--- title: S — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 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/6/) [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 6 [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** [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/) - [services](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/services/) — Work done for people by someone, rather than goods made (cleaning, hairdressing, banking). — 13 sentences - [serving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/serving/) — A serving is an amount of food for one person; a portion. — 12 sentences - [servitude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servitude/) — Servitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave. — 4 sentences - [servo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/) — A servo (short for servomotor) is a small motor that can turn to an exact position and hold it, used in robots, remote-control cars and pl… — 10 sentences - [sesame](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sesame/) — A plant grown in warm countries for its small flat seeds. — 12 sentences - [session](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/) — A period of time spent doing one activity, such as a lesson, practice or meeting. — 11 sentences - [set](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/set/) — A set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set. — 20 sentences - [setback](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setback/) — Something that stops progress or makes things worse for a while; a problem that sets you back. — 7 sentences - [sett](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sett/) — A sett is the home of a badger: a set of underground tunnels and rooms dug into the earth. — 9 sentences - [setting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/) — The place and time where a story happens. — 15 sentences - [settle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/settle/) — To come to rest and stay in one place: dust settles on shelves, the bird settled on a branch. — 14 sentences - [settlement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/settlement/) — A place where people have come to live and built homes, such as a village or small town: an early farming settlement. — 14 sentences - [settler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/settler/) — A settler is a person who moves to a new place, often far away, to live there for good and make a home. — 12 sentences - [setup](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setup/) — A setup is the way things are arranged or organised: a gaming setup, the classroom setup. — 11 sentences - [seven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seven/) — Seven is the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight. — 12 sentences - [sevenfold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sevenfold/) — Seven times as big or as many. — 10 sentences - [seventeen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seventeen/) — Seventeen is the number 17, one more than sixteen. — 10 sentences - [seventeenth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seventeenth/) — Coming next after the sixteenth in order; number 17 in a line or list: the seventeenth runner. — 10 sentences - [seventh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seventh/) — Seventh means number 7 in order, after the sixth. — 10 sentences - [seventieth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seventieth/) — Seventieth means number 70 in order, coming after the sixty-ninth: her seventieth birthday. — 9 sentences - [seventy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seventy/) — Seventy is the number 70, which is seven tens. — 10 sentences - [sever](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sever/) — To cut right through something, separating it. — 9 sentences - [several](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/several/) — Several means more than two, but not very many: several friends. — 12 sentences - [severance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/) — Money paid to a worker when their job ends because the company no longer needs them; also called severance pay or redundancy pay. — 9 sentences - [severe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severe/) — Very bad, serious or harmful. — 12 sentences - [severely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severely/) — Very badly or seriously. — 13 sentences - [severity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severity/) — Severity is how serious, strong or bad something is, such as the severity of an illness, an injury, a storm or a punishment. — 10 sentences - [sew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sew/) — To sew is to join cloth or attach things like buttons with a needle and thread. — 12 sentences - [sewage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewage/) — Sewage is the dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and drains that flows through pipes called sewers. — 8 sentences - [sewer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewer/) — A sewer is a large underground pipe or tunnel that carries away dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and streets. — 9 sentences - [sewerage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewerage/) — The system of underground pipes and drains that carries dirty water and toilet waste away from homes and buildings. — 10 sentences - [sewn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/) — Joined or fixed with a needle and thread. — 11 sentences - [sex](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sex/) — Sex is being male or female; people and most animals are born one sex or the other, decided by their body. — 11 sentences - [sexist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sexist/) — Treating people unfairly or badly because they are a boy or a girl, a man or a woman. — 8 sentences - [sexton](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sexton/) — A sexton is a church helper who looks after the church and its churchyard, digs graves and rings the bells. — 4 sentences - [shabbily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shabbily/) — In a worn-out, old and untidy way: shabbily dressed means wearing old, faded, worn clothes. — 9 sentences - [shabby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shabby/) — Shabby means old, worn and untidy from a lot of use. — 12 sentences - [shade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shade/) — Shade is an area where the sunlight is blocked, so it is cooler and darker: sit in the shade. — 14 sentences - [shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadow/) — A shadow is a dark shape made on a surface when something blocks the light. — 13 sentences - [shadowy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shadowy/) — Full of shadows; dark and hard to see in: «a shadowy corner». — 10 sentences - [shady](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shady/) — A shady place is out of the sun, cool and partly dark, because trees or buildings block the light. — 11 sentences - [shaft](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaft/) — A shaft is a long, narrow hole that goes straight down or up, such as a mine shaft or a lift shaft. — 14 sentences - [shaggy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaggy/) — Shaggy means having long, thick, untidy hair or fur. — 11 sentences - [shah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shah/) — The title of the king of Iran (Persia) in the past. — 9 sentences - [shake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shake/) — To shake is to move something quickly up and down or side to side. — 16 sentences - [shaken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaken/) — Shaken is a form of "shake": moved quickly up and down or side to side. — 10 sentences - [shaker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/) — A container with small holes in the lid for shaking out salt, pepper, sugar or other powder. — 13 sentences - [shaky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaky/) — Shaking or trembling, often because of fear, cold, illness or weakness (shaky hands, a shaky voice). — 11 sentences - [shale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shale/) — Shale is a soft grey or dark rock made of hardened mud or clay that splits easily into thin flat layers. — 8 sentences - [shallow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shallow/) — Shallow means not deep: there is only a short distance from the top to the bottom. — 13 sentences - [sham](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sham/) — A sham is something fake or pretended, made to look real. — 6 sentences - [shame](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shame/) — Shame is the bad, hot feeling you have when you know you did something wrong or silly and others may know. — 13 sentences - [shamefaced](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefaced/) — Shamefaced means feeling ashamed and embarrassed, and showing it in the face or manner. — 4 sentences - [shameful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shameful/) — Causing shame; so bad or wrong that people should feel ashamed of it. — 9 sentences - [shamefully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamefully/) — In a way that should make someone feel ashamed; very badly or unfairly: «They were shamefully treated.». — 9 sentences - [shameless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shameless/) — Shameless describes someone who behaves badly and does not feel embarrassed about it. — 5 sentences - [shampoo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shampoo/) — A liquid soap for washing hair. — 10 sentences - [shamrock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shamrock/) — A shamrock is a small green plant with three round leaves on each stem, like clover. — 9 sentences - [shan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shan/) — A piece of the word «shan't», which means «shall not», as in «I shan't go». It is not a word by itself in English. — 8 sentences - [shang](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shang/) — «Shàng» means «up», «on» or «above», and also «to go up» or «to go to», as in «shàng xué» (go to school); to an English ear it sounds like… — 10 sentences - [shanghai](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shanghai/) — Shanghai is a huge city on the east coast of China, one of the biggest cities in the world, with a famous river front and tall towers. — 9 sentences - [shank](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shank/) — The shank is the lower part of a leg, between the knee and the ankle. — 6 sentences - [shanty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shanty/) — A small, roughly built hut or shack made from scrap materials. — 9 sentences - [shape](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shape/) — A shape is the outline or form of something, like a circle, square or triangle. — 12 sentences - [shaped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaped/) — Shaped means having a certain form, like a heart-shaped cookie. — 10 sentences - [shapeless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shapeless/) — Having no clear or definite shape. — 9 sentences - [shapely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shapely/) — Shapely means having a pleasing, well-balanced shape or form. — 4 sentences - [shard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shard/) — A sharp, broken piece of glass, pottery, metal or ice. — 10 sentences - [share](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/share/) — To share is to give parts of something to others so each person has some: share the pizza. — 16 sentences - [shareholder](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shareholder/) — A person or organisation that owns shares (small parts) in a company, and so owns a small part of it. — 8 sentences - [sharer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharer/) — A sharer is a person who shares something with others. — 7 sentences - [shark](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/) — A shark is a large fish with a long body, fins, rows of sharp teeth and a skeleton made of cartilage instead of bone. — 10 sentences - [sharp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharp/) — Sharp means having a thin edge or fine point that can cut or pierce: a sharp knife. — 17 sentences - [sharpen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpen/) — To sharpen something is to make its edge or point sharper, like sharpening a pencil or a knife. — 12 sentences - [sharpened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpened/) — Sharpened is the past form of «sharpen»: to make a point or edge sharper, like a pencil or a knife. — 10 sentences - [sharply](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharply/) — Sharply means suddenly and by a lot, like a road that turns sharply or prices that rise sharply. — 13 sentences - [sharpness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sharpness/) — Sharpness is how sharp something is, how well its edge or point can cut or pierce. — 13 sentences - [shatter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shatter/) — To shatter is to break suddenly into many small pieces. — 11 sentences - [shattered](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shattered/) — Shattered means broken into many small pieces. — 10 sentences - [shave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/) — To cut hair off very close to the skin with a razor, as men do on their face. — 11 sentences - [shaven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaven/) — Shaven means cut very close, with hair or fur shaved off, so the skin shows. — 4 sentences - [shaver](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/) — An electric tool with small moving blades for cutting hair close to the skin, usually on the face or legs. — 10 sentences - [shaving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/) — The act of cutting hair off close to the skin with a razor. — 10 sentences - [shavuot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shavuot/) — A Jewish festival celebrating the giving of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai, and the wheat harvest; also called the Feast of Weeks. — 7 sentences - [shawl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shawl/) — A large piece of soft cloth, often wool or silk, worn over the shoulders or head, or wrapped around a baby. — 8 sentences - [shay](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shay/) — Shay is a first name, used for boys and girls, from the Irish name Séamus or Séaghdha; it is also a surname. — 11 sentences - [she](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/) — A word used instead of the name of a girl, woman or female animal already talked about. — 23 sentences - [sheaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheaf/) — A sheaf is a bundle of stalks of wheat, barley or other grain, tied together after cutting at harvest. — 9 sentences - [shear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shear/) — To shear a sheep is to cut off its wool. — 11 sentences - [sheared](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/) — Sheared means had the wool cut off: the sheep were sheared. — 10 sentences - [shearer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/) — A shearer is a person whose job is to cut the wool off sheep. — 10 sentences - [shearing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearing/) — Shearing is cutting the wool off a sheep, usually once a year. — 10 sentences - [shears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shears/) — Shears are a large cutting tool like big, strong scissors, used for cutting hedges, grass, metal or sheep's wool. — 8 sentences - [sheath](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheath/) — A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife, sword or dagger. — 12 sentences - [sheathe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheathe/) — To sheathe is to put a sword or knife back into its case, called a sheath. — 4 sentences - [sheathed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheathed/) — Past form of «sheathe»: put a knife or sword back into its cover. — 11 sentences - [shed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shed/) — A shed is a small simple building, often of wood, in a garden or yard for keeping tools, bikes or animals. — 14 sentences - [shedding](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shedding/) — Present participle of «shed»: losing hair, skin or leaves naturally. — 11 sentences - [sheen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheen/) — Sheen is a soft shine or gloss on a surface, such as silk, fur or feathers. — 4 sentences - [sheep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheep/) — A sheep is a farm animal with a thick woolly coat. A sheep has 4 legs. — 13 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** [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/)