📖 S — The English dictionary · page 115

sumatran — Everyday, meaning 1: Sumatran means from or to do with Sumatra, a large island of Indonesia in South-East Asia.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Sumatran is a person from Sumatra.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: It is used in the names of rare animals that live there: the Sumatran tiger, the Sumatran orangutan, the Sumatran rhinoceros and the Sumatran elephant.↗ Example: The Sumatran tiger is the smallest tiger.↗ · Sumatran orangutans live high in the trees.↗ · Only a few Sumatran rhinos are left in the wild.↗ · The Sumatran rainforest is being cut down for farms.↗ · We adopted a Sumatran tiger at the zoo for our class project.↗ · Sumatran coffee is sold all over the world.↗

sumerian — Everyday, meaning 1: Sumerian means from or to do with Sumer, one of the world's first civilisations, in southern Mesopotamia (now southern Iraq), about 5,000 years ago.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Sumerian was a person from Sumer.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Sumerian is the language they spoke, written in cuneiform, one of the oldest written languages.↗ Example: The Sumerians wrote on clay tablets.↗ · Sumerian cities were built between two rivers.↗ · We made Sumerian cuneiform with lolly sticks and clay.↗ · Our 60 minutes in an hour comes from the Sumerian way of counting.↗ · Ur was a great Sumerian city.↗ · The Sumerian king Gilgamesh is the hero of a very old story.↗ · Sumerian is not related to any language spoken today.↗

summarise — Everyday, meaning 1: To give the main points of something in a few words, leaving out the details.↗ Example: Summarise the story in three sentences.↗ · To summarise, plants need light, water and air.↗ · Can you summarise what happened in the chapter?↗ · The scientist summarised her results in a table.↗ · The news reader summarised the day's main stories.↗ · Summarise the paragraph in your own words.↗ · In this place I can only roughly summarise my results.↗

summary — Everyday, meaning 1: A summary is a short version of something longer, giving only the main points.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal, adjective) Summary means done quickly, without the usual steps: «summary justice».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «In summary» means «to put it briefly».↗ Example: Write a summary of the story in five sentences.↗ · The news gave a short summary of the match.↗ · In summary, plants need light, water and air.↗ · The teacher read our summaries aloud.↗ · The summary at the end of the chapter helps with revision.↗ · A summary table shows the total sales for each day.↗ · The book's back cover has a summary of the plot.↗

summer — Everyday, meaning 1: Summer is the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn (fall).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Summer holidays (US: summer vacation) are the long break from school in summer.↗ Example: She read 12 books during the summer.↗ · The summer holiday lasts 8 weeks.↗ · He earns 10 dollars a day in the summer.↗ · The pool opens every summer.↗ · In Australia, Christmas comes in summer.↗ · Wear a hat and sun cream on hot summer days.↗ · The days are longest in summer.↗ · We went to summer camp by the lake.↗ · A hard winter followed this summer.↗ · While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.'↗ (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The substance of this little volume was read as a [p. 13] Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest.↗ (Writings PRO.6.8, JPS 1917)↗ · 'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.'↗ (Prophets JER.8.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Thus the Lord GOD showed me; and behold a basket of summer fruit.↗ (Prophets AMO.8.1, JPS 1917)↗

summit — Everyday, meaning 1: A summit is the highest point or top of a mountain or hill.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A summit is an important meeting between leaders of countries.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The summit of something is its highest level or greatest success.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb, climbing) To summit is to reach the top of a mountain.↗ Example: We reached the summit just before lunch.↗ · The view from the summit was amazing.↗ · Snow covers the summit all year.↗ · World leaders met at a summit to talk about climate change.↗ · The summit of Ben Nevis is the highest point in the UK.↗ · The climbers summited at dawn.↗ · Winning the cup was the summit of her career.↗ · The summit is 450 metres higher than the car park.↗ · So he ascended to the summit of the mountain, and there claimed his child.↗

summon — Everyday, meaning 1: To officially order someone to come: summoned to the head teacher's office.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To call for help: summon an ambulance.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To gather up a feeling or strength inside you: summon up courage.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (stories) To call up a spirit or creature by magic.↗ Example: The head teacher summoned me to her office.↗ · He summoned help by blowing his whistle.↗ · She summoned up the courage to sing alone.↗ · The wizard summoned a storm.↗ · The king summoned his knights to the castle.↗ · Press the button to summon the lift.↗ · The learned Selim was summoned immediately.↗ · And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.↗ (Prophets 1SA.23.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.↗ (Prophets 1SA.15.4, JPS 1917)↗

sumptuous — Everyday, meaning 1: Sumptuous means very rich, costly and grand, with the best of everything: a sumptuous feast.↗ Example: Another feast was prepared, more sumptuous than the first.↗ · The King ordered a sumptuous banquet.↗ · They had a sumptuous meal of roast meat and cakes.↗

sun — Everyday, meaning 1: The star that our Earth goes around; it gives us light and heat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The light and warmth that come from the sun.↗ e.g. "Let's sit in the sun."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Any star with planets around it (in science talk).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: As a verb, to lie in the sunshine to get warm.↗ Example: The sun rises in the east.↗ · The Earth goes around the sun once a year.↗ · Plants need sun to grow.↗ · Never look straight at the sun.↗ · Put on sunscreen before you play in the sun.↗ · The cat is lying in the sun.↗ · The sun is a star, not a planet.↗ · The sun set and it got dark.↗ · Then the Sun began to shine.↗ · The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar.↗ (Torah GEN.19.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.↗ (Torah GEN.32.31, JPS 1917)↗ · the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.'↗ (Torah NUM.34.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. (Writings ECC.4.7, JPS 1917)↗ · In them hath He set a tent for the sun, (Writings PSA.19.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens.↗ (Writings PSA.104.22, JPS 1917)↗

sunbathe — Everyday, meaning 1: To sunbathe is to sit or lie in the sunshine, usually to relax or to get a tan.↗ Example: Mum likes to sunbathe by the pool.↗ · Don't sunbathe in the middle of the day.↗ · We sunbathed on the beach after swimming.↗ · Put on sunscreen before you sunbathe.↗ · The lizard was sunbathing on a warm rock.↗ · Sunbathing too long can give you sunburn.↗ · Seals sunbathe on the rocks.↗

sunbeam — Everyday, meaning 1: A sunbeam is a ray or narrow beam of sunlight, especially one you can see shining through a gap, a window or clouds.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, UK) «Ray of sunshine» or «sunbeam» can be a fond name for a cheerful child.↗ Example: The cat lay asleep in a warm sunbeam.↗ · Dust danced in the sunbeam from the window.↗ · Sunbeams broke through the clouds after the storm.↗ · A sunbeam shows that light travels in straight lines.↗ · We could see sunbeams shining down through the forest trees.↗ · «Morning, sunbeam!» said Nan when I came down to breakfast.↗

sunbonnet — Everyday, meaning 1: A sunbonnet is a bonnet with a wide brim and a flap at the back, worn to keep the sun off the face and neck.↗ Example: The girl tied her pink sunbonnet on her head.↗ · Sunbonnets shade the face from the hot sun.↗

sunburn — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunburn is red, sore, hot skin caused by staying in strong sunlight too long.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sunburned or sunburnt describes skin hurt by the sun.↗ Example: I got sunburn on my shoulders at the beach.↗ · Put on sunscreen so you don't get sunburnt.↗ · You can get sunburn even when it's cloudy.↗ · Her nose was red and sunburnt.↗ · Wear a hat to protect your face from sunburn.↗ · Sunburn can make your skin peel.↗ · Cool showers help soothe sunburn.↗ · Seek shade at midday to avoid sunburn.↗

sunburnt — Everyday, meaning 1: If you are sunburnt, your skin is red, sore and hot because you stayed in strong sunshine too long.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sunburnt is also the past form of the verb «sunburn», used for skin that has been burnt by the sun.↗ Example: I got sunburnt at the beach.↗ · His shoulders were badly sunburnt.↗ · Put on sun cream so you don't get sunburnt.↗ · You can get sunburnt even on a cloudy day.↗ · Her nose was sunburnt after the hike.↗ · Sunburnt skin may peel after a few days.↗ · Cool water helps sunburnt skin feel better.↗ · The four boys grew up to be tall young men, with sunburnt faces.↗

sundae — Everyday, meaning 1: A sundae is a dessert of ice cream topped with sauce, such as chocolate or strawberry, and often with whipped cream, nuts, sprinkles and a cherry, served in a tall glass or bowl.↗ Example: I had a chocolate sundae with a cherry on top.↗ · We made sundaes at Lily's party.↗ · A hot fudge sundae is my favourite treat.↗ · The café sells sundaes in tall glasses.↗ · If there are 3 ice-cream flavours and 2 sauces, you can make 6 different sundaes.↗ · My sundae had sprinkles, nuts and cream.↗

sunday — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunday is a day of the week.↗ It comes after Saturday and before Monday.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sunday is part of the weekend; in many places it is a day of rest or of going to church.↗ Example: On Sunday she read 30 pages.↗ · The shop is closed on Sunday.↗ · From Monday to Sunday is 7 days.↗ · He saved 2 dollars every day from Monday to Sunday.↗ · We visit Nana every Sunday.↗ · Sunday comes after Saturday.↗ · On Sundays we have a roast dinner.↗ · The library opens late on Sunday mornings.↗ · On the following Sunday there was Communion.↗

sunder — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To break or split something apart, or to cut it in two.↗ Example: They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.↗ (Writings JOB.41.9, JPS 1917)↗ · To Him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for His mercy endureth for ever; (Writings PSA.136.13, JPS 1917)↗ · For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.↗ (Writings PSA.107.16, JPS 1917)↗

sundew — Everyday, meaning 1: A small meat-eating plant that grows in boggy places and has leaves covered in sticky, shining hairs that trap and digest insects.↗ Example: A sundew catches flies with its sticky leaves.↗ · The drops on a sundew look like dew in the sun.↗ · Sundews grow in wet, boggy places.↗ · When an insect lands on a sundew, the leaf curls around it.↗ · We grew a sundew on the classroom windowsill.↗ · Sundews and Venus flytraps are both meat-eating plants.↗

sundial — Everyday, meaning 1: An old instrument that shows the time of day by the shadow that a pointer (the gnomon) casts on a flat dial marked with hours.↗ Example: The sundial in the garden shows it is about three o'clock.↗ · A sundial does not work at night or on cloudy days.↗ · We made a sundial with a pencil and a paper plate.↗ · The shadow on the sundial moves as the Earth turns.↗ · Old churches often have sundials on their walls.↗ · The shadow is shortest at noon, when the Sun is highest.↗

sundown — Everyday, meaning 1: Sundown is the time when the sun goes down; sunset.↗ Example: Even after sundown it was hot.↗ · We must be home before sundown.↗

sundry — Everyday, meaning 1: Sundry means various or several different ones, not named one by one: sundry other articles.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sundries are small odds and ends or items of various kinds.↗ Example: He packed socks, pens and sundry other things.↗ · The shop sold sundries such as string and soap.↗