--- title: S — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 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/5/) [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 5 [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** [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](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/) - [seedling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seedling/) — A seedling is a very young plant that has just grown from a seed. — 8 sentences - [seek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seek/) — To seek means to look for something or someone. — 11 sentences - [seeker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seeker/) — A seeker is a person who looks for something, such as the seeker in hide-and-seek who must find the others. — 12 sentences - [seel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seel/) — To seel a hawk or falcon was to sew its eyelids shut for a while to tame it. This is not done today and is thought cruel. — 9 sentences - [seem](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seem/) — To seem means to look or appear to be something, from what you can see or know: «She seems happy». — 11 sentences - [seemingly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seemingly/) — Apparently, so it looks, though it may not be true. — 5 sentences - [seep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seep/) — When a liquid seeps, it flows slowly through small holes or cracks, a little at a time. — 11 sentences - [seeping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seeping/) — Seeping means flowing slowly through small holes or cracks right now. — 9 sentences - [seer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seer/) — A person who is believed to be able to see what will happen in the future; a prophet. — 10 sentences - [seesaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seesaw/) — A long board balanced in the middle on which two children sit at opposite ends and go up and down. — 8 sentences - [segment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segment/) — A segment is one of the parts something is divided into, like a segment of an orange. — 12 sentences - [segregation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/segregation/) — Keeping groups of people apart by law or custom because of their race, religion or sex; it is unfair and wrong. — 8 sentences - [seine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/) — A seine is a large fishing net that hangs straight down in the water, with floats on top and weights at the bottom; the ends are pulled to… — 11 sentences - [seismic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seismic/) — Seismic means to do with earthquakes or the shaking of the earth: seismic waves, seismic activity. — 9 sentences - [seismograph](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seismograph/) — A machine that measures and records how much the ground shakes during an earthquake. — 7 sentences - [seize](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seize/) — To take hold of something suddenly and firmly; to grab. — 17 sentences - [seizure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seizure/) — A seizure is a sudden burst of unusual electrical activity in the brain that can make a person shake, fall, stare or lose consciousness. — 9 sentences - [seldom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seldom/) — Not often; rarely. — 11 sentences - [select](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/select/) — To choose someone or something from a group, carefully. — 12 sentences - [selected](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selected/) — Selected means chosen from a group, often carefully. — 13 sentences - [selection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selection/) — Selection is choosing someone or something from a group. — 11 sentences - [selective](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selective/) — Selective means choosing carefully, only taking some things and not others. — 11 sentences - [selector](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selector/) — A person who chooses players for a team. — 9 sentences - [self](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/self/) — The person you are, your own nature and character: her true self. — 13 sentences - [selfish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfish/) — A selfish person thinks mostly about themselves and what they want, and does not care enough about other people. — 9 sentences - [selfishness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfishness/) — Selfishness is caring only about yourself and not about other people's needs or wishes. — 4 sentences - [selfless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfless/) — A selfless person thinks about other people's needs and happiness more than their own. — 8 sentences - [selflessly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selflessly/) — In a way that thinks about others more than yourself; generously and without wanting a reward. — 7 sentences - [sell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sell/) — To sell is to give something to someone for money. — 13 sentences - [seller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seller/) — A seller is a person or shop that sells things for money. — 12 sentences - [selvedge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selvedge/) — The edge of a piece of woven cloth, made so that it does not fray or unravel. — 8 sentences - [semantic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semantic/) — Semantic means to do with the meanings of words and sentences. — 10 sentences - [semester](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semester/) — A semester is one of the two halves of a school or college year. — 9 sentences - [semi](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semi/) — prefix «semi-»: half, or partly: semicircle (half a circle), semi-final, semi-detached, semicolon. — 14 sentences - [semibreve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semibreve/) — The longest common note: it lasts four beats in 4/4 time, as long as two minims or four crotchets; in the USA it is called a whole note. — 8 sentences - [semicircle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semicircle/) — Half a circle: a shape made by cutting a circle in half along its diameter. — 8 sentences - [semicircular](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semicircular/) — Shaped like half a circle. — 7 sentences - [semicolon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semicolon/) — A semicolon is the punctuation mark ; which joins two closely linked full sentences. — 8 sentences - [semiconductor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semiconductor/) — A material, such as silicon, that lets electricity flow through it better than an insulator but not as well as a metal, and whose flow can… — 8 sentences - [semitone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/semitone/) — The smallest step between two notes in Western music, such as from C to C sharp, or from E to F; half of a tone. — 7 sentences - [sen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sen/) — A sen is a small coin or money unit in some Asian countries, for example 100 sen make 1 ringgit in Malaysia; in Japan the sen was an old u… — 10 sentences - [senate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/) — A senate is one of the two parts of the group that makes laws in some countries; in the USA, Australia, Canada, Ireland (Seanad) and other… — 12 sentences - [senator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/) — A senator is a member of a senate, a group of people who make laws in some countries, like the USA, Canada, Australia and Ireland. — 9 sentences - [send](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/send/) — To send is to make something go to another place or person, like a letter, a parcel or a message. — 14 sentences - [sender](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sender/) — A sender is the person who sends a letter, parcel, message or email. — 9 sentences - [seneca](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seneca/) — Seneca was a Roman thinker and writer (about 4 BC – AD 65), a Stoic philosopher who wrote letters about living wisely and calmly, and was… — 9 sentences - [senile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senile/) — Weak in mind because of old age, especially forgetful or confused. — 7 sentences - [senior](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/) — Older (a senior citizen). — 14 sentences - [seniority](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seniority/) — Seniority is being older or higher in rank than others. — 7 sentences - [sensation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensation/) — A feeling in the body that comes from the senses: a burning sensation, a tingling sensation. — 12 sentences - [sensational](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensational/) — Very exciting and surprising, causing great interest. — 9 sentences - [sense](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/) — A sense is one of the ways your body knows the world: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. People have 5 senses. — 18 sentences - [senseless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senseless/) — Senseless means without meaning or good reason, foolish and pointless. — 8 sentences - [senselessly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senselessly/) — Senselessly means in a way that has no meaning, good reason or purpose. — 5 sentences - [sensible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensible/) — Sensible means having good judgement and making wise, safe choices. — 11 sentences - [sensibly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensibly/) — In a wise, sensible and practical way. — 9 sentences - [sensitive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitive/) — Sensitive means easily hurt or upset by what others say or do. — 13 sentences - [sensitivity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensitivity/) — Sensitivity is being kind and careful about other people's feelings. — 12 sentences - [sensor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensor/) — A sensor is a device that notices something, such as light, heat, movement, sound or touch, and sends a signal about it. — 9 sentences - [sensory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sensory/) — Sensory means to do with the senses — sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. — 9 sentences - [sentence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentence/) — A sentence is a group of words that makes a complete statement, question or command; in writing it starts with a capital letter and ends w… — 12 sentences - [sententiously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sententiously/) — Sententiously means in a way that speaks in heavy, wise-sounding words, as if giving a lesson. — 3 sentences - [sentiment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/) — A feeling or opinion about something: «I share your sentiment». — 11 sentences - [sentimental](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentimental/) — Full of tender feelings like love, sadness or longing, especially about the past: a sentimental person is easily moved. — 13 sentences - [sentinel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentinel/) — A soldier or guard whose job is to watch for danger; a sentry. — 10 sentences - [sentry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/) — A soldier who stands guard at a gate, building or camp to check who comes and to watch for danger. — 10 sentences - [sep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sep/) — Sep or Sep. is a short form of September, the ninth month. — 10 sentences - [sepal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sepal/) — A sepal is one of the small, usually green, leaf-like parts under the petals of a flower that protect the bud before it opens. — 6 sentences - [separate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separate/) — As an adjective, not joined or together; apart or different: two separate rooms, separate piles. — 12 sentences - [separated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separated/) — Separated means apart, not together any more. — 12 sentences - [separately](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separately/) — Separately means apart, not together; one at a time or each on its own. — 9 sentences - [separation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separation/) — Separation is moving things apart or keeping them apart. — 13 sentences - [separator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/separator/) — Something that keeps two things apart or divides one thing into parts, such as a line, a wall or a sheet. — 12 sentences - [sepsis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sepsis/) — A very serious illness that happens when the body's fight against an infection goes wrong and starts to harm its own organs. — 10 sentences - [sept](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sept/) — «Sept» (with a capital S and often a full stop) is a short form of September, the ninth month. — 8 sentences - [september](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/september/) — September is the ninth month of the year. It has 30 days. — 12 sentences - [septic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/septic/) — Infected with germs so it becomes red, swollen, painful and full of pus. — 12 sentences - [sepulchre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sepulchre/) — A sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body. — 4 sentences - [sequel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequel/) — A sequel is a book, film or game that continues the story of an earlier one. — 10 sentences - [sequence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequence/) — A set of things that come one after another in a certain order. — 13 sentences - [sequential](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequential/) — Coming one after another in a fixed order. — 10 sentences - [sequin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequin/) — A sequin is a small, flat, shiny disc sewn onto clothes to sparkle. — 5 sentences - [sequoia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/) — A sequoia is a huge evergreen tree from California; it includes the giant sequoia and the coast redwood. — 8 sentences - [serbian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serbian/) — From or to do with Serbia, a country in south-east Europe in the Balkans, whose capital is Belgrade. — 9 sentences - [serenade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serenade/) — A serenade is a song sung softly at night, often under a loved one's window. — 6 sentences - [serene](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serene/) — Serene means calm and peaceful, with no worry or fear showing. — 4 sentences - [serf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serf/) — A serf was a farm worker long ago, in the Middle Ages, who had to live and work on a lord's land and could not leave it. — 10 sentences - [serfdom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serfdom/) — Serfdom was a system, mainly in the Middle Ages, in which poor farm workers called serfs were tied to a lord's land and could not leave it. — 8 sentences - [sergeant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sergeant/) — A soldier of middle rank, above a corporal, who is in charge of a group of soldiers. — 10 sentences - [series](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/series/) — A series is a group of things that come one after another, like books about the same characters. — 13 sentences - [serious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serious/) — Serious means bad or dangerous enough to worry about: a serious illness, a serious accident. — 14 sentences - [seriously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seriously/) — Seriously means in a serious way, not joking. — 14 sentences - [sermon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sermon/) — A sermon is a talk given by a priest, minister or preacher during a religious service, explaining the Bible or teaching how to live. — 9 sentences - [serpent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serpent/) — A snake, especially a big one. — 10 sentences - [serval](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serval/) — A slim wild cat of African grasslands, with long legs, very large ears and a golden coat with black spots and stripes. It leaps high to ca… — 9 sentences - [servant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servant/) — A person who is paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like cooking, cleaning and serving food, especially in the past. — 10 sentences - [serve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serve/) — To serve is to give food or drink to people. — 16 sentences - [server](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/server/) — A server is a powerful computer that stores websites, files, games or emails and sends them to other computers over the internet or a netw… — 13 sentences - [service](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/service/) — A service is work that someone does for other people, like a shop serving customers or a doctor helping patients. — 13 sentences - [serviceable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serviceable/) — Good enough to be used; working well, even if not new or beautiful. — 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** [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](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/)