📖 S — The English dictionary · page 65

snuffers — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Small tools for trimming the wick of a lamp or candle so it burns well.↗ Example: and the snuffers, and the basins, and the pans, and the fire-pans, of pure gold.↗ (Writings 2CH.4.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.↗ (Prophets 2KI.25.14, JPS 1917)↗ · The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.↗ (Prophets JER.52.18, JPS 1917)↗

snuffle — Everyday, meaning 1: To snuffle means to breathe noisily through your nose, for example when you have a cold or are crying.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: When an animal snuffles, it sniffs noisily along the ground, looking for food or a smell, like a dog, pig or hedgehog.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A snuffle is that noisy breathing sound; "the snuffles" (informal) is a light cold with a runny nose.↗ Example: The puppy snuffled around the garden for its ball.↗ · A hedgehog snuffled through the leaves at night.↗ · My little brother snuffled into his pillow after the bad dream.↗ · I have the snuffles, so I need tissues.↗ · The pig snuffled in the mud for food.↗ · We heard a snuffle under the bed and found the cat.↗ · She stopped crying and gave a last snuffle.↗ · No one else cared.”↗ He snuffled a little.↗

snuffling — Everyday, meaning 1: Breathing noisily through the nose, as when you have a cold or are crying.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of an animal) Sniffing about noisily, like a hedgehog or a pig looking for food.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) The sound of this.↗ Example: The puppy was snuffling around the garden.↗ · I heard a hedgehog snuffling in the leaves.↗ · She lay in bed snuffling with a cold.↗ · The pig went snuffling through the mud for food.↗ · The little boy stopped crying and only kept snuffling.↗ · We could hear snuffling under the shed.↗ · Meanwhile the fox had met with a huge herd of pigs, snuffling about the roots of some trees.↗

snug — Everyday, meaning 1: Snug means warm, comfortable and safe («snug in bed»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Snug also means fitting closely, with no extra space («a snug fit»).↗ Example: The puppy was snug in its basket.↗ · We were warm and snug by the fire.↗ · The hamster made a snug nest of paper.↗ · These new boots are a snug fit.↗ · Make sure the lid is snug so it doesn't leak.↗ · Tucked in bed, I was as snug as a bug in a rug.↗ · The rabbits stayed snug in their burrow during the storm.↗ · A helmet should fit snugly on your head.↗ · There the mouse lived warm and snug, with a store-room full of corn, a splendid kitchen and dining-room.↗

snuggle — Everyday, meaning 1: To get into a warm, comfortable position, often close to someone or under a blanket.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To hold someone close and cuddle them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A cuddle.↗ Example: We snuggled up under the blanket to watch a film.↗ · The kittens snuggled together to keep warm.↗ · Come and have a snuggle on the sofa.↗ · She snuggled down in bed with her teddy.↗ · The baby snuggled into Mum's arms.↗ · On cold nights the dog snuggles at the end of my bed.↗

snugly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a warm, comfortable and cosy way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fitting closely and tightly, with no gaps, but not too tight.↗ Example: The baby was wrapped snugly in a blanket.↗ · The puppy slept snugly by the fire.↗ · Make sure your helmet fits snugly on your head.↗ · The lid fits snugly on the jar, so nothing spills.↗ · The last puzzle piece fitted snugly into place.↗ · The rabbits lay snugly in their burrow during the storm.↗ · My new gloves fit snugly.↗ · We sat snugly under the duvet watching a film.↗ · So he tucked his legs snugly under him like a hedgehog, rolled himself up in his sheepskin, and went to sleep.↗

so — Everyday, meaning 1: So means and that is why.↗ e.g. It rained, so we stayed in.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: So means very, very much.↗ e.g. I'm so happy!↗ Everyday, meaning 3: So means in this way, also.↗ e.g. I think so.↗ So do I.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «So that» gives a purpose.↗ e.g. Speak up so that we can hear.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: So can start a sentence to sum up or move on.↗ e.g. So, what did you learn?↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «So» can mean «really, totally»: «That's so not fair», «I so want that».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (rude) «So what?» means «I don't care»; «so?» alone can be a rude challenge.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (casual) «or so» means about: «20 or so kids».↗ Everyday, meaning 9: (formal) Exams use «therefore», «hence», «thus», «consequently» or «accordingly» for «so».↗ Example: Sam had 8 marbles and lost 3, so he has 8 − 3 = 5.↗ · It rained, so Max stayed home.↗ · 3 × 4 = 12, so 12 ÷ 4 = 3.↗ · Wear a hat so that you don't get sunburnt.↗ · «Is it time to go?»↗ «I think so.»↗ · So far we have read 20 pages.↗ · So, who wants to go first?↗ · So like, there were 20 or so kids at the party.↗ · That's so not fair, he got 5 and I got 2!↗ · So what?↗ I only took 3, there's heaps left.↗ · It is given that 12 items remain; hence the number removed is 8.↗ · Speak clearly so as to be heard at the back.↗ · "Don't be so impatient," said Snow-White.↗ · So the people rested on the seventh day.↗ (Torah EXO.16.30, JPS 1917)↗ · So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.↗ (Torah DEU.3.29, JPS 1917)↗ · And Lot said unto them: 'Oh, not so, my lord; (Torah GEN.19.18, JPS 1917)↗ · So his strength was not known.↗ (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917)↗ · So they executed judgment upon Joash.↗ (Writings 2CH.24.24, JPS 1917)↗ · So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.↗ (Prophets 1SA.23.5, JPS 1917)↗

soak — Everyday, meaning 1: To soak something is to leave it in water or another liquid for a time, so it becomes completely wet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To soak someone is to make them very wet.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To soak up a liquid is to take it in, as a sponge or paper towel does.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To soak up something like sunshine or knowledge is to enjoy or learn a lot of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A soak is a long time spent in water, like a long bath.↗ Example: The rain soaked us on the way home.↗ · Soak the dirty pan in warm soapy water.↗ · A sponge soaks up water.↗ · My socks were soaking wet.↗ · Mum soaked the beans overnight.↗ · We tested which material soaked up the most water.↗ · The children soaked up everything the guide said.↗ · Dad had a long soak in the bath.↗ · “We do,” said the bullocks.↗ “It is red stuff that soaks into the ground and smells.”↗ · On a griddle it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in; in broken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD.↗ (Torah LEV.6.21, JPS 1917)↗ · If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour soaked.↗ (Torah LEV.7.12, JPS 1917)↗ · for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked on the griddle, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size; (Writings 1CH.23.29, JPS 1917)↗

soap — Everyday, meaning 1: Soap is what you use with water to wash and clean your body or things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A soap (soap opera) is a TV or radio story about the lives of the same people that goes on for years.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To soap is to rub soap on something.↗ Example: A pack has 4 bars of soap.↗ · One bar of soap costs $2.↗ · A bar of soap lasts 10 days.↗ · How many bars of soap are in 6 packs?↗ · Wash your hands with soap and warm water.↗ · Soap helps to wash germs off your skin.↗ · We blew soap bubbles in the garden.↗ · Grandma watches her favourite soap every evening.↗ · Don't get soap in your eyes!↗ · He tried to stick it on with soap from the bathroom, but that also failed.↗ · For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap; (Prophets MAL.3.2, JPS 1917)↗ · For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord GOD.↗ (Prophets JER.2.22, JPS 1917)↗

soapy — Everyday, meaning 1: Full of soap or covered with soap (soapy water, soapy hands).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Like soap in taste, smell or feel (a soapy taste).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Like a soap opera: too dramatic and emotional.↗ Example: Wash the dishes in warm soapy water.↗ · Rub your soapy hands together for twenty seconds.↗ · The bathroom floor is soapy and slippery — careful!↗ · We blew soapy bubbles in the garden.↗ · Soapy water helps get grease off the pans.↗ · The cheap shampoo left my hair soapy.↗ · Some people think coriander has a soapy taste.↗ · "You have to work hard," said Holberg one day, when she was dipping clothes in the strong soapy water, and was obliged herself to split the logs for the fire.↗

soar — Everyday, meaning 1: To soar is to fly high in the air, often gliding without flapping much: eagles soar.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To soar is to rise very quickly to a high level: prices soared.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To soar can mean to rise up tall: mountains soaring above the valley.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: If your spirits or hopes soar, you suddenly feel very happy and hopeful.↗ Example: The eagle soared above the hills.↗ · Temperatures soared during the heatwave.↗ · The kite soared into the sky.↗ · Food prices have soared this year.↗ · My heart soared when I saw my name on the team list.↗ · The cliffs soared above the beach.↗ · The ball soared over the goalkeeper's head.↗ · Does the lark soar as high as ever?↗ · Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?↗ (Writings JOB.39.26, JPS 1917)↗

soaring — Everyday, meaning 1: Flying high in the air, often gliding without flapping wings.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Going up very quickly to a high level, like prices or temperatures.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Very tall, rising high, like soaring mountains or towers.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Very strong and rising, like soaring music or hopes.↗ Example: An eagle was soaring high above the hills.↗ · The glider was soaring over the valley.↗ · Prices are soaring, so food costs more each week.↗ · Temperatures were soaring during the heatwave.↗ · The city has soaring towers of glass and steel.↗ · Her hopes were soaring when she heard she had made the team.↗ · The kite went soaring into the sky.↗ · The graph shows the number of visitors soaring in summer.↗ · Breathless they watched for the soaring of the red eagle.↗

sob — Everyday, meaning 1: verb.↗ e.g. To cry noisily, with short sharp breaths.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: noun.↗ e.g. The sound of loud crying.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «sob story» (informal): a sad story told to make people feel sorry for you, maybe to get something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: SOB (rude, US slang): short for a swear insult; not for school.↗ Example: The little boy sobbed when he lost his balloon.↗ · She sobbed her heart out when her hamster died.↗ · «I can't find my mum,» he said between sobs.↗ · We heard sobs from the next room.↗ · He told the teacher a sob story about why his homework was late.↗ · The audience sobbed at the sad ending.↗ · ‘O Kay, my little Kay!’ sobbed Gerda.↗

sobbing — Everyday, meaning 1: Sobbing is crying loudly with short, noisy breaths, because you are very sad or upset.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To be sobbing is to cry in this way.↗ Example: We heard sobbing from the bedroom.↗ · The little girl was sobbing because she had lost her mum in the shop.↗ · He sobbed when his dog passed away.↗ · The sobbing stopped when Grandma gave her a hug.↗ · I sobbed my heart out at the end of the film.↗ · (informal) Don't give me that sob story — you just forgot your homework!↗ · “But is it really so?” asked the Marionette, sobbing bitterly.↗

sober — Everyday, meaning 1: Sober means not drunk, not affected by alcohol.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sober means serious, calm and sensible: a sober mood.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Sober colours or clothes are plain and dull, not bright.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To sober up is to stop being drunk; to sober (someone) is to make them serious.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Sober also describes someone who has stopped drinking alcohol for good.↗ Example: The bus driver must be sober.↗ · After the accident, the town was in a sober mood.↗ · He wore a sober grey suit to the funeral.↗ · Uncle Pete has been sober for five years.↗ · That was a sobering thought.↗ · The news sobered everyone up quickly.↗ · She gave a sober account of what happened.↗ · Lastly came the youngest brother, Henry, with quiet steps and a sober, thought-ful look.↗

sobriety — Everyday, meaning 1: The state of not being drunk.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A calm, serious, sensible way of behaving.↗ Example: His sobriety had never been doubted.↗ · The judge was known for his sobriety.↗ · Everyone trusted him because of his sobriety.↗

soccer — Everyday, meaning 1: A game played by two teams of eleven players who kick a round ball and try to score goals; players other than the goalkeeper may not use their hands.↗ Example: I play soccer every Saturday.↗ · Pass the soccer ball to me!↗ · Our soccer team won 3–1.↗ · We have soccer practice after school.↗ · In soccer only the goalkeeper can use their hands.↗ · Wear shin guards when you play soccer.↗ · "After all," they said, "soccer is a dangerous game, and perhaps it is wise to discourage it."↗