--- title: S — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 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/9/) [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 9 [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** [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/) - [simplex](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplex/) — Simple, made of one part; not compound. — 10 sentences - [simplicity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplicity/) — Being simple and easy to understand or do. — 11 sentences - [simplification](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/) — The act of making something simpler or easier to understand or do. — 10 sentences - [simplify](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplify/) — To simplify something is to make it simpler or easier to understand or do. — 10 sentences - [simply](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/) — Simply means in an easy or plain way: explain it simply. — 11 sentences - [simulated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulated/) — Made to look or feel real, but not real; imitation: simulated leather, a simulated fire drill. — 10 sentences - [simulation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulation/) — A simulation is a copy of a real situation, made on a computer or with models, so that people can study it or practise safely. — 9 sentences - [simulator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simulator/) — A machine or computer program that copies real conditions so people can practise or test something safely, for example a flight simulator. — 8 sentences - [simultaneous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simultaneous/) — Happening or done at exactly the same time: simultaneous explosions. — 8 sentences - [simultaneously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simultaneously/) — At exactly the same time. — 10 sentences - [sin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sin/) — In religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious rule. — 11 sentences - [sincere](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sincere/) — Honest and true; meaning what you say or feel. — 10 sentences - [sincerely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sincerely/) — Sincerely means honestly and truly, meaning what you say, as in «I sincerely hope you feel better». — 9 sentences - [sincerity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sincerity/) — Being honest and meaning what you say or feel; not pretending. — 9 sentences - [sinew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinew/) — A tendon: a tough cord in the body that joins a muscle to a bone. — 9 sentences - [sinful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinful/) — Wrong according to God's law or religious teaching; full of sin. — 9 sentences - [sing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sing/) — To sing means to make music with your voice, using words or tunes. — 12 sentences - [singer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singer/) — A singer is a person who sings, especially as a job or very well. — 11 sentences - [singing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singing/) — Singing is making musical sounds with your voice, with words or a tune. — 12 sentences - [single](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/single/) — Single means only one, not two or more. — 16 sentences - [singly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singly/) — Singly means one at a time, or one by one, not in a group. — 8 sentences - [singular](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singular/) — In grammar, singular means one: «cat» is singular and «cats» is plural. — 10 sentences - [singularly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/) — Singularly means very, unusually or especially, often in a surprising way. — 9 sentences - [sink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/) — To go down below the top of water or another liquid: «The stone sank». — 15 sentences - [sinner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinner/) — A sinner is a person who has done something wrong according to a religion's rules. — 7 sentences - [sinuous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/) — Curving and winding, with many bends, like a snake or a river. — 8 sentences - [sion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sion/) — «-sion» is a word ending that makes nouns, as in «television», «decision», «explosion»; it often sounds like «zhun» or «shun». — 10 sentences - [sip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sip/) — To drink slowly, taking only a small amount at a time. — 9 sentences - [siphon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siphon/) — A siphon is a bent tube that moves liquid from a higher container to a lower one, over an edge, without a pump, once the tube is full. — 11 sentences - [siphonophore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siphonophore/) — A siphonophore is a strange sea animal, related to jellyfish, that is really a colony of many tiny animal parts joined together and workin… — 9 sentences - [sir](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sir/) — A polite way to speak to a man whose name you do not know, or to a man in charge. — 13 sentences - [sire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sire/) — Sire was a way of speaking to a king, like «Your Majesty»: «Yes, sire.». — 11 sentences - [siren](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/siren/) — A device that makes a loud wailing or rising-and-falling sound to warn people, used on ambulances, fire engines and police cars, and for w… — 10 sentences - [sis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sis/) — Short for "sister", used when talking to or about your sister. — 10 sentences - [sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sister/) — A sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you. — 12 sentences - [sit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/) — To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom. — 15 sentences - [sitar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitar/) — A sitar is a musical instrument from India with a long wooden neck, a round body made from a gourd, and many strings, played by plucking. — 9 sentences - [sitcom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitcom/) — A sitcom is a funny TV or radio series about the same characters in everyday situations, like a family or friends at work. Short for «situ… — 7 sentences - [site](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/site/) — A site is a place where something is, was, or will be, like a building site or a picnic site. — 12 sentences - [sitter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/) — A sitter is a babysitter: someone who looks after children while their parents are out. — 10 sentences - [sitting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitting/) — Sitting means resting your bottom on a chair, the floor or another seat, with your back up. — 12 sentences - [situated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situated/) — Situated means placed or found in a certain place. — 12 sentences - [situation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/situation/) — A situation is everything that is happening at a certain time and place, and how things are. — 13 sentences - [six](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/six/) — Six is the number 6, one more than five. — 12 sentences - [sixpence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixpence/) — A sixpence was a small British coin worth six old pennies, used until Britain changed to decimal money and kept for a while after. — 10 sentences - [sixteen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteen/) — Sixteen is the number 16, one more than fifteen. — 11 sentences - [sixteenth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixteenth/) — Sixteenth means number 16 in order. — 10 sentences - [sixth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixth/) — Sixth means number 6 in order, after the fifth. — 11 sentences - [sixty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sixty/) — Sixty is the number 60, which is six tens. — 10 sentences - [size](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/size/) — Size is how big or how small something is: the size of an elephant. — 11 sentences - [sizzle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sizzle/) — To make a hissing, spitting sound like food frying in hot fat. — 13 sentences - [skate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skate/) — To skate means to glide on ice with ice skates or on the ground with roller skates or a skateboard. — 13 sentences - [skateboard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/) — A skateboard is a narrow board with four small wheels, which you stand on and ride by pushing with one foot. — 9 sentences - [skateboarder](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboarder/) — A person who rides a skateboard, a short board on four small wheels, often doing tricks. — 7 sentences - [skater](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/) — A skater is a person who moves on skates: ice skates, roller skates or inline skates. — 8 sentences - [skedaddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skedaddle/) — To skedaddle is to run away quickly, often because you are frightened or caught. — 9 sentences - [skeletal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skeletal/) — Skeletal means to do with the skeleton, the frame of bones inside a body: the skeletal system. — 10 sentences - [skeleton](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skeleton/) — The frame of bones that supports and protects the body of a human or an animal. — 15 sentences - [sketch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sketch/) — A quick drawing that shows the main shapes without much detail. — 13 sentences - [sketchbook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sketchbook/) — A book of plain, often thick, paper for drawing sketches and quick pictures. — 8 sentences - [sketchy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sketchy/) — Not complete or detailed; giving only the main points. — 10 sentences - [ski](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/ski/) — A ski is one of a pair of long narrow flat boards fixed to boots for sliding over snow. — 9 sentences - [skid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skid/) — To skid is to slide sideways or forwards out of control, especially on ice, water or a smooth surface. — 11 sentences - [skier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skier/) — A skier is a person who moves over snow on skis, for sport or for fun. — 7 sentences - [skilful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilful/) — Skilful means very good at doing something because of practice and ability. — 10 sentences - [skilfully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skilfully/) — In a way that shows skill and good ability; cleverly and well. — 7 sentences - [skill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skill/) — A skill is something you can do well because you have learned and practised it. — 10 sentences - [skillful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skillful/) — Skillful means very good at doing something with the hands or the mind, because you have practised or have a gift for it. — 6 sentences - [skillfully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skillfully/) — In a way that shows skill; doing a task well, with care and talent. — 5 sentences - [skim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skim/) — To skim a text is to read it quickly to get the main idea, without reading every word. — 13 sentences - [skimmed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skimmed/) — Skimmed is the past of skim: read quickly, moved just over the top of something, or took the top layer off. — 10 sentences - [skimmer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skimmer/) — A flat spoon or ladle with holes, used to lift things off the top of a liquid, like foam from soup. — 12 sentences - [skimming](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skimming/) — Skimming means reading something quickly to get the main idea, without reading every word. — 13 sentences - [skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skin/) — The outer covering of a person's or animal's body. — 16 sentences - [skinflint](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinflint/) — A person who hates spending money and is mean with it; a miser. — 5 sentences - [skinful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinful/) — A large amount of alcohol, enough to make someone drunk: «He'd had a skinful.». — 7 sentences - [skinned](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinned/) — Skinned is the past of «to skin»: to take the skin off an animal or fruit. — 12 sentences - [skinny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinny/) — Skinny means very thin, sometimes too thin. — 11 sentences - [skint](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skint/) — Having no money at all; broke. — 10 sentences - [skip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/) — To skip is to move along with little hops and jumps. — 15 sentences - [skipjack](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/) — A small fish that leaps out of the water, a kind of tuna. — 5 sentences - [skipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipper/) — The captain of a ship or boat, especially a small one. — 14 sentences - [skirl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirl/) — A loud, shrill cry or high sound, such as the sound of bagpipes; to make such a cry. — 4 sentences - [skirt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/) — A skirt is a piece of clothing worn by women and girls that hangs from the waist and has no separate legs. — 13 sentences - [skittish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skittish/) — Easily frightened, nervous and jumpy, ready to run off at any noise. — 5 sentences - [skittle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skittle/) — A wooden or plastic bottle-shaped piece that players try to knock down with a ball. — 9 sentences - [skittles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skittles/) — A game in which you roll a ball to knock down wooden pins; like bowling. — 9 sentences - [skua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skua/) — A large brown seabird of cold northern and southern seas that often chases other seabirds to make them drop or bring up their food, and at… — 7 sentences - [skull](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skull/) — The skull is the hard bony frame of the head that protects the brain. — 11 sentences - [skunk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skunk/) — A small black-and-white animal of North America with a bushy tail, which sprays a very bad-smelling liquid when it is frightened. — 10 sentences - [sky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sky/) — The space above the Earth where you see clouds, the Sun, the Moon and the stars. — 11 sentences - [skydiver](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skydiver/) — A skydiver is a person who jumps out of an aeroplane high up, falls through the air, and then opens a parachute to land safely. — 7 sentences - [skylight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skylight/) — A skylight is a window in a roof or ceiling that lets daylight in from above. — 7 sentences - [skyscraper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyscraper/) — A skyscraper is a very tall building with many floors, in a city. — 7 sentences - [skyward](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyward/) — Upward, towards the sky. — 5 sentences - [slab](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/) — A slab is a thick, flat piece of something hard, like stone, concrete or wood. — 11 sentences - [slack](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slack/) — Slack means loose, not pulled tight: a slack rope. — 17 sentences - [slacken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slacken/) — To make something less tight, or to become less tight: slacken a rope. — 10 sentences - [slacking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slacking/) — Slacking means being lazy and not doing work you should be doing. — 7 sentences - [slag](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slag/) — Rocky waste left over when metal is taken from ore. — 9 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** [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/)