📖 S — The English dictionary · page 108

sturdy — Everyday, meaning 1: Strong and solid, not easy to break or knock over.↗ e.g. "a sturdy table".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Of a person or animal: strong and healthy, with a solid body.↗ Example: Wear sturdy shoes for the walk.↗ · We need a sturdy box to carry the books.↗ · This chair is sturdy enough to stand on.↗ · The little pony is short but sturdy.↗ · Make your bridge sturdy so it can hold the weights.↗ · A sturdy branch is safer to climb.↗ · Conall Yellowclaw was a sturdy tenant in Erin: he had three sons.↗ · Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!↗ (Prophets ISA.18.2, JPS 1917)↗

sturgeon — Everyday, meaning 1: A sturgeon is a very large, old kind of fish with a long nose and rows of bony plates instead of normal scales, living in rivers and seas of the northern part of the world.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sturgeon is also its meat as food; its eggs are made into caviar.↗ Example: A sturgeon can live for more than a hundred years.↗ · The sturgeon has bony plates along its back.↗ · Caviar is made from sturgeon eggs.↗ · Sturgeons swim up rivers to lay their eggs.↗ · Many sturgeons are in danger because of overfishing.↗ · The beluga sturgeon is one of the biggest fish in rivers.↗ · The museum had a model of a giant sturgeon.↗

stutter — Everyday, meaning 1: To stutter is to speak with sudden stops or by repeating the first sounds of words, like «b-b-ball», without meaning to.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A stutter is this way of speaking, which some people have for a long time.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An engine or machine stutters when it runs in short, uneven bursts.↗ Example: He has a stutter, so we let him finish his sentences.↗ · «I-I-I don't know,» she stuttered.↗ · A speech therapist helps children who stutter.↗ · Never laugh at someone's stutter.↗ · The old car's engine stuttered and stopped.↗ · When I am scared I sometimes stutter.↗ · Many famous people have had a stutter.↗ · As soon as he regained the use of his senses, he said, trembling and stuttering from fright:↗

sty — Everyday, meaning 1: A sty, or pigsty, is a pen or small building where pigs are kept.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A sty is a very dirty or messy place, like a messy bedroom.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A sty (also spelled stye) is a small, red, sore lump on the edge of the eyelid, caused by an infection.↗ Example: The pigs rolled in the mud in their sty.↗ · Mum said my bedroom looked like a pigsty.↗ · I had a sore stye on my eyelid.↗ · The farmer cleaned out the sty every morning.↗ · A warm cloth can help a stye get better.↗ · Don't rub a stye or squeeze it.↗ · The three little pigs never lived in a sty.↗ · But the prince had gone to sleep long before in the pig-sty.↗

style — Everyday, meaning 1: A style is a particular way of doing, making or saying something: a style of writing, swimming or painting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A fashion or design for clothes or hair.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Style is being elegant or doing something in an impressive way.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To style hair or clothes is to arrange them in a certain way.↗ Example: I like her style of writing.↗ · We painted in the style of Van Gogh.↗ · Front crawl is a swimming style.↗ · That jacket is the latest style.↗ · He won the race in style.↗ · The hairdresser styled my hair.↗ · Write your letter in a formal style.↗ · “Messy style of feeding, that,” said Kotick.↗ · For it was originally written in an obscure half-mystical style.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Henry Malter. and Dr I s a a c H u s i k for many courtesies fittnded to me in iLis work, both in the arrangement of ihe uialeria! and in style.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

stylish — Everyday, meaning 1: Fashionable and good-looking, in a smart, attractive way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Done with skill and grace, in a way that looks good.↗ Example: She wore a stylish red coat.↗ · The new library is bright and stylish.↗ · He scored a stylish goal from outside the box.↗ · My aunt is always very stylish.↗ · The shop sells stylish but cheap backpacks.↗ · That's a stylish haircut!↗ · The hotel room was small but stylish.↗

sub — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A sub is a substitute, a player who comes on to replace another in a match.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A sub is a submarine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US) A sub is a long sandwich, a submarine sandwich.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) A sub is a substitute teacher (US, Canada) or supply teacher.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (informal) A sub is a subscription, money paid to a club.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (informal, UK) To sub someone is to lend them a little money.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: Sub- is a prefix meaning under or below: submarine, subway, subtract.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: In old books, sub is a Latin word meaning under, as in sub anno, which means under that year.↗ Example: The coach brought on a sub in the second half.↗ · We had a sub today because Mr Brown was ill.↗ · I'd like a turkey sub, please.↗ · The sub dived under the waves.↗ · (UK, informal) Can you sub me a quid till Friday?↗ · Have you paid your subs for football club?↗ · «Subtract» means take away.↗ · Matthew Paris tells the story, sub anno (it is an addition of his to Ralph Disset), Hist.↗

subcontinent — Everyday, meaning 1: A subcontinent is a very large piece of land that is part of a continent but is separate in some way, by mountains, sea or history.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: "The Indian subcontinent" or just "the subcontinent" usually means South Asia.↗ e.g. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and often the Maldives.↗ Example: The Indian subcontinent is separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayas.↗ · Many languages are spoken across the subcontinent.↗ · Cricket is very popular on the subcontinent.↗ · Monsoon rains fall over the subcontinent each summer.↗ · The subcontinent moved north and crashed into Asia millions of years ago.↗ · My grandparents came to Britain from the subcontinent.↗ · The map showed the subcontinent in orange.↗

subdivide — Everyday, meaning 1: To subdivide is to divide something that has already been divided into even smaller parts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (land, homes) To subdivide land is to split a big piece of land into smaller plots for houses (especially USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).↗ Example: We divided the square into four and then subdivided each part into four again.↗ · Each centimetre on a ruler is subdivided into ten millimetres.↗ · Animals are subdivided into smaller and smaller groups.↗ · The farmer subdivided his land and sold it for houses.↗ · The teacher subdivided our group into pairs.↗ · The chapter is subdivided into short sections.↗

subdivision — Everyday, meaning 1: A subdivision is a smaller part made when something already divided is divided again.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Subdivision is the act of dividing something into smaller parts.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A subdivision is an area of land divided into plots where new houses are built, a housing estate.↗ Example: Each centimetre has ten subdivisions called millimetres.↗ · A county is a subdivision of a country.↗ · They bought a house in a new subdivision.↗ · Count the subdivisions between 0 and 1 on the scale.↗ · The farm was sold for subdivision.↗ · Chapters have subdivisions called sections.↗ · The precise meanings of these subdivisions will be subsequently explored in chapters 3, 4, and 5.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Note the subdivision of the Decad into the Tetrad — four elements ; and the Hexad — six dimensions of space.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

subduction — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Subduction is when one of the Earth's tectonic plates slides down underneath another plate and sinks into the hot mantle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A subduction zone is the place where this happens.↗ Example: Subduction happens when one plate sinks under another.↗ · Japan has many earthquakes because of subduction.↗ · The Mariana Trench was made by subduction.↗ · Volcanoes often form above subduction zones.↗ · The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by an earthquake in a subduction zone.↗ · Ocean plates are heavier, so they sink in subduction.↗ · Draw a diagram of a subduction zone with arrows.↗

subdue — Everyday, meaning 1: To subdue is to get control over a person, group or country, usually by force: «The army subdued the rebels».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To subdue a feeling is to calm it or hold it back, like subduing your excitement or anger.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To subdue light, colour or sound is to make it softer or quieter.↗ Example: The Romans subdued many tribes in Britain.↗ · Police officers subdued the man who was shouting.↗ · She tried to subdue her giggles in assembly.↗ · Firefighters worked all night to subdue the flames.↗ · The knight subdued the dragon in the end.↗ · Dimmer lights subdued the bright room.↗ · It took the vet two helpers to subdue the frightened horse.↗ · When we are not at peace amongst ourselves it is no easy thing to subdue an enemy.↗ · I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.↗ (Writings PSA.81.15, JPS 1917)↗ · even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies.↗ (Writings 1CH.17.10, JPS 1917)↗ · He will again have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.↗ (Prophets MIC.7.19, JPS 1917)↗

subdued — Everyday, meaning 1: Subdued means quiet and a little sad or tired, not lively as usual: «You seem subdued today».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Subdued light, colours or sounds are soft and gentle, not bright or loud.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb form, subdued means brought under control: «The rebels were subdued».↗ Example: Tom was very subdued after his dog got lost.↗ · The class was subdued after the sad news.↗ · The restaurant had subdued lighting.↗ · She painted her bedroom in subdued colours.↗ · He spoke in a subdued voice.↗ · The rebellion was quickly subdued.↗ · The crowd was subdued after their team lost.↗ · He was full of resource and courage, and finally outwitted and subdued all his foes.↗ · and the land be subdued before the LORD, and ye return afterward; then ye shall be clear before the LORD, and before Israel, and this land shall be unto you for a possession before the LORD.↗ (Torah NUM.32.22, JPS 1917)↗ · So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel.↗ (Prophets JDG.3.30, JPS 1917)↗ · So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.↗ (Prophets JDG.11.33, JPS 1917)↗ · Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.↗ (Writings PSA.106.42, JPS 1917)↗

subheading — Everyday, meaning 1: A subheading is a smaller heading under the main heading of a text, telling you what one section is about.↗ Example: Add subheadings to your report on penguins.↗ · The subheading «Diet» tells you what the animal eats.↗ · Use the subheadings to find the answer quickly.↗ · Our leaflet had a title and four subheadings.↗ · Each subheading starts a new section.↗ · Subheadings are usually in bold.↗

subject — Everyday, meaning 1: Something you learn at school, such as maths, English or science.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: What something is about.↗ e.g. "the subject of the story" or the topic of a talk.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In grammar, the subject is the person or thing that does the action of the verb: in "The dog barks", "the dog" is the subject.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A person ruled by a king or queen.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: "Subject to" means likely to be affected by, or depending on.↗ e.g. "subject to change".↗ Example: My favourite subject is art.↗ · Let's change the subject.↗ · In "Tom kicked the ball", Tom is the subject.↗ · The subject of the poem is the sea.↗ · The king spoke to his subjects.↗ · Write a clear subject line in your email.↗ · Times are subject to change because of the weather.↗ · There dwell the Sea King and his subjects.↗ · A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · A separate consideration of the several parts should follow this general grasp of the subject, else much confusion may result.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · For convenience of study I have placed the Notes in a separate form at the end of the work, and I have made a short definition of the subject-matter of each chapter.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

subjection — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Subjection is being under the control of another person or power and having to obey.↗ It is what a conquered people or town is forced into.↗ Example: but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids; (Prophets JER.34.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And now ye purpose to bring the children of Judah and Jerusalem into subjection for bondmen and bondwomen unto you; but are there not even with you acts of guilt of your own against the LORD your God?↗ (Writings 2CH.28.10, JPS 1917)↗ · The rebels were brought into subjection by the prince.↗ · For years the town lived in subjection to a cruel lord.↗ · The army forced the people into subjection.↗

subjective — Everyday, meaning 1: Subjective means based on someone's own feelings, tastes or opinions rather than on facts that everyone can check.↗ e.g. "Which song is best is subjective."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (grammar) The subjective case is the form of a pronoun used as the subject of a sentence.↗ e.g. I, he, she, we, they (not me, him, her, us, them).↗ Example: Whether pizza is better than pasta is subjective.↗ · Art marks can be a bit subjective.↗ · "This film is boring" is a subjective statement.↗ · Scientists use rulers instead of subjective guesses.↗ · Taste is subjective: my sister loves olives, I hate them.↗ · His report was subjective, full of his own feelings.↗ · Is beauty subjective or objective?↗ We debated it in class.↗