--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 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/9/) [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 9 [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:* A sauropod was a huge, plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck, a long tail, a small head and four thick legs like pillars, such as Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus and Argentinosaurus.[↗](../../sauropod/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Diplodocus was a sauropod with a whip-like tail.[↗](../../sauropod/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sauropods were the largest animals ever to walk on land.[↗](../../sauropod/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw sauropod footprints in the rock.[↗](../../sauropod/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A sauropod's head was tiny for its giant body.[↗](../../sauropod/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sauropods swallowed leaves without chewing them.[↗](../../sauropod/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Brachiosaurus was a sauropod that could reach the treetops.[↗](../../sauropod/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sausage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Minced meat (or a vegetarian mix) with spices, put inside a long thin skin and cooked.[↗](../../sausage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Informally, a fond name for a child or pet.[↗](../../sausage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "You silly sausage!"[↗](../../sausage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had sausages on the barbecue.[↗](../../sausage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad bought a pack of eight sausages.[↗](../../sausage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A sausage sizzle raised money for our school.[↗](../../sausage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Vegetarian sausages are made without meat.[↗](../../sausage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Prick the sausages with a fork before cooking.[↗](../../sausage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dachshund is called a sausage dog.[↗](../../sausage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You silly sausage, you have your shoes on the wrong feet\![↗](../../sausage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **savage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Savage means very fierce, violent and cruel, like a savage attack by a wild animal.[↗](../../savage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Savage can mean very severe or harsh, such as savage cuts to spending or savage criticism.[↗](../../savage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To savage someone or something is to attack it fiercely, with teeth or with words.[↗](../../savage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) Savage means boldly harsh, rude in a funny way, or super cool: «That comeback was savage!».[↗](../../savage/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (offensive, old) In the past Europeans called other peoples «savages»; this was unfair and racist, and we do not use it about people today.[↗](../../savage/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer's sheep were savaged by a dog.[↗](../../savage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A savage storm destroyed the pier.[↗](../../savage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Critics savaged the new film.[↗](../../savage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Your jokes are like your football: weak.»[↗](../../savage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") «Oof, savage!»[↗](../../savage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Old explorers called local people «savages», which was cruel and wrong.[↗](../../savage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion gave a savage roar.[↗](../../savage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The school faced savage cuts to its budget.[↗](../../savage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They were savage fighters and hunters.[↗](../../savage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **savagely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a fierce, violent or angry way, as if wanting to hurt someone.[↗](../../savagely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "You do muddy it!" retorted the Wolf savagely.[↗](../../savagely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He began to glare at the others very savagely.[↗](../../savagely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "What can we hope from that?" a champion demanded savagely.[↗](../../savagely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **savagery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very cruel and violent behaviour.[↗](../../savagery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fierce wildness, as in the savagery of a storm or a wild animal attack.[↗](../../savagery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The savagery of the battle shocked everyone.[↗](../../savagery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm hit the coast with savagery.[↗](../../savagery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion attacked with sudden savagery.[↗](../../savagery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People were horrified by the savagery of the crime.[↗](../../savagery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The book shows the savagery of war.[↗](../../savagery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The weasels fought with savagery, but Badger's band won.[↗](../../savagery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They pursued him with a savagery which he could not distinguish from hatred, and they swished him well whenever they got the chance.[↗](../../savagery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **savanna** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A savanna is a large, flat area of grassland with only a few scattered trees, found in hot places with a wet season and a dry season.[↗](../../savanna/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lions hunt on the African savanna.[↗](../../savanna/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The savanna turns green in the wet season.[↗](../../savanna/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Giraffes eat leaves from the few trees on the savanna.[↗](../../savanna/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Zebras and wildebeest cross the savanna in huge herds.[↗](../../savanna/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Acacia trees grow on the savanna.[↗](../../savanna/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The savanna is a grassland biome.[↗](../../savanna/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **savannah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A savannah is a large flat grassy land with few trees, in hot places like Africa, where zebras and lions live.[↗](../../savannah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Savannah is a girl's name and a city in Georgia, USA.[↗](../../savannah/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lions hunt on the savannah.[↗](../../savannah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The savannah has dry seasons.[↗](../../savannah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Zebras graze on the savannah.[↗](../../savannah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Savannah is my sister's name.[↗](../../savannah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about the savannah biome.[↗](../../savannah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Elephants walk across the savannah.[↗](../../savannah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **save** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To save is to keep money instead of spending it, so you have more later.[↗](../../save/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To save someone or something is to keep them safe from danger.[↗](../../save/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To save time, water or energy is to use less of it.[↗](../../save/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To save a file on a computer is to store it.[↗](../../save/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In football or hockey, a save is when the goalkeeper stops the ball.[↗](../../save/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To save something can also mean to keep it for later use, not just to keep money.[↗](../../save/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Except; apart from.[↗](../../save/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") ("None save the LORD" means "no one except the LORD.").[↗](../../save/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zoe saves 4 cents a day.[↗](../../save/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom saved 15 cents last week and 10 cents this week.[↗](../../save/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many days must Lily save 5 cents to have 30 cents?[↗](../../save/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm saving up for a new bike.[↗](../../save/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard saved a boy from the waves.[↗](../../save/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn off the tap to save water.[↗](../../save/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Save your work before you close the computer.[↗](../../save/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper made a great save.[↗](../../save/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Save de pacin' mar' fer Sunday.[↗](../../save/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said: 'Thou hast saved our lives.[↗](../../save/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../save/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?[↗](../../save/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../save/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.[↗](../../save/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../save/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.[↗](../../save/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.23.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../save/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For who is God, save the LORD?[↗](../../save/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.18.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../save/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · We beseech Thee, O LORD, save now\![↗](../../save/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.118.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../save/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.[↗](../../save/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.20, JPS 1917) · Save de pacin' mar' fer Sunday.[↗](../../save/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) · For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.[↗](../../save/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.22.27, JPS 1917) **saver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who saves money instead of spending it all.[↗](../../saver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that saves you time, money, space or energy: a time-saver, an energy saver.[↗](../../saver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A screen saver: a moving picture a computer shows when it is not being used.[↗](../../saver/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (sport) A goalkeeper or player who saves goals or points.[↗](../../saver/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother is a good saver; he keeps half his pocket money.[↗](../../saver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Savers get a little extra money called interest from the bank.[↗](../../saver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dishwasher is a real time-saver.[↗](../../saver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This bulb is an energy saver.[↗](../../saver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Thanks for the pencil, you're a lifesaver\![↗](../../saver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The keeper was a great saver of penalties.[↗](../../saver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **savings** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Money that you keep and do not spend, often in a bank or money box.[↗](../../savings/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An amount of money or time that you do not have to spend because something is cheaper or quicker.[↗](../../savings/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a saving of 5 dollars".[↗](../../savings/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I keep my savings in a jar.[↗](../../savings/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ava used her savings to buy a new bike.[↗](../../savings/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If I add 3 dollars a week to my savings, I will have 30 dollars in 10 weeks.[↗](../../savings/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum opened a savings account for me at the bank.[↗](../../savings/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sale gave us a saving of 10 pounds.[↗](../../savings/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking instead of driving is a saving of money and fuel.[↗](../../savings/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He lost his life savings in a scam.[↗](../../savings/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And then he bade her give the men back their savings.[↗](../../savings/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **saviour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who saves someone or something from danger or harm.[↗](../../saviour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) The Saviour (capital S) is a name Christians use for Jesus Christ, because they believe he saves people from sin and death.[↗](../../saviour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Something that helps a lot just in time: «This umbrella was a saviour!».[↗](../../saviour/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Christians believe Jesus is the Saviour of the world.[↗](../../saviour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you.»[↗](../../saviour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper was the saviour of the match.[↗](../../saviour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighter was the family's saviour.[↗](../../saviour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That spare pencil was a lifesaver, a real saviour\![↗](../../saviour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new owner was the saviour of the old cinema.[↗](../../saviour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The High King did not know where exactly he should look for such a saviour, but he was well educated and knew how to look for whatever was lacking.[↗](../../saviour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt; (Writings PSA.106.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../saviour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I, even I, am the LORD; and beside Me there is no saviour.[↗](../../saviour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.43.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../saviour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.[↗](../../saviour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.45.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../saviour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **savory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* American spelling of «savoury»: see «savoury».[↗](../../savory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Tasty and salty or meaty, not sweet.[↗](../../savory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Now and then he sniffed the savory odor.[↗](../../savory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a savory fire in his front yard\![↗](../../savory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crisps and cheese are savory snacks.[↗](../../savory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **savour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) The taste or smell of something, especially good food.[↗](../../savour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To enjoy something slowly, taking time over every bit of it.[↗](../../savour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old use) To savour of something is to have a hint or sign of it: «savours of treason» means smells of treason.[↗](../../savour/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is more savour in the fruit.[↗](../../savour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I stood breathing all the savour of the world.[↗](../../savour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Savour every bite of the cake.[↗](../../savour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This plan savours of treason.[↗](../../savour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · and for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.[↗](../../savour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.15.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a continual burnt-offering, which was offered in mount Sinai, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.[↗](../../savour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.28.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · but ye shall present a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year; (Torah NUM.28.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?[↗](../../savour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.[↗](../../savour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.6.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour, and thus it was; saith the Lord GOD.[↗](../../savour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **savoury** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Savoury food is salty or spicy, not sweet, like cheese, crisps, pies or soup.[↗](../../savoury/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A savoury (UK) is a small salty snack.[↗](../../savoury/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Not very savoury» describes something or someone not nice or not respectable.[↗](../../savoury/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Would you like a sweet or a savoury pancake?[↗](../../savoury/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cheese scones are savoury.[↗](../../savoury/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crisps and nuts are savoury snacks.[↗](../../savoury/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The party had savoury food first, then cake.[↗](../../savoury/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This pie is savoury — it has chicken in it.[↗](../../savoury/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was an unsavoury character, so we stayed away.[↗](../../savoury/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘I declare I smell a savoury dinner.’[↗](../../savoury/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.[↗](../../savoury/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savoury/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.[↗](../../savoury/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savoury/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.[↗](../../savoury/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savoury/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.[↗](../../savoury/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../savoury/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **saw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Saw is the past form of see: «I saw a bird.».[↗](../../saw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A saw is a tool with a sharp toothed blade for cutting wood or metal.[↗](../../saw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To saw is to cut with a saw.[↗](../../saw/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An old saying is sometimes called a saw.[↗](../../saw/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She saw 12 birds in the park.[↗](../../saw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He saw 5 cars and 3 buses.[↗](../../saw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He used a saw to cut the board into 4 pieces.[↗](../../saw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many animals did they see in all?[↗](../../saw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I saw a rainbow after the rain.[↗](../../saw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad sawed the branch off the tree.[↗](../../saw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear goggles when you use a saw.[↗](../../saw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a film at the cinema last night.[↗](../../saw/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The children played on the seesaw.[↗](../../saw/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then there was a great deal of hewing and sawing, and at last the three-decker was built.[↗](../../saw/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'[↗](../../saw/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.20.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../saw/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image.[↗](../../saw/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../saw/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.[↗](../../saw/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.50.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../saw/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The ram which thou sawest having the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.[↗](../../saw/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.8.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../saw/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **sawdust** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sawdust is the tiny pieces of wood that fall off when wood is cut with a saw.[↗](../../sawdust/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The workshop floor was covered in sawdust.[↗](../../sawdust/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We put clean sawdust in the hamster's cage.[↗](../../sawdust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sawdust flew everywhere when Dad cut the plank.[↗](../../sawdust/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear goggles to keep sawdust out of your eyes.[↗](../../sawdust/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The carpenter swept up the sawdust.[↗](../../sawdust/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Chipboard is made from glued sawdust and wood chips.[↗](../../sawdust/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then, going to a chest of drawers, he took out a pretty heart, made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust.[↗](../../sawdust/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sawest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «sawest» means «you saw», a form of «see»: To see is to notice something with your eyes.[↗](../../sawest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I see a bird.[↗](../../sawest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'[↗](../../sawest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.20.10, JPS 1917) **sawfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sawfish is a large ray, a kind of flat fish related to sharks, with a long flat snout edged with sharp teeth like a saw.[↗](../../sawfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It uses its saw to find, stun and slash small fish and to dig for food in mud.[↗](../../sawfish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sawfish swung its long saw through a shoal of little fish.[↗](../../sawfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A sawfish can grow longer than a car.[↗](../../sawfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sawfish is a kind of ray, not a shark.[↗](../../sawfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sawfish live in warm seas and some even swim up rivers.[↗](../../sawfish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sawfish are endangered because their saws get tangled in nets.[↗](../../sawfish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · At the aquarium we watched a sawfish glide along the bottom.[↗](../../sawfish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The teeth on a sawfish's snout are really special scales.[↗](../../sawfish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/8/) **9** 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