--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 90 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/90/) [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 90 [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/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/89/) **90** [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/91/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) **standstill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A standstill is a complete stop, when nothing is moving.[↗](../../standstill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Come to a standstill» means stop moving or stop making progress.[↗](../../standstill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The traffic came to a standstill.[↗](../../standstill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse came to a standstill by the graveyard.[↗](../../standstill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Work was at a standstill during the storm.[↗](../../standstill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The game came to a standstill when the ball got stuck.[↗](../../standstill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **stank** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stank is the past form of «stink»: it smelled very bad.[↗](../../stank/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stank can also mean (informal) that something was very bad or poor: the film stank.[↗](../../stank/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bin stank after a week in the sun.[↗](../../stank/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His socks stank after the football match.[↗](../../stank/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The room stank of fish.[↗](../../stank/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pond stank in the hot weather.[↗](../../stank/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rotten egg stank so badly we opened the windows.[↗](../../stank/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That joke stank (informal).[↗](../../stank/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheese stank, but it tasted great.[↗](../../stank/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.[↗](../../stank/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.8.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stank/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stanza** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, set apart from the other groups by a space, like a paragraph in a story; it is often called a verse.[↗](../../stanza/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This poem has four stanzas.[↗](../../stanza/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each stanza has four lines that rhyme.[↗](../../stanza/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the first stanza aloud.[↗](../../stanza/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the last stanza, the poet feels hopeful.[↗](../../stanza/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write a stanza about your favourite season.[↗](../../stanza/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A stanza is like a paragraph in a poem.[↗](../../stanza/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The second stanza describes the sea at night.[↗](../../stanza/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And if one stanza sounded painfully--[↗](../../stanza/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **staple** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small piece of thin bent wire pushed through papers to hold them together.[↗](../../staple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To fasten things together with staples.[↗](../../staple/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A basic food or thing that people use or eat all the time, such as rice or bread.[↗](../../staple/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (adjective) Main, basic, most important: a staple food.[↗](../../staple/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A U-shaped metal pin hammered into wood to hold a wire.[↗](../../staple/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please staple your pages together before you hand them in.[↗](../../staple/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The stapler has run out of staples.[↗](../../staple/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rice is the staple food for billions of people.[↗](../../staple/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bread and milk are staples in our kitchen.[↗](../../staple/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish was a staple of their diet.[↗](../../staple/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher stapled our drawings on the board.[↗](../../staple/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful not to staple your finger\![↗](../../staple/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Pasta is a staple in our house.[↗](../../staple/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But beside these more modern collections there exist in old and middle Irish a large number of hero-tales (class 2) which formed the staple of the old ollahms or bards.[↗](../../staple/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **star** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A star is a huge ball of burning gas far away in space that we see as a bright point in the night sky.[↗](../../star/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The Sun is a star.[↗](../../star/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A star is a shape with five or more points.[↗](../../star/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A star is a very famous actor, singer or player.[↗](../../star/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A gold star is a reward for good work.[↗](../../star/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To star in a film is to have a main part in it.[↗](../../star/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lily got 3 gold stars on Monday and 4 on Tuesday.[↗](../../star/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher has 50 star stickers.[↗](../../star/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each star has 5 points.[↗](../../star/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam drew 6 rows of 8 stars.[↗](../../star/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · On a clear night you can see thousands of stars.[↗](../../star/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sun is the star at the centre of our solar system.[↗](../../star/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was the star of the school play.[↗](../../star/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel has four stars.[↗](../../star/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His eyes were fixed on the stars.[↗](../../star/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. — (Torah DEU.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../star/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.[↗](../../star/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../star/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.[↗](../../star/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.10.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../star/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are\![↗](../../star/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.22.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../star/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.[↗](../../star/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../star/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning\![↗](../../star/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.14.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../star/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **starch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A white substance found in foods such as bread, rice, pasta and potatoes, which gives the body energy.[↗](../../starch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A powder or spray used to make clothes stiff.[↗](../../starch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To make cloth stiff with starch.[↗](../../starch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A person who is starched-up is very stiff, formal and proud in their manner.[↗](../../starch/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bread, rice and potatoes are full of starch.[↗](../../starch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Starchy foods give you energy.[↗](../../starch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Iodine turns blue-black when it touches starch.[↗](../../starch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested foods for starch in science.[↗](../../starch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants store food as starch.[↗](../../starch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cook used corn starch to thicken the gravy.[↗](../../starch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma starched the tablecloth for the party.[↗](../../starch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Saliva begins breaking down starch in your mouth.[↗](../../starch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It is true, I was always a fine starched-up gentleman\![↗](../../starch/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **starchy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Starchy food contains a lot of starch, a kind of carbohydrate found in potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and corn.[↗](../../starchy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Starchy clothes are stiff because they have been treated with starch.[↗](../../starchy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A starchy person is stiff, formal and unfriendly.[↗](../../starchy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Potatoes, rice and pasta are starchy foods.[↗](../../starchy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Starchy foods give us energy for running about.[↗](../../starchy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The iodine turned blue-black, so the bread was starchy.[↗](../../starchy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sweetcorn is a starchy vegetable.[↗](../../starchy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His shirt collar was so starchy it scratched his neck.[↗](../../starchy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The starchy old butler never smiled.[↗](../../starchy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to eat starchy foods with lots of vegetables.[↗](../../starchy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **stardust** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Dust made in old stars and spread in space when they die; the atoms in our bodies were made inside stars long ago.[↗](../../stardust/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literary) A magical, dreamy or romantic quality, like sparkle or charm.[↗](../../stardust/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The iron in your blood was made in stars — you are stardust\![↗](../../stardust/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The spacecraft collected stardust from a comet's tail.[↗](../../stardust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fairy sprinkled stardust over the sleeping town.[↗](../../stardust/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer had a bit of stardust about her.[↗](../../stardust/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study stardust to learn how stars make new elements.[↗](../../stardust/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The song says the night sky was full of stardust.[↗](../../stardust/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **stare** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stare means to look at someone or something for a long time without looking away.[↗](../../stare/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stare is a long, fixed look.[↗](../../stare/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's rude to stare at people.[↗](../../stare/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He stared out of the window, thinking.[↗](../../stare/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never stare at the Sun.[↗](../../stare/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She stared at the strange box in surprise.[↗](../../stare/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't stare into a dog's eyes; it may feel threatened.[↗](../../stare/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The owl stared at us with big yellow eyes.[↗](../../stare/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave me a cold stare.[↗](../../stare/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I sat staring into space instead of working.[↗](../../stare/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Out came the giant and began to stare at Tom.[↗](../../stare/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **starer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who stares, looking at someone or something for a long time with fixed eyes.[↗](../../starer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby is a real starer — she watches everyone on the bus.[↗](../../starer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a starer; it's rude.[↗](../../starer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The starer at the window watched us all afternoon.[↗](../../starer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My cat is a starer; she sits and looks at the wall.[↗](../../starer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The starers on the platform watched the steam train pass.[↗](../../starer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a starer at the boy in the wheelchair; just say hello.[↗](../../starer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **starfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A starfish is a sea animal shaped like a star, usually with five arms, that lives on the sea floor and on rocks.[↗](../../starfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Scientists also call it a sea star, because it is not a fish.[↗](../../starfish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found a starfish in the rock pool.[↗](../../starfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A starfish usually has five arms.[↗](../../starfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Starfish are not fish, so scientists call them sea stars.[↗](../../starfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A starfish can grow a new arm if it loses one.[↗](../../starfish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the starfish gently back in the water.[↗](../../starfish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Starfish eat mussels by opening their shells.[↗](../../starfish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The starfish was orange and bumpy.[↗](../../starfish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She lay on the sand like a starfish.[↗](../../starfish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stargazer** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who studies the stars, especially to tell the future.[↗](../../stargazer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.[↗](../../stargazer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.47.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stargazer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **stark** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stark means bare, plain and harsh, with nothing added.[↗](../../stark/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Stark naked» or «stark mad» means completely naked or completely mad.[↗](../../stark/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Stark» can also be an adverb meaning totally: stark staring mad.[↗](../../stark/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The room was stark and empty.[↗](../../stark/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The girl was stark naked in the cold river.[↗](../../stark/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant was stark mad with anger.[↗](../../stark/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The winter landscape looked stark and grey.[↗](../../stark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **starless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Starless means with no stars to be seen, usually because the sky is covered by cloud or it is very dark.[↗](../../starless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sky was starless and black.[↗](../../starless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We could not find the moon on the starless night.[↗](../../starless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Clouds made the evening starless.[↗](../../starless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She walked home through a starless, cold street.[↗](../../starless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **starlight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Starlight is the light that comes from the stars.[↗](../../starlight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is the faint light you see on a clear night when there is no moon.[↗](../../starlight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked home by starlight.[↗](../../starlight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Starlight shone on the frozen lake.[↗](../../starlight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Starlight from far stars takes a very long time to reach us.[↗](../../starlight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the city, street lamps hide the starlight.[↗](../../starlight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The owl hunted by starlight.[↗](../../starlight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem describes silver starlight on the sea.[↗](../../starlight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a lovely starlight night in the beginning of September, and the air was mild and still.[↗](../../starlight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **starling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A starling is a common bird with dark shiny feathers that look purple and green in the sun, often covered in small pale spots in winter.[↗](../../starling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A large swirling flock of starlings in the evening sky is called a murmuration.[↗](../../starling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Starlings gathered on the roof every evening.[↗](../../starling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a murmuration of starlings over the pier.[↗](../../starling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The starling copied the sound of a phone ringing.[↗](../../starling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A starling's feathers shine purple and green in the sun.[↗](../../starling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Starlings eat insects and grubs from the lawn.[↗](../../starling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Starlings were brought to New Zealand by settlers.[↗](../../starling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The starling flew off with a worm in its beak.[↗](../../starling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thousands of starlings make shapes in the sky like a cloud.[↗](../../starling/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The little white Princess always woke in her little white bed when the starlings began to chatter in the pearl gray morning.[↗](../../starling/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **starlit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Starlit means lit up by stars, so that the sky or the ground can be seen faintly at night.[↗](../../starlit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked home on a starlit night.[↗](../../starlit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The starlit sky was full of tiny lights.[↗](../../starlit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship sailed across the starlit sea.[↗](../../starlit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden looked magical in starlit darkness.[↗](../../starlit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **starry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Full of stars; lit by stars.[↗](../../starry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Shining like stars; sparkling.[↗](../../starry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «starry-eyed»: hopeful and dreamy, not seeing problems.[↗](../../starry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) To do with famous people: a starry cast.[↗](../../starry/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We lay on the grass and looked at the starry sky.[↗](../../starry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Van Gogh painted «The Starry Night».[↗](../../starry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The starry night was cold and clear.[↗](../../starry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eyes were starry with excitement.[↗](../../starry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was starry-eyed about becoming a famous footballer.[↗](../../starry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film has a starry cast of famous actors.[↗](../../starry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Were the chambers like a starry sky seen from the top of a high mountain?"[↗](../../starry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **start** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The start is the beginning of something: the start of the race.[↗](../../start/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To start is to begin to do something: start reading.[↗](../../start/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To start something is to make it begin or work: start the car.[↗](../../start/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To start can mean to jump a little in surprise.[↗](../../start/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «For a start» means as the first point.[↗](../../start/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To start for a place means to set off on a journey towards it.[↗](../../start/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What if at the start I had put two pears instead?[↗](../../start/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At the start, Ben had 9 cards.[↗](../../start/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cards did Zoe have at the start?[↗](../../start/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The race starts at ten o'clock.[↗](../../start/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's start from the beginning.[↗](../../start/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It started to rain.[↗](../../start/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I start school next week.[↗](../../start/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The loud bang made me start.[↗](../../start/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Stand behind the start line.[↗](../../start/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Toward evening they started for home.[↗](../../start/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 11) As the infinite series of numbers starts from one unit, so was the whole Universe formed a unity, that centres in the Godhead.[↗](../../start/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../start/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the doors shall be shut in the street, when the sound of the grinding is low; and one shall start up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; (Writings ECC.12.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../start/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **starter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A small dish eaten as the first part of a meal; in the US called an appetizer.[↗](../../starter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who starts a race, or a person or team that begins a game (not a substitute).[↗](../../starter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A device that starts an engine.[↗](../../starter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «For starters» (informal): to begin with; first of all.[↗](../../starter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Something to start with: a starter pack, a conversation starter, a sourdough starter.[↗](../../starter/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* For a starter I'll have the tomato soup.[↗](../../starter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The starter costs $5, the main $12 and the pudding $4 — $21 in all.[↗](../../starter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The starter fired the gun and the race began.[↗](../../starter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He's a starter now, not a sub.[↗](../../starter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For starters, your room is a mess.[↗](../../starter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The car's starter is broken, so it won't start.[↗](../../starter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our maths starter today was a times-table quiz.[↗](../../starter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/89/) **90** [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/91/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/89/) - next →: [page 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/91/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)