--- title: S — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 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/8/) [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 8 [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** [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/) - [shrieked](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieked/) — Past form of «shriek»: gave a sudden, very high, loud cry, out of fear, pain, excitement or laughter. — 11 sentences - [shrieking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/) — Making a loud, high, sharp cry, from fear, pain, excitement or laughter. — 9 sentences - [shrill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrill/) — A shrill sound is very high, loud and sharp, often unpleasant: a shrill whistle, a shrill scream. — 11 sentences - [shrimp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/) — A shrimp is a small sea animal with a shell, a long tail and many legs; many are eaten as food. — 10 sentences - [shrine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrine/) — A shrine is a holy place, often a small chapel or a tomb, where people go to pray or to honour a saint or god. — 4 sentences - [shrink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrink/) — To shrink means to get smaller, or to make something smaller. — 12 sentences - [shrinkage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrinkage/) — The amount by which something gets smaller. — 9 sentences - [shrivel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrivel/) — To become smaller, dry and wrinkled, often because of heat, cold or lack of water. — 11 sentences - [shrivelled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrivelled/) — Shrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf. — 4 sentences - [shroud](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shroud/) — A cloth that a dead body is wrapped in before burial. — 13 sentences - [shrub](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrub/) — A woody plant smaller than a tree, with several stems growing from near the ground; a bush. — 8 sentences - [shrubbery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrubbery/) — A shrubbery is an area in a garden or park planted with bushes and small trees. — 4 sentences - [shrug](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/) — To shrug is to raise your shoulders quickly and drop them, to show you do not know or do not care. — 11 sentences - [shrunken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrunken/) — Having become smaller than before, often in a way that looks wrinkled, dried or weak. — 8 sentences - [shuck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuck/) — To remove the outer covering of corn, peas, beans or oysters: shuck corn. — 14 sentences - [shucks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shucks/) — A mild word for disappointment or shyness: «Shucks, I missed the bus!». — 10 sentences - [shudder](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shudder/) — To shudder is to shake suddenly, usually from fear, cold, or disgust. — 5 sentences - [shuddering](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuddering/) — Shuddering means shaking hard with fear, cold, or disgust. — 4 sentences - [shuffle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuffle/) — To shuffle cards means to mix them up so they are in a random order. — 14 sentences - [shun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shun/) — To shun someone is to keep away from them on purpose and refuse to talk to them. — 9 sentences - [shunning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shunning/) — Shunning means keeping away from someone or something on purpose, and refusing to have anything to do with it. — 4 sentences - [shunt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shunt/) — To shunt something is to push or move it to one side, often roughly. — 12 sentences - [shush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shush/) — «Shush!» is a word that tells someone to be quiet. — 8 sentences - [shut](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shut/) — To shut something means to close it, like a door, a window, a box or your eyes. — 12 sentences - [shutter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shutter/) — A shutter is a wooden or metal cover on a window that you open and close to keep out light, wind or burglars. — 12 sentences - [shutting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shutting/) — Shutting is closing something, like a door, window, lid or your eyes. — 11 sentences - [shuttle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/) — A shuttle is a bus, train or plane that goes back and forth often between two places, like an airport and a car park. — 13 sentences - [shy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shy/) — Shy means nervous and quiet with people you do not know well. — 14 sentences - [shyly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyly/) — In a shy way — nervously and quietly, because you feel uncomfortable with other people or new things. — 8 sentences - [shyness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shyness/) — Shyness is the feeling of being nervous, quiet and uncomfortable with people you don't know well or when everyone is looking at you. — 8 sentences - [si](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/si/) — The seventh note of the do-re-mi scale in some countries, now usually called «ti» in English (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti). — 11 sentences - [siamang](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siamang/) — A large black gibbon (a kind of small ape) that lives in the rainforests of Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra in Indonesia, famous for its lo… — 7 sentences - [sib](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sib/) — «Sib» is a short form of «sibling», a brother or sister. — 6 sentences - [siberian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siberian/) — Siberian means from or about Siberia, the huge, very cold northern part of Russia that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Oc… — 10 sentences - [sibling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibling/) — A sibling is a brother or sister. — 9 sentences - [sibyl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibyl/) — A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future. (old use). — 4 sentences - [sibylline](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibylline/) — Sibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy. (rare). — 5 sentences - [sick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/) — Sick means ill, not healthy. — 13 sentences - [sicken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sicken/) — To make someone feel shocked, disgusted or very upset, as if they might be sick. — 11 sentences - [sickle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sickle/) — A farm tool with a short handle and a curved, C-shaped blade, used for cutting grass, grain or corn by hand. — 9 sentences - [sickly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sickly/) — Often ill, weak or not healthy. — 13 sentences - [sickness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sickness/) — Sickness is being ill or unwell. — 11 sentences - [side](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/side/) — A side is one of the straight lines that make a flat shape. A square has 4 sides. — 26 sentences - [sideline](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sideline/) — The sidelines are the lines along the long sides of a sports pitch, and the area just outside them. — 10 sentences - [sidestroke](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidestroke/) — A way of swimming while lying on your side, pushing with a scissor kick and moving your arms alternately under the water. — 7 sentences - [sidewalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewalk/) — A path at the side of a road where people walk; British and Australian «pavement» or «footpath». — 10 sentences - [sideways](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sideways/) — Sideways means to the side, or moving with one side first. — 10 sentences - [sidewinder](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidewinder/) — A small rattlesnake from the deserts of the south-western USA and Mexico that moves sideways by throwing its body in loops across the sand. — 8 sentences - [sidle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sidle/) — To sidle is to walk slowly and sideways, moving quietly and a little shyly, often to avoid notice. — 4 sentences - [siege](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siege/) — A siege is when an army surrounds a town or castle and stops food and help getting in, so the people inside will give up. — 11 sentences - [sienna](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sienna/) — A brownish-yellow (raw sienna) or reddish-brown (burnt sienna) earth colour used in paints and crayons. — 9 sentences - [sieve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sieve/) — A sieve is a kitchen tool with a fine net or many small holes, used to separate small bits from big bits, or solids from liquid. — 11 sentences - [sift](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sift/) — To shake flour or sand through a sieve to break up lumps or remove bits. — 10 sentences - [sigh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sigh/) — To sigh is to breathe out slowly and loudly, often because you are tired, sad, bored or relieved. — 9 sentences - [sight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sight/) — Sight is the ability to see; one of the five senses. — 13 sentences - [sighting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sighting/) — A sighting is an occasion when someone sees something rare, unusual or wanted: a bird, a whale, a UFO or a missing person. — 8 sentences - [sightless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sightless/) — Sightless means unable to see; blind. — 4 sentences - [sigma](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sigma/) — The eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, written Σ (capital) and σ or ς (small). — 9 sentences - [sign](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sign/) — A sign is a board with words or pictures that tells you something, like a road sign or a shop sign. — 15 sentences - [signal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signal/) — A signal is a sound, light, sign or movement that gives a message or warning: a traffic signal, a hand signal. — 12 sentences - [signalling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signalling/) — Present participle of «signal»: giving a sign, sound or light to send a message. — 9 sentences - [signally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signally/) — Signally means in a striking, remarkable way, so that it is clearly noticed. — 4 sentences - [signatory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signatory/) — A signatory is a person, group or country that has signed an official agreement, contract or treaty. — 8 sentences - [signature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signature/) — A signature is your name written in your own special way, to show you agree to or wrote something. — 10 sentences - [signboard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signboard/) — A signboard is a flat board with words or a picture on it, put up outside a shop or inn to show what is sold or where it is. — 4 sentences - [signer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signer/) — A signer is a person who signs their name on something, like a letter, card or important document. — 9 sentences - [significance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/significance/) — Significance is how important or meaningful something is. — 9 sentences - [significant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/significant/) — Important; worth noticing. — 11 sentences - [signification](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signification/) — Signification is the meaning of a word, sign or symbol. — 8 sentences - [signified](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signified/) — Signified is the past form of signify: it means showed, meant or stood for. — 11 sentences - [signify](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signify/) — To be a sign of something; to mean something (dark clouds signify rain). — 10 sentences - [signpost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/signpost/) — A signpost is a post at the side of a road or path with signs that show the way and how far it is to places. — 9 sentences - [sika](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sika/) — A sika is a kind of deer that came from East Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan); it is small to medium-sized with a reddish-brown coat with white… — 9 sentences - [sikh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sikh/) — A Sikh is a person who follows Sikhism, a religion that began in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. — 9 sentences - [sikhism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sikhism/) — Sikhism is a religion founded in the Punjab region of India by Guru Nanak; Sikhs believe in one God and follow the teachings of the ten Gu… — 8 sentences - [silage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silage/) — Grass, maize or other green crops that are cut, packed tightly and kept without air so they ferment, to feed cows and sheep in winter. — 7 sentences - [silence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silence/) — Silence is when there is no sound at all. — 14 sentences - [silent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silent/) — Silent means making no sound at all; completely quiet. — 12 sentences - [silently](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silently/) — Without making any sound; quietly. — 11 sentences - [silhouette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silhouette/) — A silhouette is the dark shape or outline of someone or something seen against a brighter background, like a person standing in front of a… — 10 sentences - [silicate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silicate/) — A mineral or compound made of silicon and oxygen, often with metals; most rocks, sand and clay are made of silicates. — 8 sentences - [silicon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silicon/) — Silicon is a chemical element (symbol Si), a grey shiny solid that is the main part of sand and many rocks. — 8 sentences - [silk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silk/) — A soft, smooth, shiny cloth made from threads spun by silkworms. — 10 sentences - [silken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silken/) — Made of silk. — 10 sentences - [silkworm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silkworm/) — A silkworm is the caterpillar of the silk moth, which spins a cocoon of fine silk thread; people use this thread to make silk cloth. — 8 sentences - [silky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silky/) — Smooth, soft and shiny, like silk. — 9 sentences - [sill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sill/) — A sill is the flat shelf at the bottom of a window, inside or outside. — 11 sentences - [silliness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silliness/) — Being silly: behaving in a foolish, funny or not serious way. — 9 sentences - [silly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silly/) — Silly means funny in a foolish way: a silly hat. — 12 sentences - [silt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silt/) — Fine sand, mud and soil carried by flowing water and left at the bottom of rivers, lakes or harbours. — 8 sentences - [silver](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silver/) — Silver is a shiny, grey-white precious metal used for jewellery, coins and cutlery. — 12 sentences - [silverback](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverback/) — A silverback is a grown-up male gorilla, the leader of a gorilla family, named after the silvery-grey hair on his back. — 9 sentences - [silverfish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/) — A silverfish is a small, shiny, silver-grey insect with no wings that wriggles like a fish and lives in damp corners of houses. — 8 sentences - [silvery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silvery/) — Silvery means shiny and grey-white, like silver. — 11 sentences - [sima](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sima/) — The lower layer of the Earth's crust, under the oceans and below the continents, made of heavy rock rich in silicon and magnesium (si + ma). — 8 sentences - [similar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/similar/) — Almost the same as something else, but not exactly. — 10 sentences - [simile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simile/) — A simile is a way of describing something by comparing it to something else using «like» or «as»: «as brave as a lion», «she ran like the… — 9 sentences - [simmer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmer/) — To cook something gently in liquid just below boiling, with small bubbles. — 11 sentences - [simmering](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simmering/) — Cooking gently in liquid that is just below boiling, with small bubbles. — 11 sentences - [simple](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simple/) — Simple means easy to understand or do, not complicated. — 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** [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/)