📖 S — The English dictionary · page 89

stall — Everyday, meaning 1: A stall is a small table or stand where things are sold, at a market or a fair.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A stall is a small space in a stable or barn for one animal, such as a horse or cow.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A stall is a small closed space, like a shower stall or a toilet stall.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: If an engine stalls, it suddenly stops working, often by mistake.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To stall is to delay on purpose so you don't have to do something yet.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: The stalls are the seats on the ground floor of a theatre (UK).↗ Example: We set up a lemonade stall at the school fair.↗ · The stall sold strawberries for three dollars a box.↗ · Each horse has its own stall in the stable.↗ · The car stalled at the traffic lights.↗ · Stop stalling and tidy your room!↗ · He stalled for time by asking lots of questions.↗ · There was a queue for the toilet stalls at the stadium.↗ · Our seats were in the stalls, near the stage.↗ · Here he perceived two pitch-black horses in a stall.↗ · And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.↗ (Prophets 1KI.5.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.↗ (Writings PRO.15.17, JPS 1917)↗ · store-houses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and flocks in folds.↗ (Writings 2CH.32.28, JPS 1917)↗

stallion — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A full-grown male horse, kept for breeding.↗ Example: They are become as well-fed horses, lusty stallions; every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.↗ (Prophets JER.5.8, JPS 1917)↗

stalwart — Everyday, meaning 1: Stalwart means strong, brave and loyal, ready to stand firm.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A stalwart is a loyal, dependable supporter.↗ Example: The stalwart soldier guarded the gate all night.↗ · A stalwart knight rode out to meet them.↗ · Our stalwart friend helped us carry the boxes.↗ · My dad is a stalwart supporter of the school team.↗

stamen — Everyday, meaning 1: A stamen is the male part of a flower that makes pollen; it has a thin stalk (the filament) with a top part (the anther) covered in pollen.↗ Example: The stamens are covered in yellow pollen.↗ · Label the stamen and the petals on your flower diagram.↗ · A bee brushed against the stamens.↗ · Each stamen has an anther and a filament.↗ · Pollen moves from the stamen to the stigma.↗ · Lilies have big stamens that can stain your clothes.↗ · We counted six stamens in the flower.↗ · The stamen is the male part of the flower.↗

stamina — Everyday, meaning 1: The strength and energy to keep doing something hard, especially physical activity, for a long time without getting tired.↗ Example: Running every day builds up your stamina.↗ · Marathon runners need huge stamina.↗ · I don't have the stamina to walk up that mountain.↗ · Swimming is great for stamina.↗ · Doing a hundred spellings in one go takes stamina!↗ · The puppy has endless stamina for playing fetch.↗ · The team lost because they ran out of stamina in the second half.↗ · The twenty-two letters which form the stamina (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · == Chapter 2 == [2:1] There are twenty-two letters, stamina.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · 2) Air emanated from the spirit by which He formed and established twenty-two consonants, stamina.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

stammer — Everyday, meaning 1: To stammer means to speak with pauses and repeated sounds, because you are nervous or because of a speech condition («I-I-I don't know»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A stammer is a speech condition that makes a person repeat or stretch sounds or get stuck on words; in the USA it is often called a stutter.↗ Example: «S-sorry,» he stammered.↗ · She stammered when the head teacher asked her a question.↗ · My friend has a stammer, so I give him time to finish.↗ · Never laugh at someone who stammers.↗ · He stammered out his answer.↗ · Some famous actors and leaders had a stammer.↗ · Speech therapy can help people with a stammer.↗ · Nervous, Tom stammered his lines in the play.↗ · They weren’t here a minute ago,” he stammered.↗ · For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue shall it be spoken to this people; (Prophets ISA.28.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not see the fierce people; a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand.↗ (Prophets ISA.33.19, JPS 1917)↗

stammerer — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who stammers, that is, who speaks with pauses and repeated sounds.↗ Example: The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.↗ (Prophets ISA.32.4, JPS 1917)↗

stamp — Everyday, meaning 1: A stamp is a small piece of paper with glue that you stick on a letter before posting it, to show the postage is paid.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A stamp is a tool that prints a mark or picture with ink, or the mark it makes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To stamp is to put your foot down hard and loudly: stamp your feet.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To stamp something is to press a mark on it.↗ Example: There are 4 stamps on the table and 10 stamps in the box.↗ · Sam keeps 3 stamps and gives the rest to Mia.↗ · A stamp costs 5 cents.↗ · Put a stamp on the envelope before you post it.↗ · Grandpa collects stamps from many countries.↗ · The teacher stamped a star on my work.↗ · The little boy stamped his feet in the puddle.↗ · Stamp your feet to keep warm.↗ · Rama, the King of the Buffaloes, stamped with his foot.↗ · God has carried these through waters, He has borne them aloft through fire, and He has stamped them in the storms of the air; He has distributed them among the seven stars, and has assigned them to twelve celestial constellations.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.↗ (Prophets JDG.5.22, JPS 1917)↗ · For every boot stamped with fierceness, and every cloak rolled in blood, shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire.↗ (Prophets ISA.9.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.↗ (Prophets 2SA.22.43, JPS 1917)↗

stampede — Everyday, meaning 1: A stampede is a sudden wild rush of frightened animals or people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To stampede is to rush away together in a panic.↗ Example: The buffalo stampede shook the ground.↗ · Loud fireworks made the horses stampede.↗ · The crowd began to stampede towards the exit.↗ · The cattle stampeded across the plain.↗

stance — Everyday, meaning 1: A stance is the way someone stands, especially how they place their feet and body, like a batting stance.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A stance is someone's opinion or attitude about something, the side they take.↗ Example: Keep a wide stance so you don't lose your balance.↗ · The batter took her stance at the plate.↗ · What is your stance on school uniforms?↗ · The goalkeeper got into a ready stance.↗ · The school takes a firm stance against bullying.↗ · In your essay, state your stance in the first paragraph.↗ · The cat's stance showed it was ready to pounce.↗

stand — Everyday, meaning 1: To stand is to be on your feet with your body upright.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To stand up is to get onto your feet.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To stand is to be in a place: the house stands on a hill.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A stand is a small stall that sells things, like a lemonade stand.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A stand is a holder for something: a music stand, a bike stand.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Can't stand means strongly dislike.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: To stand for means to mean: «km» stands for kilometer.↗ Example: Her lemonade stand sold 40 cups at 50 cents each.↗ · 12 people stand in line.↗ · The fruit stand has 60 apples.↗ · How much did the stand earn?↗ · Please stand up when the bell rings.↗ · In algebra, x stands for an unknown number.↗ · Stand up for a friend who is being picked on.↗ · I can't stand the smell of burnt toast.↗ · The boy stood firm and still.↗ · And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up.↗ (Torah EXO.36.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia-wood, standing up.↗ (Torah EXO.26.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.↗ (Torah EXO.2.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Who can stand before His indignation?↗ (Prophets NAM.1.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD?↗ (Writings PSA.10.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And who shall stand when he appeareth?↗ (Prophets MAL.3.2, JPS 1917)↗

standard — Everyday, meaning 1: A standard is a level of quality, how good something is or should be: «a high standard».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Standards are rules or ideas about what is right and acceptable behaviour.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Standard (adjective) means normal, usual, the ordinary kind: «a standard size».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A standard is a measurement or unit that everyone agrees to use, like the metre.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A standard is a flag carried on a pole, often by soldiers long ago.↗ Example: Your handwriting is up to a high standard.↗ · The school expects good standards of behaviour.↗ · This is a standard size of paper.↗ · We use standard units like metres to measure.↗ · His work was not up to standard, so he did it again.↗ · The car comes with standard seats.↗ · The knight carried the king's standard into battle.↗ · It's a double standard to tell us to be quiet when you shout.↗ · Unless he adopt a better standard of justice we will go on with our destruction."↗ · And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.↗ (Torah NUM.10.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man with his own camp, and every man with his own standard, according to their hosts.↗ (Torah NUM.1.52, JPS 1917)↗ · And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.↗ (Torah NUM.10.22, JPS 1917)↗ · How long shall I see the standard, shall I hear the sound of the horn?↗ (Prophets JER.4.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Set up a standard toward Zion; put yourselves under covert, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.↗ (Prophets JER.4.6, JPS 1917)↗ · We will shout for joy in thy victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our standards; the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.↗ (Writings PSA.20.6, JPS 1917)↗

standardisation — Everyday, meaning 1: Making things the same size, shape, quality or way of working, so they fit together or can be compared.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Agreeing on standard rules, units or spellings that everyone uses.↗ Example: Standardisation of units means a metre is the same everywhere.↗ · Railway timetables led to the standardisation of time across Britain.↗ · Standardisation of plugs means one charger fits many phones.↗ · Dictionaries helped the standardisation of spelling.↗ · Paper sizes such as A4 are the result of standardisation.↗ · The factory brought in standardisation so all parts would fit.↗

standardised — Everyday, meaning 1: Past form of «standardise»: made things the same or fitted to one rule or standard.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Done or made in the same way for everyone, so results can be compared: «a standardised test».↗ Example: The test is standardised, so everyone answers the same questions.↗ · Spelling was standardised in the 1700s and 1800s.↗ · The parts are standardised so they fit any machine.↗ · Standardised units help scientists share results.↗ · Railway gauges were standardised so trains could travel across the country.↗ · The forms were standardised to make them easier to fill in.↗

standby — Everyday, meaning 1: Standby is being ready to be used or to act if needed, as in «on standby».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A standby is a person or thing kept ready in case it is needed, like a spare.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Standby mode is when a TV or computer is switched off but still uses a little power, ready to turn on quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A standby ticket is one bought at the last minute if there is a free seat.↗ Example: The TV is on standby, so the red light is on.↗ · Turn off computers at the plug, not just on standby.↗ · The firefighters were on standby during the storm.↗ · We keep candles as a standby in case of a power cut.↗ · We flew on standby and got the last two seats.↗ · Stand by for the next instruction.↗ · A good friend will stand by you.↗ · The doctor was on standby all night.↗

stander — Everyday, meaning 1: A stander is a person who stands and watches.↗ Standers-by are people who are standing nearby, watching what happens without taking part.↗ Example: The standers-by gasped when the knight won.↗ · Many standers-by cheered at the race.↗ · The standers-by did nothing to help.↗ · A crowd of standers-by watched the fire.↗

standest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «standest» means «you stand», a form of «stand».↗ e.g. To stand is to be on your feet with your body upright.↗ Example: And He said: 'Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.'↗ (Torah EXO.3.5, JPS 1917) · And he said: 'Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have cleared the house, and made room for the camels.'↗ (Torah GEN.24.31, JPS 1917)

standeth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «standeth» means «stands», a form of «stand».↗ e.g. To stand is to be on your feet with your body upright.↗ Example: Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.↗ (Torah DEU.1.38, JPS 1917) · but with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day —↗ (Torah DEU.29.15, JPS 1917) · And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die; and thou shalt exterminate the evil from Israel.↗ (Torah DEU.17.12, JPS 1917)