--- title: S — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 16 description: The 2153 words of the school 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/school/S/page/16/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / S # S — The school dictionary · page 16 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/13/) [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/14/) [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/15/) **16** [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/17/) [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/19/) [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/20/) [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/21/) [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/22/) - [stampede](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stampede/) — A stampede is a sudden wild rush of frightened animals or people. — 6 sentences - [stance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stance/) — A stance is the way someone stands, especially how they place their feet and body, like a batting stance. — 9 sentences - [stand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stand/) — To stand is to be on your feet with your body upright. — 16 sentences - [standard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standard/) — A standard is a level of quality, how good something is or should be: «a high standard». — 14 sentences - [standardisation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standardisation/) — Making things the same size, shape, quality or way of working, so they fit together or can be compared. — 8 sentences - [standardised](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standardised/) — Past form of «standardise»: made things the same or fitted to one rule or standard. — 8 sentences - [standby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standby/) — Standby is being ready to be used or to act if needed, as in «on standby». — 12 sentences - [stander](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stander/) — A stander is a person who stands and watches. Standers-by are people who are standing nearby, watching what happens without taking part. — 6 sentences - [standstill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standstill/) — A standstill is a complete stop, when nothing is moving. — 6 sentences - [stank](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stank/) — Stank is the past form of «stink»: it smelled very bad. — 9 sentences - [stanza](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stanza/) — 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. — 9 sentences - [staple](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/staple/) — A small piece of thin bent wire pushed through papers to hold them together. — 14 sentences - [star](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/star/) — A star is a huge ball of burning gas far away in space that we see as a bright point in the night sky. The Sun is a star. — 15 sentences - [starch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starch/) — A white substance found in foods such as bread, rice, pasta and potatoes, which gives the body energy. — 13 sentences - [starchy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/) — Starchy food contains a lot of starch, a kind of carbohydrate found in potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and corn. — 10 sentences - [stardust](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stardust/) — Dust made in old stars and spread in space when they die; the atoms in our bodies were made inside stars long ago. — 8 sentences - [stare](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stare/) — To stare means to look at someone or something for a long time without looking away. — 11 sentences - [starer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starer/) — A person who stares, looking at someone or something for a long time with fixed eyes. — 7 sentences - [starfish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starfish/) — A starfish is a sea animal shaped like a star, usually with five arms, that lives on the sea floor and on rocks. — 10 sentences - [stark](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stark/) — Stark means bare, plain and harsh, with nothing added. — 7 sentences - [starless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starless/) — Starless means with no stars to be seen, usually because the sky is covered by cloud or it is very dark. — 5 sentences - [starlight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starlight/) — Starlight is the light that comes from the stars. — 9 sentences - [starling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starling/) — 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. — 11 sentences - [starlit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starlit/) — Starlit means lit up by stars, so that the sky or the ground can be seen faintly at night. — 5 sentences - [starry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starry/) — Full of stars; lit by stars. — 11 sentences - [start](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/start/) — The start is the beginning of something: the start of the race. — 16 sentences - [starter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starter/) — A small dish eaten as the first part of a meal; in the US called an appetizer. — 12 sentences - [startle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/startle/) — To startle someone is to surprise or frighten them suddenly, so that they jump or move quickly. — 11 sentences - [startled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/startled/) — Startled means suddenly surprised or a little frightened by something unexpected, so you jump or stop. — 11 sentences - [starvation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starvation/) — Serious suffering or death caused by having little or no food for a long time. — 10 sentences - [starve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starve/) — To starve is to suffer or die because you have no food for a long time. — 13 sentences - [starving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starving/) — Very ill or dying because of having no food for a long time. — 11 sentences - [state](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/state/) — A state is the condition something or someone is in, like a state of mess or a calm state. — 25 sentences - [stately](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stately/) — Stately means grand, dignified and impressive, and often slow and calm in movement or appearance. — 5 sentences - [statement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statement/) — A statement is something you say or write that tells a fact or an idea. — 13 sentences - [static](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/static/) — Static means not moving or not changing: a static picture, prices stayed static. — 10 sentences - [station](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/station/) — A station is a place where trains or buses stop so people can get on and off. — 15 sentences - [stationary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/) — Stationary means not moving, standing still. — 11 sentences - [stationery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationery/) — Things used for writing and office work, such as paper, envelopes, pens, pencils, rulers and rubbers. — 9 sentences - [statistical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistical/) — Statistical means about statistics: the collecting, counting and studying of numbers and data to find patterns and facts. — 9 sentences - [statistically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistically/) — Statistically means according to statistics, judging by numbers and data. — 10 sentences - [statistics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statistics/) — The branch of maths that collects, organises and studies numbers and data to find patterns and answer questions. — 11 sentences - [statuary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/) — Statues as a group: the statues in a place or collection. — 8 sentences - [statue](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statue/) — A model of a person or animal made of stone, metal or wood, usually life-size or bigger, often in a public place. — 9 sentences - [statuesque](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuesque/) — Tall, graceful and impressive, like a statue. — 8 sentences - [stature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stature/) — Stature is how tall a person is, their height when standing. — 11 sentences - [status](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/status/) — Your status is your position or rank compared with other people, especially how important people think you are. — 13 sentences - [statute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statute/) — A law that has been written down and passed by a parliament or government. — 8 sentences - [statutory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statutory/) — Statutory means set by law: something written in a statute, a law made by a parliament. — 9 sentences - [staunch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/staunch/) — Staunch means loyal and firm, never letting a friend or cause down. A staunch friend stays with you when things go wrong. (A bit old-fashi… — 7 sentences - [stave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stave/) — A stave is the set of five lines on which music notes are written (US: staff). — 14 sentences - [stay](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stay/) — To stay means to remain in the same place: stay at home. — 25 sentences - [stead](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stead/) — In someone's stead means in their place, instead of them. — 10 sentences - [steadfast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/) — Firm and loyal; not changing in what you believe or in who you support: a steadfast friend. — 9 sentences - [steadfastly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfastly/) — Steadfastly means in a firm, steady way, without moving or giving up. A character who stands steadfastly keeps still and does not turn away. — 5 sentences - [steadied](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadied/) — Made something stop shaking, wobbling or moving, so it is firm and still. — 11 sentences - [steadily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/) — Steadily means in a slow, even and regular way, without stopping or sudden changes. — 10 sentences - [steadiness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadiness/) — Being firm and not shaking or wobbling. — 9 sentences - [steady](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steady/) — Firm and not shaking or wobbling, like a steady ladder or a steady hand. — 13 sentences - [steak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steak/) — A thick, flat slice of good meat, usually beef, cooked by grilling or frying. — 11 sentences - [steal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steal/) — To take something that belongs to someone else without permission and without meaning to give it back. — 13 sentences - [stealer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stealer/) — A stealer is a person or animal that takes things which belong to someone else. (A rare word for a thief.). — 5 sentences - [stealth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stealth/) — Stealth is moving or acting quietly and secretly so that no one notices you. — 10 sentences - [stealthily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stealthily/) — Stealthily means quietly and secretly, so that nobody hears or sees you. — 4 sentences - [stealthy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stealthy/) — Stealthy means quiet and secret, moving so as not to be heard or seen. — 4 sentences - [steam](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steam/) — Steam is the hot white mist that rises from boiling water. — 13 sentences - [steamboat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steamboat/) — A boat driven by a steam engine, often with a large paddle wheel, used especially on rivers in the 1800s. — 9 sentences - [steamer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steamer/) — A ship or boat driven by a steam engine; a steamship. — 11 sentences - [steamroller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steamroller/) — A heavy machine with big, wide rollers that flattens roads; once powered by steam, now usually by diesel (often called a road roller). — 9 sentences - [steamship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steamship/) — A large ship driven by a steam engine, which burns coal or oil to boil water and make steam. — 9 sentences - [steamy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steamy/) — Full of steam, the hot water vapour. — 10 sentences - [steed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steed/) — A steed is a horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides. — 4 sentences - [steel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steel/) — A very strong, hard metal made mostly from iron mixed with a little carbon, used for bridges, cars, tools, pans and cutlery. — 10 sentences - [steelman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steelman/) — To steelman someone's argument is to describe it in its strongest, fairest form before you answer it, even if you disagree. — 10 sentences - [steelworks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steelworks/) — A steelworks is a factory where steel is made from iron and other materials, using huge furnaces. — 7 sentences - [steely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steely/) — Made of steel, or grey and shiny like steel. — 9 sentences - [steep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steep/) — Rising or falling sharply, like a slope that is hard to climb. — 13 sentences - [steeple](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steeple/) — A steeple is the tall pointed tower on top of a church. — 4 sentences - [steepness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steepness/) — Steepness is how steep something is: how sharply a slope, hill, road or roof goes up or down. — 8 sentences - [steer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steer/) — To steer is to control which way a car, bike, boat or other vehicle goes. — 13 sentences - [steersman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steersman/) — A steersman is the person who steers a boat or ship, keeping it on its course. — 4 sentences - [stegosaurus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stegosaurus/) — A stegosaurus was a large plant-eating dinosaur with two rows of big bony plates along its back and sharp spikes on its tail. — 9 sentences - [stele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stele/) — An upright stone slab or pillar with writing or carvings on it, put up as a monument, gravestone or to record laws or events. — 8 sentences - [stellar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stellar/) — Stellar means about stars in space: stellar light, stellar systems. — 9 sentences - [stem](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stem/) — A stem is the long thin part of a plant that holds up the leaves and flowers. — 14 sentences - [stench](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stench/) — A stench is a very bad smell. — 4 sentences - [stencil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stencil/) — A stencil is a thin sheet of card, plastic or metal with shapes or letters cut out of it; you paint or colour through the holes to copy th… — 10 sentences - [step](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/step/) — A step is one movement of your foot when you walk. — 14 sentences - [stepbrother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepbrother/) — A boy or man who is the son of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the son of your own mother or father. — 7 sentences - [stepdaughter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepdaughter/) — A stepdaughter is a girl who is the child of your husband or wife from an earlier marriage, not your own child by birth. — 4 sentences - [stepfather](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepfather/) — A stepfather is a man who is married to your mother but is not your birth father. — 9 sentences - [stepmother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepmother/) — The woman who is married to (or the partner of) your father but is not your birth mother. — 8 sentences - [stepparent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepparent/) — A stepparent is the person who is married to your mother or father but is not your birth parent: a stepmother or a stepfather. — 7 sentences - [steppe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steppe/) — A huge, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in eastern Europe and Asia. — 7 sentences - [stepsister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepsister/) — A girl or woman who is the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the daughter of your own mother or father. — 8 sentences - [stepson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stepson/) — A stepson is a boy who is the child of your husband or wife from an earlier marriage, not your own child by birth. — 4 sentences - [stereotype](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stereotype/) — A stereotype is a fixed, too-simple idea about what all people of one group are like, for example that all girls like pink or all old peop… — 13 sentences - [sterile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sterile/) — Sterile means completely clean and free from germs (bacteria and viruses): sterile bandages, a sterile operating room. — 11 sentences - [sterling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sterling/) — Sterling is the money of the United Kingdom; its main unit is the pound (£). «Pound sterling» is its full name. — 11 sentences - [stern](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stern/) — Stern means serious and strict, not smiling, like a teacher who wants you to behave. — 11 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/13/) [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/14/) [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/15/) **16** [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/17/) [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/19/) [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/20/) [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/21/) [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/22/)