--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 88 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/88/) [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 88 [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:* To walk or move unsteadily, almost falling, because you are hurt, tired, dizzy or carrying something heavy.[↗](../../stagger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To shock or amaze someone very much.[↗](../../stagger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To arrange things so they do not all happen at the same time, like staggered lunch breaks or a staggered start in a race.[↗](../../stagger/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) An unsteady walk.[↗](../../stagger/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He staggered under the weight of the heavy box.[↗](../../stagger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tired runner staggered over the finish line.[↗](../../stagger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I was staggered by how much the trip cost.[↗](../../stagger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lunch breaks are staggered so the hall isn't too crowded.[↗](../../stagger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the 200 m race, the start is staggered.[↗](../../stagger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She staggered out of the spinning teacups ride laughing.[↗](../../stagger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With a willow cane he propped himself up as he staggered along beneath his burden.[↗](../../stagger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.[↗](../../stagger/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stagger/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up — (Writings PSA.107.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stagger/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Blind yourselves, and be blind! ye that are drunken, but not with wine, that stagger, but not with strong drink.[↗](../../stagger/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.29.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stagger/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **staggering** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very surprising and shocking, because it is so large or amazing.[↗](../../staggering/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) Walking unsteadily, almost falling.[↗](../../staggering/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cost of the new stadium is staggering.[↗](../../staggering/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A staggering million people watched the parade.[↗](../../staggering/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The view from the mountain top was staggering.[↗](../../staggering/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He came staggering out of the smoke.[↗](../../staggering/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sun is a staggering 150 million kilometres from Earth.[↗](../../staggering/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her success was staggering for someone so young.[↗](../../staggering/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He wetted his lips to be ready, but Hook came staggering out, without his lantern.[↗](../../staggering/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.[↗](../../staggering/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.60.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../staggering/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of staggering unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it fall to be in the siege against Jerusalem.[↗](../../staggering/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.12.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../staggering/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; thou hast drunken the beaker, even the cup of staggering, and drained it.[↗](../../staggering/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.51.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../staggering/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **stagnant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stagnant water is still and does not flow, so it becomes dirty, smelly and full of germs.[↗](../../stagnant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a general sense, something stagnant is dull and not changing or growing.[↗](../../stagnant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pond was stagnant and smelled bad.[↗](../../stagnant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not drink stagnant water.[↗](../../stagnant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mosquitoes breed in stagnant puddles.[↗](../../stagnant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After a year in the same job, his life felt stagnant.[↗](../../stagnant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **stain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dirty mark or spot that is hard to remove.[↗](../../stain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To make a mark that is hard to remove.[↗](../../stain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun or verb) A dye used to colour wood or to make cells easy to see under a microscope.[↗](../../stain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I've got a grass stain on my trousers.[↗](../../stain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Blackberries stain your fingers purple.[↗](../../stain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash the stain out before it dries.[↗](../../stain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a stain to see the cells under the microscope.[↗](../../stain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The church has beautiful stained-glass windows.[↗](../../stain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tea can stain your teeth.[↗](../../stain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The carpet was stained with red juice.[↗](../../stain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad stained the wooden fence dark brown.[↗](../../stain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She flew in excitedly, her face flushed and her dress stained with mud.[↗](../../stain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **stainless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stainless means without stains or marks.[↗](../../stainless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stainless steel is a kind of steel mixed with chromium that does not rust or stain easily.[↗](../../stainless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, literary) Stainless can mean morally perfect, with no bad deeds.[↗](../../stainless/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our kitchen sink is made of stainless steel.[↗](../../stainless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stainless steel spoons stay shiny for years.[↗](../../stainless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors use stainless steel tools because they are easy to keep clean.[↗](../../stainless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stainless steel has chromium in it to stop rust.[↗](../../stainless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The water bottle is stainless steel, so it keeps my drink cold.[↗](../../stainless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight had a stainless reputation.[↗](../../stainless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The tablecloth was stainless after Mum washed it.[↗](../../stainless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stair** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stair is one step in a set of steps that go up or down inside a building.[↗](../../stair/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stairs (or a staircase) are the whole set of steps from one floor to another.[↗](../../stair/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 15 stairs to the first floor.[↗](../../stair/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She climbs 20 stairs each morning.[↗](../../stair/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The house has 3 floors with 14 stairs between each.[↗](../../stair/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He went up 8 stairs and then down 3.[↗](../../stair/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the handrail when you go down the stairs.[↗](../../stair/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't leave toys on the stairs.[↗](../../stair/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My bedroom is upstairs.[↗](../../stair/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sleeps at the bottom of the stairs.[↗](../../stair/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They were now on the stairs.[↗](../../stair/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then they hastened, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the horn, saying: 'Jehu is king.'[↗](../../stair/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stair/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The door for the lowest row of chambers was in the right side of the house and they went up by winding stairs into the middle row, and out of the middle into the third.[↗](../../stair/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stair/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.[↗](../../stair/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.12.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stair/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **staircase** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A staircase is a set of steps going up from one floor to another, often with a rail to hold.[↗](../../staircase/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A spiral staircase goes round and round.[↗](../../staircase/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The staircase has 15 steps.[↗](../../staircase/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each floor has a staircase of 18 steps.[↗](../../staircase/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many steps are there to the 4th floor?[↗](../../staircase/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She climbs the staircase 3 times a day.[↗](../../staircase/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the rail when you go down the staircase.[↗](../../staircase/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lighthouse has a long spiral staircase.[↗](../../staircase/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle had a hidden staircase behind the wall.[↗](../../staircase/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All the princesses disappeared down a secret staircase, and Michael hastily followed them.[↗](../../staircase/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stairway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A set of stairs inside or outside a building, often with the walls or space around it.[↗](../../stairway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use the stairway, not the lift, if there's a fire.[↗](../../stairway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A narrow stairway led up to the attic.[↗](../../stairway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old castle had a spiral stairway.[↗](../../stairway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't play on the stairway — someone might trip.[↗](../../stairway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The stairway was lit with small lamps.[↗](../../stairway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The emergency stairway is at the end of the corridor.[↗](../../stairway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a small room on the ground floor, with a tiny window under the stairway.[↗](../../stairway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stake is a strong pointed stick or post pushed into the ground, for example to hold up a plant, a tent or a fence.[↗](../../stake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stake is money or something valuable that you risk in a bet or game.[↗](../../stake/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A stake in something is a share or interest in it, so you gain or lose if it does well or badly.[↗](../../stake/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She has a stake in the company."[↗](../../stake/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "At stake" means at risk, able to be won or lost.[↗](../../stake/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The championship is at stake."[↗](../../stake/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) To stake means to fix with stakes, to bet or risk something, or to claim.[↗](../../stake/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "stake a claim".[↗](../../stake/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (history) In the past some people were cruelly killed by burning while tied to a stake.[↗](../../stake/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We tied the tomato plant to a wooden stake.[↗](../../stake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hammer the tent stakes into the ground.[↗](../../stake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His job was at stake if the project failed.[↗](../../stake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a high-stakes final, so everyone was nervous.[↗](../../stake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Miners staked their claims during the gold rush.[↗](../../stake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers who own shares have a stake in the company.[↗](../../stake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The police staked out the house all night.[↗](../../stake/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431.[↗](../../stake/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of them shall come forth the corner-stone, out of them the stake, out of them the battle bow, out of them every master together.[↗](../../stake/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stake/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **stakeholder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A stakeholder is a person or group who is affected by something, such as a plan or a business, and so cares how it turns out.[↗](../../stakeholder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (business, money) Someone who owns a share in a company or has money in it.[↗](../../stakeholder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old use) A person who holds the money that people have bet, until the winner is known.[↗](../../stakeholder/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Parents, pupils and teachers are all stakeholders in the school.[↗](../../stakeholder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The council talked to local stakeholders before building the park.[↗](../../stakeholder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A shop's stakeholders include its workers, customers and owners.[↗](../../stakeholder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The report was sent to every stakeholder.[↗](../../stakeholder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers are big stakeholders in decisions about water.[↗](../../stakeholder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our project plan lists the stakeholders and what each one wants.[↗](../../stakeholder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The company must listen to its stakeholders, not only its bosses.[↗](../../stakeholder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stakes** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pointed wooden or metal posts pushed into the ground, for example to hold up plants or a tent.[↗](../../stakes/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Money or something valuable risked in a bet or game; «the stakes are high» means a lot can be won or lost.[↗](../../stakes/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A share in a business: «a stake in the company».[↗](../../stakes/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) Third-person form of «stake»: risks something, or marks land with posts.[↗](../../stakes/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (history) A post at which people were once killed by burning, as in «burned at the stake».[↗](../../stakes/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Push the stakes into the ground to hold the tent.[↗](../../stakes/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tie the beans to the stakes so they grow straight.[↗](../../stakes/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The stakes are high: the winner goes to the final.[↗](../../stakes/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team's place in the league is at stake.[↗](../../stakes/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He staked all his sweets on winning the game.[↗](../../stakes/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431.[↗](../../stakes/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She owns a stake in her family's bakery.[↗](../../stakes/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “O son of a king,” said she, “I demand a game with you for stakes.”[↗](../../stakes/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations, spare not; lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.[↗](../../stakes/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.54.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stakes/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **stalactite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stalactite is a long, pointed stone shape that hangs down from the roof of a cave, made very slowly by dripping water that leaves tiny bits of minerals behind.[↗](../../stalactite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anything hanging down in that shape, like an icicle, can be called a stalactite.[↗](../../stalactite/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A huge stalactite hung from the cave roof.[↗](../../stalactite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stalactites grow only a tiny bit every year.[↗](../../stalactite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Water dripped from the tip of the stalactite.[↗](../../stalactite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch the stalactites — they are very old.[↗](../../stalactite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · When a stalactite meets a stalagmite, it makes a pillar.[↗](../../stalactite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Icicles look like stalactites made of ice.[↗](../../stalactite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class drew stalactites in the cave picture.[↗](../../stalactite/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stalagmite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stalagmite is a pointed column of rock that grows upwards from the floor of a cave, made by drips of water full of dissolved minerals.[↗](../../stalagmite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A huge stalagmite rose from the cave floor.[↗](../../stalagmite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stalagmites grow upwards as water drips onto them.[↗](../../stalagmite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It took thousands of years for the stalagmite to form.[↗](../../stalagmite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't touch the stalagmites — oils from your hands harm them.[↗](../../stalagmite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The stalactite and the stalagmite met to make a column.[↗](../../stalagmite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew stalagmites in our cave diagram.[↗](../../stalagmite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **stale** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stale food, especially bread or cake, is old, dry and not fresh any more.[↗](../../stale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stale air is old and stuffy, not fresh, like in a room with closed windows.[↗](../../stale/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Stale news or jokes are old and boring because people have heard them too many times.[↗](../../stale/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In hunting, a stale trail is an old scent that has grown weak and is hard to follow.[↗](../../stale/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bread went stale because we left the bag open.[↗](../../stale/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's open a window; the air in here is stale.[↗](../../stale/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We fed the stale crusts to the ducks.[↗](../../stale/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Seal the cereal box, or it will go stale.[↗](../../stale/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That joke is stale; everyone knows it.[↗](../../stale/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stale biscuits are soft instead of crunchy.[↗](../../stale/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The room smelled stale after the holiday.[↗](../../stale/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall follow the new trail, and the stale trail, and the mixed trail, with a clear eye\![↗](../../stale/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stalk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stalk is the thin main stem of a plant, or the small stem that holds a leaf, flower or fruit.[↗](../../stalk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To stalk an animal is to follow it slowly and quietly to catch it, as a cat or a lion does.[↗](../../stalk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To stalk a person is to follow or watch them again and again in a frightening way; this is wrong and against the law.[↗](../../stalk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To stalk off or stalk out is to walk away in a stiff, angry, proud way.[↗](../../stalk/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pull the apple off the tree by its stalk.[↗](../../stalk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunflower has a tall green stalk.[↗](../../stalk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum cut the celery into stalks for our snack.[↗](../../stalk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat stalked the bird across the lawn.[↗](../../stalk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions stalk zebras in the long grass.[↗](../../stalk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He stalked out of the room and slammed the door.[↗](../../stalk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Stalking someone online is a crime.[↗](../../stalk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The water travels up the stalk to the flower.[↗](../../stalk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He rose and stalked to the tent-door.[↗](../../stalk/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good.[↗](../../stalk/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stalk/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.[↗](../../stalk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stalk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof.[↗](../../stalk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stalk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; it hath no stalk, the bud that shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.[↗](../../stalk/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.8.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stalk/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/87/) **88** [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/89/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/87/) - next →: [page 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