📖 S — The English dictionary · page 91

startle — Everyday, meaning 1: To startle someone is to surprise or frighten them suddenly, so that they jump or move quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To be startled is to get a sudden small fright.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Something startling is so surprising that it makes you jump.↗ Example: The loud bang startled the baby.↗ · Don't startle the horse by running behind it.↗ · The deer was startled and ran into the trees.↗ · I was startled when my phone rang in the quiet library.↗ · He gave me a startled look.↗ · A sudden shout can startle a sleeping dog.↗ · The cat startled when the door slammed.↗ · But indeed there was something else, something very astonishing and startling.↗ · So shall he startle many nations, kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which had not been told them shall they see, and that which they had not heard shall they perceive.↗ (Prophets ISA.52.15, JPS 1917)↗

startled — Everyday, meaning 1: Startled means suddenly surprised or a little frightened by something unexpected, so you jump or stop.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Startled is also the past form of «startle», which means to surprise or frighten someone suddenly.↗ Example: The cat was startled by the loud bang.↗ · She gave a startled cry.↗ · Don't startle the horse by running behind it.↗ · The deer looked up, startled, and ran away.↗ · I was startled when my phone rang.↗ · A startled dog may bite, so let it see you coming.↗ · He was startled out of his sleep.↗ · The startled birds flew off the fence.↗ · “Bill Jukes dead!” cried the startled pirates.↗ · And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.↗ (Writings RUT.3.8, JPS 1917)↗

starvation — Everyday, meaning 1: Serious suffering or death caused by having little or no food for a long time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, exaggerated) Being very hungry: «I'm dying of starvation!» said jokingly before tea.↗ Example: During the famine, many people died of starvation.↗ · Aid agencies are working to prevent starvation in the war zone.↗ · The Holodomor caused the starvation of millions of Ukrainians.↗ · Animals in the snow can face starvation in a hard winter.↗ · "Is tea ready?↗ I'm dying of starvation!"↗ · Using hunger and starvation as a weapon of war is against international law.↗ · To get down was utterly impossible, it seemed as if he must die of starvation.↗

starve — Everyday, meaning 1: To starve is to suffer or die because you have no food for a long time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To starve someone is to not give them food.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «I'm starving» is an everyday way to say «I'm very hungry».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To be starved of something is to not get enough of something you need: «starved of light», «starved of attention».↗ Example: Many people starved when the crops failed.↗ · The stray dog was nearly starving when we found it.↗ · I'm starving — what's for dinner?↗ · The plant was starved of light in the dark cupboard.↗ · Never starve a pet; feed it every day.↗ · Without enough food, animals in winter can starve.↗ · The charity sends food to starving families.↗ · He was starved of attention, so he behaved badly.↗ · He was half starved and begged for help.↗

starving — Everyday, meaning 1: Very ill or dying because of having no food for a long time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Informally, very hungry.↗ e.g. "I'm starving!"↗ Example: I'm starving!↗ When is lunch?↗ · The starving dog was rescued and fed.↗ · During the famine, many people were starving.↗ · Charities send food to starving families.↗ · The birds were starving in the snow, so we put out seeds.↗ · After swimming I am always starving.↗ · For a starving man, you seem to have a very small appetite."↗

state — Everyday, meaning 1: A state is the condition something or someone is in, like a state of mess or a calm state.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A state is one of the parts that some countries, like the USA and Australia, are divided into, each with its own government.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A state can mean a country and its government.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To state something means to say or write it clearly and formally.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In science, the states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual, UK, Ireland) «In a state» means very upset or very messy; «the state of you!» or «look at the state of that» mocks how someone or something looks.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (casual) «The States» means the USA.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal, exam) «State» is a command word: «State the number of…» means write the answer, no working needed; «it is stated that» means you are told that.↗ Everyday, meaning 9: A state school is run by the government and is free (UK, Australia); in the USA it is a public school.↗ Example: Water can be a solid, a liquid or a gas: these are its three states.↗ · Texas is a big state in the USA.↗ · Australia has six states and two territories.↗ · State your answer in centimetres.↗ · Your bedroom is in a terrible state!↗ · She was in a real state when she lost her keys.↗ · The sign states that dogs must be kept on a lead.↗ · When ice melts, it changes state from solid to liquid.↗ · the state of this kitchen, who left 6 cups everywhere (casual, UK)↗ · Look at the state of you, you're soaked!↗ (casual)↗ · State the cardinality of the set {2, 4, 6, 8}.↗ (formal exam)↗ · It is stated that a vessel contains 12 litres; state the quantity remaining upon the removal of 5.↗ (formal exam)↗ · In this hopeless state the winter passed.↗ · But Isaac Myer states that there are un- doubted traces of pointing in Hebrew MSS. of the second century.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · And our God made the states of opposition, good and evil, good from the good, and evil from the evil.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · Tali, the Dragon, is above the Universe, as a king on his throne; the sphere in the year as a king in his State, the Heart of man as a king in warfare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; (Writings PRO.27.23, JPS 1917)↗ · So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.↗ (Writings 2CH.24.13, JPS 1917)↗ · If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.↗ (Writings ECC.5.7, JPS 1917)↗

stately — Everyday, meaning 1: Stately means grand, dignified and impressive, and often slow and calm in movement or appearance.↗ Example: The stately castle stood on the hill.↗ · The swans glided across the lake in stately fashion.↗ · A stately old lady sat in the chair.↗ · The pigs moved in stately rows across the yard.↗ · There are three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going: (Writings PRO.30.29, JPS 1917)↗ · and sattest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set Mine incense and Mine oil.↗ (Prophets EZK.23.41, JPS 1917)↗ · This that is glorious in his apparel, stately in the greatness of his strength?' — 'I that speak in victory, mighty to save.' — (Prophets ISA.63.1, JPS 1917)↗

statement — Everyday, meaning 1: A statement is something you say or write that tells a fact or an idea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In grammar, a statement is a sentence that tells something and ends with a full stop.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A statement is a formal announcement, or what a person tells the police.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A bank statement is a list of the money going in and out of an account.↗ Example: «The sky is blue» is a statement.↗ · A statement ends with a full stop.↗ · Is this statement true or false: 7 is an even number?↗ · The head teacher made a statement about the school trip.↗ · The witness gave a statement to the police.↗ · Write two statements and one question about your picture.↗ · Mum checked the bank statement.↗ · Prove the statement with an example.↗ · So far his statement is true.↗ · This is at variance with tlie Sefer Yetzirah, which emphasizes the doctrine of creation from nothing by the statement: "He (Godi formed existence out of void, something out of nothing" (Mishnah '22i.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

static — Everyday, meaning 1: Static means not moving or not changing: a static picture, prices stayed static.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Static electricity is an electric charge that builds up on things when they rub together, making hair stand up or giving a small shock.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) Static is a crackling noise on a radio or TV, or fuzzy dots on a screen.↗ Example: Rub the balloon on your jumper to make static electricity.↗ · I got a static shock when I touched the car door.↗ · My hair stood up because of static.↗ · The radio only played static in the tunnel.↗ · The number of pupils stayed static all year.↗ · We did static stretches after the race.↗ · Lightning is a huge spark of static electricity.↗

station — Everyday, meaning 1: A station is a place where trains or buses stop so people can get on and off.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A station is a building for a special service: fire station, police station, petrol (gas) station.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A radio or TV station sends out programmes.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In Australia and New Zealand a station is a very large farm for sheep or cattle.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To station someone is to put them in a place to do a job.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: A station can also mean a person's social rank or position in life.↗ Example: The train stops at 6 stations.↗ · At the first station, 12 people got off.↗ · The station is 15 miles from the farm.↗ · 8 people got on at the next station.↗ · The fire engine raced out of the fire station.↗ · My uncle works on a sheep station in Australia.↗ · The astronauts live on the space station.↗ · Which radio station do you like?↗ · Then the prince went to his own quarters and was treated as became his station.↗ · And these are they that took their station, and their sons.↗ (Writings 1CH.6.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.↗ (Prophets ISA.22.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they took their station at their service according to their order.↗ (Writings 1CH.6.17, JPS 1917)↗

stationary — Everyday, meaning 1: Stationary means not moving, standing still.↗ e.g. "a stationary car".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Stationary can mean not changing.↗ e.g. "the number of pupils stayed stationary".↗ Example: The car was stationary at the red light.↗ · A stationary object has a speed of zero.↗ · On the graph, the flat part shows when the cyclist was stationary.↗ · Mum rides a stationary bike at the gym.↗ · Keep the camera stationary to take a clear photo.↗ · The train stayed stationary for ten minutes.↗ · He therefore brought her to Delos, a floating island in the AEgean Sea, which he made stationary by attaching it with chains of adamant to the bottom of the sea.↗

stationery — Everyday, meaning 1: Things used for writing and office work, such as paper, envelopes, pens, pencils, rulers and rubbers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Writing paper and matching envelopes.↗ Example: I bought new stationery for the start of term.↗ · The stationery cupboard is full of paper and glue.↗ · Pencils, rulers and rubbers are all stationery.↗ · She loves cute stationery with animals on it.↗ · A pen costs £1 and a ruler 80p, so the stationery costs £1.80.↗ · The hotel room had stationery with its name printed on top.↗ · Our school gives every pupil a stationery pack.↗

statistical — Everyday, meaning 1: Statistical means about statistics: the collecting, counting and studying of numbers and data to find patterns and facts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Statistical describes something shown by numbers rather than by single stories: a statistical link, statistical evidence.↗ Example: We did a statistical survey of favourite fruits in our class.↗ · The report gives statistical evidence that the river is cleaner.↗ · A statistical chart showed how many children walk to school.↗ · Scientists used statistical tests to check their results.↗ · There is a statistical link between sleep and good marks.↗ · The statistical summary showed the mean height was 135 cm.↗ · Is the difference real or just a statistical accident?↗

statistically — Everyday, meaning 1: Statistically means according to statistics, judging by numbers and data.↗ e.g. "Statistically, flying is safer than driving."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: "Statistically significant" (formal, science) means a result is very unlikely to have happened just by chance.↗ Example: Statistically, more babies are born in summer here.↗ · Statistically speaking, you are safer on a train than in a car.↗ · Girls and boys did statistically the same in the test.↗ · The new medicine worked statistically better than the old one.↗ · Statistically, it rains on half the days in our town.↗ · The result was statistically significant, so it was not just luck.↗ · Statistically, you are very unlikely to win the lottery.↗

statistics — Everyday, meaning 1: The branch of maths that collects, organises and studies numbers and data to find patterns and answer questions.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Facts shown as numbers, such as how many people live in a town or the average rainfall.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a statistic) One such number or fact.↗ Example: In maths we are learning about statistics and bar charts.↗ · The statistics show that more children walk to school than cycle.↗ · Statistics is a useful subject for scientists.↗ · The cricket commentator read out the player's statistics.↗ · Government statistics say the population is growing.↗ · One shocking statistic is that many children skip breakfast.↗ · We used statistics to find the average height in our class.↗ · Be careful: statistics can be shown in a way that misleads you.↗