--- title: S — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 17 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/17/) [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 17 [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/16/) **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/) - [sternly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sternly/) — In a strict, serious and unsmiling way, often when someone has done wrong. — 8 sentences - [steroid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steroid/) — A steroid is a kind of chemical, made in the body or as a medicine, that can calm swelling or act like hormones. — 10 sentences - [stethoscope](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stethoscope/) — A doctor's tool with earpieces and a tube with a small disc at the end, used to listen to the heart, lungs and breathing. — 7 sentences - [stew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stew/) — A meal of meat or vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a pot. — 11 sentences - [steward](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steward/) — A steward is a person whose job is to look after passengers on a plane, ship or train. — 10 sentences - [stewardship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stewardship/) — Looking after something carefully on behalf of someone else, or for the future. — 9 sentences - [stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stick/) — A stick is a thin piece of wood, often fallen from a tree. — 17 sentences - [sticker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sticker/) — A sticker is a small picture or label with glue on the back that you can stick on things. — 10 sentences - [stickleback](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stickleback/) — A stickleback is a small fish with sharp spines on its back, found in ponds, streams and coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere. — 9 sentences - [sticky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sticky/) — Sticky means covered with something like glue, honey or syrup that sticks to things. — 12 sentences - [stiff](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stiff/) — Stiff means hard and not easy to bend or move. — 14 sentences - [stiffen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stiffen/) — To stiffen is to become hard, firm or difficult to bend. — 12 sentences - [stiffly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stiffly/) — Stiffly means in a stiff way, without bending easily, as when your body is sore or cold. — 9 sentences - [stiffness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stiffness/) — Stiffness is being hard to bend or move, like a new board or a stiff collar. — 12 sentences - [stifle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stifle/) — To stifle a sound is to hold it back so that nobody hears it. — 5 sentences - [stifled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stifled/) — Held back so it is not heard or seen: a stifled laugh, a stifled yawn, a stifled cry. — 10 sentences - [stifling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stifling/) — Stifling means very hot and airless, so that it is hard to breathe. — 5 sentences - [stile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stile/) — A stile is a set of steps or a step over a fence or wall that lets people climb over but stops animals like sheep and cows getting through. — 10 sentences - [still](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/still/) — Still means even now, or up to this time. — 24 sentences - [stillbirth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillbirth/) — A stillbirth is when a baby has died before it is born, late in the mother's pregnancy, so it is born not alive. — 6 sentences - [stillness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stillness/) — Stillness is being completely still, with no movement. — 9 sentences - [stilt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/) — Stilts are a pair of long poles with footrests that you stand on to walk high above the ground. — 11 sentences - [stimulant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stimulant/) — A stimulant is a substance that makes your body and brain more awake and active for a while, such as the caffeine in coffee, tea and cola. — 11 sentences - [stimulate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stimulate/) — To stimulate means to make something more active or make it grow or work more. — 12 sentences - [stimulated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stimulated/) — Stimulated is the past form of «stimulate»: made something more active, or made it start or grow. — 10 sentences - [stimulating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stimulating/) — Stimulating means interesting and exciting in a way that makes you think and want to know more. — 11 sentences - [stimulation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stimulation/) — Stimulation is making something more active, or the thing that does it: the stimulation of a muscle, of growth. — 11 sentences - [stimulus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stimulus/) — A stimulus is something that causes a living thing to react, such as light, sound, heat or touch. — 10 sentences - [sting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/) — Of a bee, wasp, jellyfish or nettle: to hurt you by pushing a tiny sharp part or poison into your skin. — 14 sentences - [stinger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stinger/) — A stinger is the sharp part on an insect or animal, such as a bee, wasp or scorpion, that it uses to sting. — 12 sentences - [stinging](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stinging/) — A stinging insect or plant can hurt you with a sting, like a bee, wasp or stinging nettle. — 10 sentences - [stingless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingless/) — Stingless means having no sting or no working sting. — 9 sentences - [stingray](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingray/) — A stingray is a flat sea fish with a wide body shaped like a disc and a long thin tail that has a sharp, venomous spine. — 8 sentences - [stingy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/) — Not willing to spend or share money, food or things; mean with money. — 9 sentences - [stink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stink/) — To stink is to have a very strong, bad smell. — 15 sentences - [stinky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stinky/) — Stinky means smelling very bad. — 9 sentences - [stint](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stint/) — A stint is a fixed period of work or time spent doing a job. — 5 sentences - [stipulate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulate/) — To state clearly that something must be done, especially as part of a rule, agreement or contract. — 7 sentences - [stipulation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stipulation/) — A stipulation is a condition or rule that must be kept as part of an agreement: you may borrow it, with the stipulation that you return it… — 7 sentences - [stir](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stir/) — To stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it. — 15 sentences - [stirred](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirred/) — Stirred means mixed something by moving a spoon or stick round and round in it. — 13 sentences - [stirring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirring/) — Stirring is moving a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it. — 12 sentences - [stirrup](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stirrup/) — A stirrup is a metal loop that hangs on each side of a horse's saddle, for the rider to put their foot in. — 10 sentences - [stitch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/) — A stitch is one loop of thread made with a needle when sewing, or one loop of wool in knitting. — 13 sentences - [stoat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoat/) — A stoat is a small, fierce, meat-eating animal with a long thin body, short legs, brown fur and a black tip on its tail. — 9 sentences - [stock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stock/) — A supply of goods kept in a shop or store to sell. — 16 sentences - [stocking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocking/) — A stocking is a long, thin covering for the foot and leg, usually worn by women, often in pairs. — 12 sentences - [stocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocks/) — Stocks are supplies of goods kept ready to use or sell: «stocks of food». — 13 sentences - [stocky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stocky/) — A stocky person or animal is short, broad and strong-looking, with a solid body. — 7 sentences - [stoke](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoke/) — To stoke a fire means to add fuel such as coal or wood and stir it so it burns more strongly. — 12 sentences - [stole](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stole/) — The past tense of "steal": took something that was not yours without asking. "Someone stole my bike.". — 12 sentences - [stomach](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/) — Your stomach is the bag-like organ inside your body where food goes after you swallow it and starts to be broken down. — 12 sentences - [stomatopod](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomatopod/) — A stomatopod is a mantis shrimp, a sea animal related to crabs and shrimps (a crustacean) that hunts by striking or stabbing prey with sup… — 8 sentences - [stomp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomp/) — To stomp means to walk with heavy, loud steps, often because you are angry. — 11 sentences - [stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stone/) — A stone is a small piece of rock. — 15 sentences - [stonefish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stonefish/) — A fish of warm shallow seas (Indian and Pacific Oceans, including northern Australia) that looks exactly like a rock or lump of coral and… — 7 sentences - [stony](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stony/) — Stony means full of stones or covered with stones. — 12 sentences - [stool](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stool/) — A stool is a seat with legs but no back and usually no arms. — 12 sentences - [stoop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoop/) — To stoop is to bend your body forwards and down: he stooped to pick up the coin. — 14 sentences - [stooping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stooping/) — Bending the top part of your body forwards and down. — 11 sentences - [stop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stop/) — To stop means to not move or not go on any more. — 25 sentences - [stopcock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopcock/) — A stopcock is a tap or valve on a water pipe that you turn to stop or start the flow of water into a house or to part of the plumbing. — 8 sentences - [stopped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopped/) — Stopped means came to an end or made something end: «The rain stopped». — 12 sentences - [stopper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopper/) — A stopper is a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it. — 4 sentences - [stopping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopping/) — Stopping means coming to an end or no longer moving. — 13 sentences - [stopwatch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stopwatch/) — A watch or timer that can be started and stopped by pressing a button, to measure exactly how long something takes. — 7 sentences - [storage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/storage/) — Storage is keeping things in a place until they are needed. — 10 sentences - [store](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/) — A store is a shop where people buy things (the usual word in American English). — 14 sentences - [storehouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/storehouse/) — A storehouse is a building where food, goods or supplies are kept. — 10 sentences - [storeroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/storeroom/) — A room where things are kept until they are needed, such as supplies, equipment or food. — 9 sentences - [storey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/storey/) — A storey is one floor or level of a building. — 9 sentences - [stork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stork/) — A stork is a large bird with long legs, a long neck and a long straight beak, that wades in wet places and eats fish, frogs and insects. — 9 sentences - [storm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/storm/) — Very bad weather with strong winds and often heavy rain, snow, hail, thunder and lightning. — 13 sentences - [stormy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stormy/) — Stormy weather has strong winds, heavy rain, thunder or big waves. — 10 sentences - [story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/story/) — A story tells about things that happen, true or made up. — 13 sentences - [storybook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/storybook/) — A storybook is a book of stories for children, often with pictures. — 8 sentences - [storyteller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/storyteller/) — A storyteller is a person who tells stories, often out loud to an audience. — 10 sentences - [stout](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stout/) — Rather fat or heavy in body (a polite word). — 11 sentences - [stoutly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stoutly/) — Stoutly means bravely, firmly and strongly, without giving in. — 9 sentences - [stove](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stove/) — A piece of kitchen equipment for cooking, with hot rings or burners on top and often an oven. — 9 sentences - [stow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stow/) — To stow is to pack things away neatly in a safe place, often on a ship or in a bag. — 6 sentences - [stowaway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stowaway/) — A stowaway is a person who hides on a ship, plane, train or lorry to travel without paying or without being allowed. — 11 sentences - [strabismus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strabismus/) — Strabismus is the medical name for a squint: when a person's two eyes do not point in the same direction at the same time, so one eye may… — 7 sentences - [straddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straddle/) — To straddle is to stand or sit with one leg on each side of something. — 6 sentences - [straight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straight/) — Straight means not bent or curved; going in one direction. — 16 sentences - [straighten](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straighten/) — To make something straight, or to become straight. — 11 sentences - [straightener](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straightener/) — A straightener is a thing that makes something straight. — 8 sentences - [straightforward](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straightforward/) — Straightforward means easy to understand or do, with no hidden difficulties: a straightforward question. — 11 sentences - [straightway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straightway/) — Straightway means at once, without any delay; it is the same as «straight away». — 5 sentences - [strain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strain/) — To strain is to try very hard or push your body or mind to its limit. — 15 sentences - [strait](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strait/) — A strait is a narrow passage of sea between two pieces of land that joins two larger seas. — 10 sentences - [straiten](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/straiten/) — To straiten is to make someone poorer or to limit what they have. — 9 sentences - [strand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/) — A strand is a single thin thread, hair or wire, or one of several twisted together. — 12 sentences - [stranded](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranded/) — If you are stranded, you are stuck in a place and cannot leave, for example because your car broke down or there are no trains. — 10 sentences - [strange](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strange/) — Strange means unusual or surprising in a way that is hard to explain: a strange noise. — 12 sentences - [strangely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangely/) — In an unusual or surprising way. — 11 sentences - [strangeness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangeness/) — Strangeness is the quality of being odd, unusual or unlike what is normal. — 5 sentences - [stranger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stranger/) — A person you do not know. — 12 sentences - [strangle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangle/) — To strangle means to squeeze someone's neck so hard that they cannot breathe; it can kill. — 11 sentences - [strangler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strangler/) — A strangler is a person who kills or hurts someone by squeezing their throat so they cannot breathe; it is a word from crime news and stor… — 10 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/16/) **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/)