📖 S — The English dictionary · page 19

scurvily — Everyday, meaning 1: In a mean, unfair or shabby way, as when someone is treated badly or let down.↗ Example: He treated the poor boy scurvily and gave him no food.↗ · She laughed scurvily at the lost puppy.↗ · The old man was dealt with scurvily by his neighbours.↗

scurvy — Everyday, meaning 1: An illness caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which comes from fresh fruit and vegetables.↗ It makes the gums bleed and people feel weak.↗ Example: Long ago, many sailors got scurvy at sea.↗ · Oranges and lemons help to prevent scurvy.↗ · Scurvy makes your gums sore and bleeding.↗ · The captain gave his crew lime juice to stop scurvy.↗ · Scurvy is very rare today.↗ · Eating fruit and vegetables keeps us safe from scurvy.↗ · 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)↗ · Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scabbed, or scurvy, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.↗ (Torah LEV.22.22, JPS 1917)↗

scuttle — Everyday, meaning 1: To run with short, quick steps, like a crab or mouse.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To sink your own ship on purpose by making holes in it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To spoil or stop a plan.↗ e.g. The rain scuttled our picnic.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun) A metal bucket for coal.↗ Example: A crab scuttled across the sand.↗ · The mice scuttled into the hole.↗ · The children scuttled off when the bell rang.↗ · The captain scuttled the ship.↗ · Bad weather scuttled our plans.↗ · Grandma kept a coal scuttle by the fire.↗

scythe — Everyday, meaning 1: A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass or corn.↗ Old pictures of Father Time also show him carrying one.↗ Example: Farmers cut the long grass with a scythe.↗ · Some men came with scythes and pitch-forks.↗ · Old Time is often drawn as an old man leaning on a scythe.↗

se — Everyday, meaning 1: (abbreviation) SE stands for south-east, the direction halfway between south and east.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (abbreviation, UK) SE is the start of postcodes in south-east London, as in SE1.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (French) se is a small word meaning himself, herself, itself or themselves, used with some verbs, as in il se lave (he washes himself).↗ It sounds like suh.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (Spanish) se is a similar small word in Spanish.↗ It is not an English word.↗ Example: The wind is blowing from the SE.↗ · Walk SE across the field to reach the stile.↗ · SE is halfway between south and east.↗ · Our cousins live in London SE15.↗ · Il se lave, means he washes himself.↗ (French)↗ · On the compass, SE is at 135 degrees.↗ · Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest; (Torah DEU.12.13, JPS 1917)↗ · for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.↗ (Torah GEN.13.15, JPS 1917)↗ · and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; (Torah DEU.21.11, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou seest not?↗ (Prophets ISA.58.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man seeth?↗ (Writings JOB.10.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 'Jeremiah, what seest thou?'↗ And I said: 'I see a rod of an almond-tree.'↗ (Prophets JER.1.11, JPS 1917)↗

sea — Everyday, meaning 1: The large area of salt water that covers most of the Earth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A particular large area of salt water.↗ e.g. "the North Sea".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A large amount of something.↗ e.g. "a sea of faces".↗ Example: We went swimming in the sea.↗ · Sea water is salty.↗ · Whales live in the sea.↗ · The boat was far out at sea.↗ · Swim between the flags at the beach.↗ · We built sandcastles by the sea.↗ · Mount Everest is 8,849 metres above sea level.↗ · I was all at sea in the new maths topic.↗ · There was a storm at sea.↗ · And they journeyed from Elim, and pitched by the Red Sea.↗ (Torah NUM.33.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and pitched in the wilderness of Sin.↗ (Torah NUM.33.11, JPS 1917)↗ · and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.16, JPS 1917)↗ · one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.↗ (Writings 2CH.4.15, JPS 1917)↗ · The burden of the wilderness of the sea.↗ (Prophets ISA.21.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea?↗ (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917)↗

seabed — Everyday, meaning 1: The seabed is the ground at the bottom of the sea.↗ Example: The shipwreck lies on the seabed.↗ · Crabs crawl across the seabed.↗ · Divers searched the seabed for treasure.↗ · The anchor sank to the seabed.↗ · Some fish hide in the sand of the seabed.↗ · Robots map the deep seabed.↗

seabird — Everyday, meaning 1: A seabird is a bird that lives near the sea and finds most of its food in the sea, such as a gull, a puffin, a tern or an albatross.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Seabirds often nest on cliffs, rocks or islands and fly far over the water.↗ Example: A seabird dived into the waves and came up with a fish.↗ · The cliffs were white with nesting seabirds.↗ · Gulls and terns are common seabirds on our coast.↗ · Plastic rubbish in the sea can hurt seabirds.↗ · We counted twelve seabirds on the rocks.↗ · The albatross is a seabird with very long wings.↗ · Please do not feed the seabirds your sandwich.↗ · Puffins are small seabirds with bright beaks.↗

seafarer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who travels by sea, especially a sailor whose life and job is at sea.↗ Example: The Sea Rat was a seafarer who had sailed to many ports.↗ · The Phoenicians were brave seafarers.↗ · Seafarers once used the stars to find their way.↗ · My great-grandfather was a seafarer all his life.↗ · Polynesian seafarers sailed canoes across the Pacific.↗ · The seafarer told tales of storms and strange lands.↗

seafaring — Everyday, meaning 1: (adjective) Working or travelling on the sea; living by the sea and sailing: «a seafaring nation».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) The life or work of sailors; travel by sea.↗ Example: The Vikings were a seafaring people.↗ · The Sea Rat told tales of his seafaring life.↗ · Polynesian seafaring was so skilled they found islands across the Pacific.↗ · My great-grandad came from a seafaring family.↗ · Seafaring was hard and dangerous in old times.↗ · The town has a long seafaring history.↗

seagrass — Everyday, meaning 1: Seagrass is a flowering plant that grows underwater in shallow seas, forming green meadows on the sea floor.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Seagrass is also a strong grass-like material used to weave mats and baskets.↗ Example: Dugongs graze on seagrass like cows on grass.↗ · Seagrass meadows are nurseries for baby fish.↗ · Seagrass has roots, stems and even flowers.↗ · Boat anchors can tear up seagrass beds.↗ · Shark Bay in Western Australia has huge seagrass meadows.↗ · Our kitchen has a seagrass mat.↗ · Seagrass helps store carbon from the air.↗

seagull — Everyday, meaning 1: A seagull (or gull) is a large grey and white bird with a loud cry that lives near the sea and often by rivers and towns.↗ Example: A seagull stole my chips at the beach!↗ · Seagulls were crying above the harbour.↗ · Don't feed the seagulls.↗ · The seagull dived into the sea for a fish.↗ · Seagulls nest on the cliffs.↗ · Seagulls followed the fishing boat.↗

seahorse — Everyday, meaning 1: A seahorse is a small fish that swims upright, has a head shaped like a horse's, a curled tail and a bony body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The father seahorse carries the eggs in a pouch until the babies are born.↗ Example: A seahorse holds onto seaweed with its tail.↗ · The male seahorse carries the babies in his pouch.↗ · Seahorses swim slowly, standing upright.↗ · We saw seahorses at the aquarium.↗ · A seahorse is a fish, even though it looks like a horse.↗ · Seahorses eat tiny shrimp.↗

seal — Everyday, meaning 1: A sea animal with a smooth body, flippers and thick fat, that lives in the sea and on land, eats fish and swims very well.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something that closes a container tightly so nothing gets in or out.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A special stamp or mark, often in wax, put on a document to show it is real.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To close something tightly.↗ Example: A seal lay on the rocks in the sun.↗ · Seals are mammals and breathe air.↗ · Don't go near a seal pup, even if it seems alone.↗ · Seal the envelope before you post it.↗ · Don't use the medicine if the seal is broken.↗ · The king pressed his seal into hot wax.↗ · The plastic seal keeps the food fresh.↗ · Seals use their flippers to swim fast.↗ · 'Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction among My disciples.'↗ (Prophets ISA.8.16, JPS 1917)↗ · His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.↗ (Writings JOB.41.7, JPS 1917)↗ · It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment.↗ (Writings JOB.38.14, JPS 1917)↗

sealant — Everyday, meaning 1: Sealant is a substance put on a surface or into a gap to stop air, water or dirt getting through.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A dental sealant is a thin coating a dentist paints on the back teeth to protect them from decay.↗ Example: Dad put sealant around the edge of the bath.↗ · The dentist painted a sealant on my back teeth.↗ · Sealant stops rain from coming in around the window.↗ · Let the sealant dry for a day.↗ · Don't touch wet sealant; it's sticky.↗ · The tyre sealant fixed my puncture.↗

sealed — Everyday, meaning 1: Closed tightly so that nothing can get in or out.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fixed or made certain: «Our win was sealed».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: With a seal or stamp on it.↗ Example: Keep the biscuits in a sealed tin so they stay crisp.↗ · The letter came in a sealed envelope.↗ · Ice melted in a sealed jar, and the mass stayed the same.↗ · Don't use a juice carton that isn't sealed.↗ · The last goal sealed our win.↗ · The old tomb had been sealed for hundreds of years.↗ · "My lips are sealed," she said.↗ · Plants can live for years in a sealed bottle garden.↗ · 'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?↗ (Torah DEU.32.34, JPS 1917)↗ · With them He sealed 6 Edges.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Fifth ; He looked above, and sealed the Height (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.↗ (Writings JOB.14.17, JPS 1917)↗ · A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.↗ (Writings SNG.4.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.↗ (Prophets JER.32.10, JPS 1917)↗

sealskin — Everyday, meaning 1: The skin of a seal, used for coats, bags and purses.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Made of sealskin, as in a sealskin purse.↗ Example: The old man wore a coat of sealskin.↗ · "Sealskin, are they?" said the moth.↗ · The little purse was made of soft sealskin.↗ · and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood; (Torah EXO.25.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.↗ (Torah EXO.36.19, JPS 1917)↗ · and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen; (Torah EXO.39.34, JPS 1917)↗ · I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk.↗ (Prophets EZK.16.10, JPS 1917)↗

seam — Everyday, meaning 1: A seam is the line where two pieces of cloth, leather or other material are sewn or joined together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A seam is a thin layer of coal, gold or another mineral in rock underground.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In cricket, the seam is the raised stitching round the ball.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To seam something is to join it with a seam.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To seam something can also mean to mark it with deep lines, like the wrinkles on a face.↗ Example: The seam on my jeans split when I bent down.↗ · Grandma sewed a neat seam along the edge of the curtain.↗ · The miners followed a thick seam of coal deep underground.↗ · The football has stitched seams between its panels.↗ · The cricket ball swung because the bowler held the seam upright.↗ · The classroom was bursting at the seams with forty children.↗ · Our plan for the party began to come apart at the seams.↗ · Her face was seamed with many wrinkles, and was as brown as leather, and every now and then she stopped to wipe the perspiration which rolled down her face.↗

seaman — Everyday, meaning 1: A sailor, especially one who is not an officer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who is good at sailing a ship: a fine seaman.↗ Example: The old seaman told stories of faraway ports.↗ · The Sea Rat was a seafaring seaman.↗ · Every seaman on board helped with the sails.↗ · He was an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy.↗ · The seamen pulled up the anchor.↗ · A good seaman can read the weather.↗

seamless — Everyday, meaning 1: Having no join or seam, so that it is smooth and whole with no stitches showing.↗ Example: The gloves were seamless, with no stitches showing.↗ · Prince Ivan brought the seamless shoes for his bride.↗ · Her seamless dress fitted perfectly.↗