📖 S — The English dictionary · page 9

sauropod — Everyday, meaning 1: A sauropod was a huge, plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck, a long tail, a small head and four thick legs like pillars, such as Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus and Argentinosaurus.↗ Example: Diplodocus was a sauropod with a whip-like tail.↗ · Sauropods were the largest animals ever to walk on land.↗ · We saw sauropod footprints in the rock.↗ · A sauropod's head was tiny for its giant body.↗ · Sauropods swallowed leaves without chewing them.↗ · Brachiosaurus was a sauropod that could reach the treetops.↗

sausage — Everyday, meaning 1: Minced meat (or a vegetarian mix) with spices, put inside a long thin skin and cooked.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Informally, a fond name for a child or pet.↗ e.g. "You silly sausage!"↗ Example: We had sausages on the barbecue.↗ · Dad bought a pack of eight sausages.↗ · A sausage sizzle raised money for our school.↗ · Vegetarian sausages are made without meat.↗ · Prick the sausages with a fork before cooking.↗ · Our dachshund is called a sausage dog.↗ · You silly sausage, you have your shoes on the wrong feet!↗

savage — Everyday, meaning 1: Savage means very fierce, violent and cruel, like a savage attack by a wild animal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Savage can mean very severe or harsh, such as savage cuts to spending or savage criticism.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To savage someone or something is to attack it fiercely, with teeth or with words.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang) Savage means boldly harsh, rude in a funny way, or super cool: «That comeback was savage!».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (offensive, old) In the past Europeans called other peoples «savages»; this was unfair and racist, and we do not use it about people today.↗ Example: The farmer's sheep were savaged by a dog.↗ · A savage storm destroyed the pier.↗ · Critics savaged the new film.↗ · «Your jokes are like your football: weak.»↗ «Oof, savage!»↗ · Old explorers called local people «savages», which was cruel and wrong.↗ · The lion gave a savage roar.↗ · The school faced savage cuts to its budget.↗ · They were savage fighters and hunters.↗

savagely — Everyday, meaning 1: In a fierce, violent or angry way, as if wanting to hurt someone.↗ Example: "You do muddy it!" retorted the Wolf savagely.↗ · He began to glare at the others very savagely.↗ · "What can we hope from that?" a champion demanded savagely.↗

savagery — Everyday, meaning 1: Very cruel and violent behaviour.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fierce wildness, as in the savagery of a storm or a wild animal attack.↗ Example: The savagery of the battle shocked everyone.↗ · The storm hit the coast with savagery.↗ · The lion attacked with sudden savagery.↗ · People were horrified by the savagery of the crime.↗ · The book shows the savagery of war.↗ · The weasels fought with savagery, but Badger's band won.↗ · They pursued him with a savagery which he could not distinguish from hatred, and they swished him well whenever they got the chance.↗

savanna — Everyday, meaning 1: A savanna is a large, flat area of grassland with only a few scattered trees, found in hot places with a wet season and a dry season.↗ Example: Lions hunt on the African savanna.↗ · The savanna turns green in the wet season.↗ · Giraffes eat leaves from the few trees on the savanna.↗ · Zebras and wildebeest cross the savanna in huge herds.↗ · Acacia trees grow on the savanna.↗ · The savanna is a grassland biome.↗

savannah — Everyday, meaning 1: A savannah is a large flat grassy land with few trees, in hot places like Africa, where zebras and lions live.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Savannah is a girl's name and a city in Georgia, USA.↗ Example: Lions hunt on the savannah.↗ · The savannah has dry seasons.↗ · Zebras graze on the savannah.↗ · Savannah is my sister's name.↗ · We learned about the savannah biome.↗ · Elephants walk across the savannah.↗

save — Everyday, meaning 1: To save is to keep money instead of spending it, so you have more later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To save someone or something is to keep them safe from danger.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To save time, water or energy is to use less of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To save a file on a computer is to store it.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In football or hockey, a save is when the goalkeeper stops the ball.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To save something can also mean to keep it for later use, not just to keep money.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: Except; apart from.↗ ("None save the LORD" means "no one except the LORD.").↗ Example: Zoe saves 4 cents a day.↗ · Tom saved 15 cents last week and 10 cents this week.↗ · How many days must Lily save 5 cents to have 30 cents?↗ · I'm saving up for a new bike.↗ · The lifeguard saved a boy from the waves.↗ · Turn off the tap to save water.↗ · Save your work before you close the computer.↗ · The goalkeeper made a great save.↗ · Save de pacin' mar' fer Sunday.↗ · And they said: 'Thou hast saved our lives.↗ (Torah GEN.47.25, JPS 1917)↗ · And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?↗ (Torah NUM.31.15, JPS 1917)↗ · He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.↗ (Torah EXO.22.20, JPS 1917)↗ · So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.↗ (Prophets 1SA.23.5, JPS 1917)↗ · For who is God, save the LORD?↗ (Writings PSA.18.32, JPS 1917)↗ · We beseech Thee, O LORD, save now!↗ (Writings PSA.118.25, JPS 1917)↗ · He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.↗ (Torah EXO.22.20, JPS 1917) · Save de pacin' mar' fer Sunday.↗ (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) · For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.↗ (Torah DEU.22.27, JPS 1917)

saver — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who saves money instead of spending it all.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something that saves you time, money, space or energy: a time-saver, an energy saver.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A screen saver: a moving picture a computer shows when it is not being used.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (sport) A goalkeeper or player who saves goals or points.↗ Example: My brother is a good saver; he keeps half his pocket money.↗ · Savers get a little extra money called interest from the bank.↗ · The dishwasher is a real time-saver.↗ · This bulb is an energy saver.↗ · Thanks for the pencil, you're a lifesaver!↗ · The keeper was a great saver of penalties.↗

savings — Everyday, meaning 1: Money that you keep and do not spend, often in a bank or money box.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An amount of money or time that you do not have to spend because something is cheaper or quicker.↗ e.g. "a saving of 5 dollars".↗ Example: I keep my savings in a jar.↗ · Ava used her savings to buy a new bike.↗ · If I add 3 dollars a week to my savings, I will have 30 dollars in 10 weeks.↗ · Mum opened a savings account for me at the bank.↗ · The sale gave us a saving of 10 pounds.↗ · Walking instead of driving is a saving of money and fuel.↗ · He lost his life savings in a scam.↗ · And then he bade her give the men back their savings.↗

saviour — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who saves someone or something from danger or harm.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) The Saviour (capital S) is a name Christians use for Jesus Christ, because they believe he saves people from sin and death.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Something that helps a lot just in time: «This umbrella was a saviour!».↗ Example: Christians believe Jesus is the Saviour of the world.↗ · «Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you.»↗ · The goalkeeper was the saviour of the match.↗ · The firefighter was the family's saviour.↗ · That spare pencil was a lifesaver, a real saviour!↗ · The new owner was the saviour of the old cinema.↗ · The High King did not know where exactly he should look for such a saviour, but he was well educated and knew how to look for whatever was lacking.↗ · They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt; (Writings PSA.106.21, JPS 1917)↗ · I, even I, am the LORD; and beside Me there is no saviour.↗ (Prophets ISA.43.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.↗ (Prophets ISA.45.15, JPS 1917)↗

savory — Everyday, meaning 1: American spelling of «savoury»: see «savoury».↗ Tasty and salty or meaty, not sweet.↗ Example: Now and then he sniffed the savory odor.↗ · There is a savory fire in his front yard!↗ · Crisps and cheese are savory snacks.↗

savour — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) The taste or smell of something, especially good food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To enjoy something slowly, taking time over every bit of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old use) To savour of something is to have a hint or sign of it: «savours of treason» means smells of treason.↗ Example: There is more savour in the fruit.↗ · I stood breathing all the savour of the world.↗ · Savour every bite of the cake.↗ · This plan savours of treason.↗ · and for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.↗ (Torah NUM.15.7, JPS 1917)↗ · It is a continual burnt-offering, which was offered in mount Sinai, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.↗ (Torah NUM.28.6, JPS 1917)↗ · but ye shall present a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year; (Torah NUM.28.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?↗ (Writings JOB.6.6, JPS 1917)↗ · that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.↗ (Writings EZR.6.10, JPS 1917)↗ · My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour, and thus it was; saith the Lord GOD.↗ (Prophets EZK.16.19, JPS 1917)↗

savoury — Everyday, meaning 1: Savoury food is salty or spicy, not sweet, like cheese, crisps, pies or soup.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A savoury (UK) is a small salty snack.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Not very savoury» describes something or someone not nice or not respectable.↗ Example: Would you like a sweet or a savoury pancake?↗ · Cheese scones are savoury.↗ · Crisps and nuts are savoury snacks.↗ · The party had savoury food first, then cake.↗ · This pie is savoury — it has chicken in it.↗ · He was an unsavoury character, so we stayed away.↗ · ‘I declare I smell a savoury dinner.’↗ · And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.↗ (Torah GEN.27.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.↗ (Torah GEN.27.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.↗ (Torah GEN.27.14, JPS 1917)↗ · The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.↗ (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917)↗

saw — Everyday, meaning 1: Saw is the past form of see: «I saw a bird.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A saw is a tool with a sharp toothed blade for cutting wood or metal.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To saw is to cut with a saw.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An old saying is sometimes called a saw.↗ Example: She saw 12 birds in the park.↗ · He saw 5 cars and 3 buses.↗ · He used a saw to cut the board into 4 pieces.↗ · How many animals did they see in all?↗ · I saw a rainbow after the rain.↗ · Dad sawed the branch off the tree.↗ · Wear goggles when you use a saw.↗ · We saw a film at the cinema last night.↗ · The children played on the seesaw.↗ · Then there was a great deal of hewing and sawing, and at last the three-decker was built.↗ · And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'↗ (Torah GEN.20.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image.↗ (Writings DAN.2.31, JPS 1917)↗ · When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.↗ (Writings PSA.50.18, JPS 1917)↗ · The ram which thou sawest having the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.↗ (Writings DAN.8.20, JPS 1917)↗

sawdust — Everyday, meaning 1: Sawdust is the tiny pieces of wood that fall off when wood is cut with a saw.↗ Example: The workshop floor was covered in sawdust.↗ · We put clean sawdust in the hamster's cage.↗ · Sawdust flew everywhere when Dad cut the plank.↗ · Wear goggles to keep sawdust out of your eyes.↗ · The carpenter swept up the sawdust.↗ · Chipboard is made from glued sawdust and wood chips.↗ · Then, going to a chest of drawers, he took out a pretty heart, made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust.↗

sawest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «sawest» means «you saw», a form of «see»: To see is to notice something with your eyes.↗ e.g. I see a bird.↗ Example: And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'↗ (Torah GEN.20.10, JPS 1917)

sawfish — Everyday, meaning 1: A sawfish is a large ray, a kind of flat fish related to sharks, with a long flat snout edged with sharp teeth like a saw.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It uses its saw to find, stun and slash small fish and to dig for food in mud.↗ Example: The sawfish swung its long saw through a shoal of little fish.↗ · A sawfish can grow longer than a car.↗ · The sawfish is a kind of ray, not a shark.↗ · Sawfish live in warm seas and some even swim up rivers.↗ · Sawfish are endangered because their saws get tangled in nets.↗ · At the aquarium we watched a sawfish glide along the bottom.↗ · The teeth on a sawfish's snout are really special scales.↗