📖 S — The English dictionary · page 10

sawmill — Everyday, meaning 1: A factory or building where logs are cut into planks and boards by machine saws.↗ Example: The logs were floated down the river to the sawmill.↗ · Grandad worked at the sawmill for forty years.↗ · The old sawmill used a water wheel.↗ · Sawdust from the sawmill is used for animal bedding.↗ · The village grew up around the sawmill.↗ · Children must never go near the saws in a sawmill.↗

sax — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A sax is a saxophone, a curved metal wind instrument played with a reed, used in jazz and pop.↗ Example: He plays the sax in the school band.↗ · The sax solo was great.↗ · My sax is in the case.↗ · Jazz bands often have a sax.↗ · I want to learn the sax.↗ · The sax player blew a long note.↗

saxon — Everyday, meaning 1: (history) The Saxons were a Germanic people who settled in England from about AD 450, with the Angles and Jutes; together they are called the Anglo-Saxons.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Saxon means about these people or their times.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Saxony is a region of Germany; Saxon also means from there.↗ Example: The Saxons came to England by boat.↗ · We built a Saxon village in class.↗ · Saxon kings ruled parts of England.↗ · Old English was spoken by the Anglo-Saxons.↗ · Sutton Hoo is a famous Saxon burial.↗ · Saxon houses had thatched roofs.↗

saxophone — Everyday, meaning 1: A saxophone is a musical instrument made of brass, shaped like a curved J, played by blowing into a mouthpiece with a reed and pressing keys.↗ Example: My sister plays the saxophone in the school band.↗ · The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax.↗ · A jazz player played a cool tune on his sax.↗ · The saxophone is part of the woodwind family.↗ · The alto saxophone is a good size for children to learn.↗ · You need a reed in the mouthpiece to play the saxophone.↗ · The baritone saxophone makes a deep, low sound.↗

say — Everyday, meaning 1: To say is to speak words: «Say hello.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To say is to tell a fact or opinion: «The sign says stop».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Say can mean «for example» or «let's imagine»: «Take a number, say 7».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Your say is your chance to give your opinion: «Everyone gets a say».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) «I say», «say what?» and «you don't say» show surprise; «you don't say» is often sarcastic.↗ e.g. I knew that already.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «Says who?» challenges someone: who decided that?↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (rough) «Say that again and you're dead» is a threat in a row; it is usually anger, not a real plan.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) «State», «assert», «declare», «indicate» and «it is stated that» are stiff words for say.↗ Example: Mia says she has 20 stickers.↗ · Let's say each box holds 6 eggs.↗ · What number does Tom say next?↗ · Say how many are left.↗ · Say please when you ask for something.↗ · What does the clock say?↗ · The sign says «Keep off the grass».↗ · Everyone in the class gets a say.↗ · my brother says the Sun goes round the Earth, right?↗ (casual, wrong claim)↗ · «It's 12.»↗ «Says who?↗ I counted 13.»↗ (casual)↗ · Say that again and I'll thump you.↗ (rough)↗ · It is stated that a pupil possesses 20 stickers; determine the number remaining upon the disposal of 7.↗ (formal exam)↗ · "With all my heart," says I.↗ · And all the people shall say: Amen.↗ (Torah DEU.27.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And all the people shall say: Amen.'↗ (Torah DEU.27.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Go say to them: Return ye to your tents.↗ (Torah DEU.5.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou sayest: 'What doth God know?↗ (Writings JOB.22.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And they say: 'How doth God know?↗ (Writings PSA.73.11, JPS 1917)↗ · But ye say: 'Wherein shall we return?'↗ (Prophets MAL.3.7, JPS 1917)↗

saying — Everyday, meaning 1: A saying is a short, well-known phrase that gives advice or states something many people believe to be true, such as «Practice makes perfect».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Saying is the -ing form of say: speaking words.↗ Example: «Look before you leap» is an old saying.↗ · As the saying goes, practice makes perfect.↗ · What is she saying?↗ · It goes without saying that you should wear a helmet.↗ · Grandma has a saying for everything.↗ · He left without saying goodbye.↗ · Do you know the saying «Many hands make light work»?↗ · And God spoke unto Noah, saying: (Torah GEN.8.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him: (Torah GEN.23.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: (Torah EXO.6.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying: (Prophets 1KI.5.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying: (Prophets JOS.4.15, JPS 1917)↗ · These also are sayings of the wise.↗ (Writings PRO.24.23, JPS 1917)↗

sayst — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «sayst» means «you say», a form of «say»: To say is to speak words: «Say hello.».↗ Example: And did it come true, sayst thou?↗ (More English Fairy Tales)

scab — Everyday, meaning 1: A hard, dry, dark crust that forms over a cut or graze while the skin heals underneath.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old, insult) A worker who keeps working during a strike.↗ Example: I fell off my bike, and now there's a scab on my knee.↗ · Don't pick your scab or it will bleed again.↗ · The scab fell off and there was new pink skin underneath.↗ · A scab is the body's own plaster.↗ · Chickenpox spots turn into scabs.↗ · Keep the scab clean and dry.↗ · Her elbow had a big scab after the fall.↗ · Scabs can be itchy while they heal.↗ · and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot; (Torah LEV.14.56, JPS 1917)↗ · or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed; (Torah LEV.21.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.↗ (Torah LEV.13.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.↗ (Prophets ISA.3.17, JPS 1917)↗

scabbard — Everyday, meaning 1: The case or sheath that a sword or knife slides into when it is not being used.↗ Example: The sword slid quietly into the scabbard.↗ · The jewels in the scabbard are splendid.↗ · He wore a gold scabbard at his belt.↗ · Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.↗ (Prophets JER.47.6, JPS 1917)↗

scaffold — Everyday, meaning 1: A scaffold is a framework of metal poles and planks put up around a building so workers can stand on it while building or repairing; the whole structure is usually called scaffolding.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (history) A scaffold was a raised wooden platform where criminals were executed in public.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (school) To scaffold learning is to give support step by step, then take it away as the learner gets better.↗ Example: Builders put up a scaffold around the church tower.↗ · Never climb on scaffolding; it is very dangerous.↗ · King Charles I was executed on a scaffold in 1649.↗ · The teacher scaffolded the story-writing task with a planning sheet.↗ · Workers stood on the scaffold to paint the windows.↗ · The scaffold was taken down when the roof was finished.↗ · Watch out for poles sticking out from the scaffolding.↗ · In this dungeon Long Martha had been imprisoned, and from here she was led away to the scaffold.↗

scaffolding — Everyday, meaning 1: Scaffolding is a frame of metal poles and wooden boards put up against a building so workers can stand on it while they build, paint or repair.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In school, scaffolding means the extra help a teacher gives you at the start of learning something, which is taken away step by step as you get better.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Scaffolding is any support that holds something up while it is being made.↗ Example: The church tower is covered in scaffolding.↗ · Builders put up scaffolding to paint the house.↗ · Never climb on scaffolding — it is not a playground.↗ · A pole fell off the scaffolding, so the street was closed.↗ · The teacher gave us scaffolding: the first line of each answer.↗ · Writing frames are a kind of scaffolding for your story.↗ · They took the scaffolding down when the roof was finished.↗ · Workers on the scaffolding wear hard hats and harnesses.↗

scald — Everyday, meaning 1: To scald is to burn your skin with very hot liquid or steam.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A scald is an injury to the skin caused by hot liquid or steam.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To scald something, like milk, is to heat it until it is almost boiling.↗ Example: Be careful, the tea is scalding hot.↗ · He scalded his hand on the steam from the kettle.↗ · Hold a scald under cool running water for twenty minutes.↗ · Turn pan handles inward so nobody gets scalded.↗ · Never put ice or butter on a scald.↗ · Test the bath water so the baby doesn't get scalded.↗ · A hot drink can scald a toddler even after fifteen minutes.↗ · The recipe says to scald the milk.↗ · It rushed down my throat and scalded me.↗

scale — Everyday, meaning 1: A scale, or scales, is a tool for weighing things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A scale on a map or plan shows how real distances are made smaller: «1 cm stands for 1 km».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A scale is a set of marks with numbers for measuring, like on a ruler or thermometer.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Scales are the small hard plates on the skin of fish and snakes.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A scale in music is notes going up or down in order.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To scale a wall is to climb it.↗ Example: The scale shows 5 kg.↗ · On the map, 1 cm stands for 2 km.↗ · Put the apples on the scale.↗ · The scale balances.↗ · Fish and snakes are covered in scales.↗ · She practises her piano scales every day.↗ · On a scale of 1 to 10, how much did you like the film?↗ · The climbers scaled the cliff.↗ · Will you lend me your best pair of scales?"↗ · Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.↗ (Torah LEV.11.12, JPS 1917)↗ · and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.↗ (Torah DEU.14.10, JPS 1917)↗ · These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat; (Torah DEU.14.9, JPS 1917)↗ · His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.↗ (Writings JOB.41.7, JPS 1917)↗ · For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.↗ (Prophets 2SA.22.30, JPS 1917)↗ · For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale a wall.↗ (Writings PSA.18.30, JPS 1917)↗

scallop — Everyday, meaning 1: A scallop is a sea creature with two fan-shaped, ridged shells; it swims by clapping its shells together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Scallop is the meat of this animal eaten as seafood.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A scallop is one of a row of curves along an edge, like on a pie crust or lace; to scallop an edge is to cut it into such curves.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (Australia, regional) In Victoria and Tasmania a «potato scallop» is a slice of potato fried in batter (elsewhere called a potato cake).↗ Example: A scallop can swim by snapping its shells shut.↗ · Scallops have dozens of tiny blue eyes.↗ · We had pan-fried scallops at the seaside restaurant.↗ · Cut the paper with scalloped edges to make a pretty border.↗ · Pilgrims to Santiago carry a scallop shell.↗ · At the fish and chip shop in Melbourne I ordered two potato scallops.↗ · The petrol company Shell uses a scallop shell as its logo.↗ · They were like no walrus, sea lion, seal, bear, whale, shark, fish, squid, or scallop that Kotick had ever seen before.↗

scalloped — Everyday, meaning 1: Scalloped means having an edge cut into a row of curves, like the edge of a scallop shell.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (cooking, USA) Scalloped potatoes are sliced and baked in a creamy sauce.↗ Example: The tablecloth had a scalloped edge.↗ · Cut a scalloped edge on your card.↗ · Mum made scalloped potatoes.↗ · The skirt has a scalloped hem.↗ · Use pinking shears or scissors for scalloped paper.↗ · The plate had a scalloped rim.↗

scallywag — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal, old-fashioned, playful) A child or person who behaves badly but in a cheeky, likeable way; a rascal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US history) After the American Civil War, "scalawag" was an insult for white Southerners who supported the Union government.↗ Example: "Come here, you little scallywag!" laughed Grandad.↗ · The puppy is a scallywag — he stole my sock.↗ · A gang of scallywags knocked on doors and ran away.↗ · The pirate captain was a lovable scallywag.↗ · My little brother is a real scallywag at bedtime.↗ · Those scallywags ate all the biscuits!↗

scalp — Everyday, meaning 1: The scalp is the skin on the top and back of your head, where your hair grows.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In old stories, a scalp was the hair and skin taken from a defeated enemy as a trophy.↗ Example: Head lice lay their eggs close to the scalp.↗ · My scalp feels itchy.↗ · Wear a hat so your scalp doesn't get sunburnt.↗ · Rub the shampoo into your scalp.↗ · Dandruff comes from a dry scalp.↗ · The hairdresser gave me a scalp massage.↗ · In the van, on all fours, is Great Big Little Panther, a brave of so many scalps that in his present position they somewhat impede his progress.↗ · Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.↗ (Writings PSA.68.22, JPS 1917)↗