She stacks 24 books in 3 stacks.[↗](../../stack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each stack has 12 boxes.[↗](../../stack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How tall is a stack of 8 cups?[↗](../../stack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please stack your chairs before you go home.[↗](../../stack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He ate a stack of pancakes with syrup.[↗](../../stack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We stacked cubes into a tower of 10.[↗](../../stack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have stacks of homework tonight.[↗](../../stack/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · How does our team stack up against theirs?[↗](../../stack/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he hastily stepped behind the wood stack, and waited for what might happen next.[↗](../../stack/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **stacte** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A sweet-smelling resin or gum that drips from a tree and is used to make perfume or incense.[↗](../../stacte/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense; of each shall there be a like weight.[↗](../../stacte/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stacte/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **stadium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stadium is a big place with rows of seats around a field or track where people watch sports or concerts.[↗](../../stadium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stadium has 30,000 seats.[↗](../../stadium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 18,500 fans came to the stadium.[↗](../../stadium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each row has 40 seats.[↗](../../stadium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many seats were empty?[↗](../../stadium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd in the stadium cheered when the team scored.[↗](../../stadium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to the stadium to watch the rugby final.[↗](../../stadium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you get lost in the stadium, go to a steward.[↗](../../stadium/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The new stadium has a roof that can open.[↗](../../stadium/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **staff** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The staff are all the people who work for a school, shop, hospital or company.[↗](../../staff/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A staff is a long, strong stick used for walking or carried as a sign of power.[↗](../../staff/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In music, the staff (or stave) is the set of five lines that notes are written on.[↗](../../staff/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school staff had a meeting after lessons.[↗](../../staff/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask a member of staff if you need help.[↗](../../staff/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hospital staff were very kind to Grandma.[↗](../../staff/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Teachers drink tea in the staff room.[↗](../../staff/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old shepherd leaned on his wooden staff.[↗](../../staff/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard raised his staff and the lights went out.[↗](../../staff/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a treble clef at the start of the staff.[↗](../../staff/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop is short of staff today.[↗](../../staff/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Suddenly the door opened, and an ancient dame leaning on a staff hobbled out.[↗](../../staff/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the ass saw the angel of the LORD, and she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.[↗](../../staff/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../staff/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, as long as men come to Shiloh; and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.[↗](../../staff/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../staff/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.[↗](../../staff/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../staff/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers, (Prophets ISA.14.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../staff/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And He called a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.[↗](../../staff/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.105.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../staff/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · O Asshur, the rod of Mine anger, in whose hand as a staff is Mine indignation\![↗](../../staff/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../staff/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **stag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stag is an adult male deer, usually one with large branching antlers.[↗](../../stag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stag party or stag night is a party for a man just before his wedding, with only his male friends (mostly UK, Ireland, Australia).[↗](../../stag/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A stag stood at the edge of the forest.[↗](../../stag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The stag's antlers had twelve points.[↗](../../stag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In autumn the stags roar and fight for the herd.[↗](../../stag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a stag and two does in the park in Scotland.[↗](../../stag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A stag beetle crawled across the log.[↗](../../stag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stags drop their antlers every year and grow new ones.[↗](../../stag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle had his stag party the week before the wedding.[↗](../../stag/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The ranger told us never to go close to a stag in the rutting season.[↗](../../stag/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stage is a raised floor in a theatre or hall where people act, sing or speak.[↗](../../stage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stage is one step or part in a process or a time of growth.[↗](../../stage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To stage a play or event is to put it on for people to watch.[↗](../../stage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «The stage» can mean acting as a job.[↗](../../stage/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A stage coach was a large horse-drawn coach that carried passengers along a road in the past.[↗](../../stage/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class sang songs on the stage.[↗](../../stage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A caterpillar is one stage in the life of a butterfly.[↗](../../stage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Solve the problem in two stages.[↗](../../stage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She had stage fright before the concert.[↗](../../stage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school staged a play about the Romans.[↗](../../stage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The building is in the last stage of work.[↗](../../stage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At this stage, nobody knew the treasure was gone.[↗](../../stage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The tadpole is the second stage of a frog's life.[↗](../../stage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The stage coach went rattling past.[↗](../../stage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses wrote their goings forth, stage by stage, by the commandment of the LORD; and these are their stages at their goings forth.[↗](../../stage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.33.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel set forward by their stages out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran. — (Torah NUM.10.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · These are the stages of the children of Israel, by which they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron.[↗](../../stage/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.33.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stage/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … 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