📖 S — The English dictionary · page 98

stocky — Everyday, meaning 1: A stocky person or animal is short, broad and strong-looking, with a solid body.↗ Example: The farmer was a stocky man with big hands.↗ · The stocky pony carried the bags up the hill.↗ · Bulldogs are stocky dogs.↗ · Our goalkeeper is short and stocky.↗ · A stocky dwarf guarded the door.↗ · He grew stocky and strong from working on the farm.↗

stoke — Everyday, meaning 1: To stoke a fire means to add fuel such as coal or wood and stir it so it burns more strongly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To stoke a feeling such as fear or anger means to make it stronger.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (slang, stoked) If you are stoked, you are very excited and happy, especially in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.↗ Example: Grandpa stoked the fire before bed.↗ · The stoker shovelled coal to stoke the engine.↗ · Rumours stoked fears that the school would close.↗ · The coach's speech stoked our team spirit.↗ · I'm so stoked about the holidays!↗ (slang)↗ · She was stoked to win the surfing contest.↗ (slang)↗ · Then he stoked the fire, blew it, and set them all round it to warm themselves.↗

stole — Everyday, meaning 1: The past tense of "steal": took something that was not yours without asking. "↗ Someone stole my bike.".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A stole is a long scarf or shawl worn around the shoulders.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Stole can also mean moved quietly and secretly, so that no one notices.↗ Example: Someone stole my bike from outside the shop.↗ · The fox stole three eggs from the henhouse.↗ · My little sister stole the show at the concert.↗ · He stole a look at the answers.↗ · The thief stole the money and ran.↗ · Grandma wore a silk stole to the wedding.↗ · They stole away quietly in the night.↗ · I stole out of my corner, and stood with them.↗ · And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.↗ (Torah GEN.31.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.↗ (Prophets 2SA.15.6, JPS 1917)↗ · But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bed-chamber.↗ (Writings 2CH.22.11, JPS 1917)↗

stomach — Everyday, meaning 1: Your stomach is the bag-like organ inside your body where food goes after you swallow it and starts to be broken down.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: People also use «stomach» for the front of the body below the chest (the tummy or belly).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: If you can't stomach something, you can't bear it or eat it.↗ Example: My stomach hurts because I ate too much cake.↗ · Food goes from your mouth to your stomach.↗ · I have butterflies in my stomach before the race.↗ · Don't swim straight after a big meal on a full stomach if you feel unwell.↗ · The doctor pressed on my stomach to check it.↗ · Lie on your stomach to do this stretch.↗ · My stomach is rumbling; it must be lunchtime.↗ · Your stomach makes acid to help break down food.↗ · His stomach seemed a bottomless pit.↗ · He produced Samech, predominant in sleep, crowned, combined, and formed Sagittarius in the world, Kislev in the year, and the stomach of man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · The twelve organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestines, liver, gullet [39] or esophagus, stomach and milt.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He produced Samech, predominant in Sleep, crowned it, combined and formed with it Sagittarius in the Universe, Kislev in the Year, and the stomach of Man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle rags; and instead of curled hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.↗ (Prophets ISA.3.24, JPS 1917)↗

stomatopod — Everyday, meaning 1: A stomatopod is a mantis shrimp, a sea animal related to crabs and shrimps (a crustacean) that hunts by striking or stabbing prey with super-fast front claws.↗ Example: A stomatopod can punch faster than a bullet leaves some guns.↗ · Stomatopods are also called mantis shrimps.↗ · The stomatopod smashed the crab's shell with its claw.↗ · Scientists study stomatopod eyes, which see polarised light.↗ · Stomatopods live in burrows on coral reefs.↗ · Divers saw a colourful stomatopod peeping out of the sand.↗ · Some aquariums keep stomatopods in very thick tanks.↗

stomp — Everyday, meaning 1: To stomp means to walk with heavy, loud steps, often because you are angry.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To stomp on something means to stamp on it hard with your foot.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A stomp is a heavy step, or a lively dance with heavy stamping steps.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang, sport) To stomp a team means to beat them easily.↗ Example: She stomped up the stairs and slammed her door.↗ · The giant stomped through the forest.↗ · Don't stomp on the flowers!↗ · We stomped our feet in time to the music.↗ · He stomped off in a huff after losing the game.↗ · The dinosaur's stomp made the ground shake.↗ · Our team got stomped 6–0 (slang).↗

stone — Everyday, meaning 1: A stone is a small piece of rock.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Stone is the hard material rocks are made of: a stone wall.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A stone is the hard seed in the middle of some fruits, like a cherry or a peach.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A stone is a jewel: a ring with a red stone.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A stone is a unit of weight used in Britain and Ireland: a stone is 14 pounds.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: A kidney stone is a hard lump that can form in the body.↗ Example: Ben found 14 stones on the beach.↗ · The wall uses 300 stones.↗ · He threw 5 stones into the lake.↗ · Each stone weighs 2 pounds.↗ · My dad weighs 12 stone.↗ · Take the stone out of the peach before you eat it.↗ · We crossed the stream on stepping stones.↗ · The park is just a stone's throw from our house.↗ · The stones slip under my feet!↗ · And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.↗ (Torah GEN.29.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.↗ (Torah GEN.31.45, JPS 1917)↗ · The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.↗ (Torah EXO.15.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, (Writings JOB.38.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.'↗ (Prophets 1KI.21.10, JPS 1917)↗ · The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone.↗ (Writings PSA.118.22, JPS 1917)↗

stonefish — Everyday, meaning 1: A fish of warm shallow seas (Indian and Pacific Oceans, including northern Australia) that looks exactly like a rock or lump of coral and has very venomous spines on its back; it is one of the most venomous fish in the world.↗ Example: The stonefish looks just like a rock.↗ · Wear reef shoes in case you step on a stonefish.↗ · A stonefish sting is very painful.↗ · Stonefish hide on the seabed and catch passing fish.↗ · The stonefish is one of the most venomous fish in the world.↗ · Hot water helps ease the pain of a stonefish sting until you reach a hospital.↗

stonemason — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A stonemason is a person whose work is cutting stone and building with it.↗

stony — Everyday, meaning 1: Stony means full of stones or covered with stones.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Stony means hard like stone.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A stony look, face or silence is cold and shows no kind feeling.↗ Example: We walked along the stony beach in our sandals.↗ · The farmer could not grow much in the stony field.↗ · The path up the hill was steep and stony.↗ · Mum gave me a stony look when I came home late.↗ · There was a stony silence after the teacher asked who broke the window.↗ · The headteacher listened stony-faced.↗ · My idea fell on stony ground; nobody liked it.↗ · Plants with long roots can live in stony soil.↗ · While the donkeys galloped along the stony road, the Marionette fancied he heard a very quiet voice whispering to him:↗ · And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; (Prophets EZK.11.19, JPS 1917)↗ · A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.↗ (Prophets EZK.36.26, JPS 1917)↗

stoodest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «stoodest» means «you stood», a form of «stand».↗ e.g. To stand is to be on your feet with your body upright.↗ Example: And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back.'↗ (Torah NUM.22.34, JPS 1917)

stool — Everyday, meaning 1: A stool is a seat with legs but no back and usually no arms.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A footstool is a low stool for resting your feet or standing on to reach.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In medicine, stool is a polite word for poo.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A fire-stool was an old word for a small iron stand or pan holding burning coals for warmth.↗ Example: I sat on a stool at the kitchen counter.↗ · Use the step stool to reach the top shelf.↗ · The piano stool can go up and down.↗ · A three-legged stool does not wobble on bumpy ground.↗ · Grandpa rested his feet on a footstool.↗ · We each sat on a lab stool in science.↗ · The doctor asked for a stool sample.↗ · At length the last passenger made her appearance,--old Mother DECEMBER, with her fire-stool.↗

stoop — Everyday, meaning 1: To stoop is to bend your body forwards and down: he stooped to pick up the coin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A stoop is a habit of standing with your shoulders and head bent forward.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To stoop to something is to do something bad or mean that is below your usual standards.↗ e.g. I would never stoop to cheating.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (US, Canada) A stoop is a small set of steps and a platform in front of a house door.↗ Example: She stooped to pick up the shell.↗ · Grandad walks with a slight stoop.↗ · He stooped under the low doorway.↗ · I would never stoop to stealing.↗ · They sat on the stoop eating ice lollies.↗ (US)↗ · Don't stoop when you lift the heavy box; bend your knees.↗ · The giant had to stoop to enter the house.↗ · He stooped to look at it.↗ · He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?↗ (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917)↗ · God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.↗ (Writings JOB.9.13, JPS 1917)↗ · They stoop, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden; and themselves are gone into captivity.↗ (Prophets ISA.46.2, JPS 1917)↗

stooping — Everyday, meaning 1: Bending the top part of your body forwards and down.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Standing or walking with your back and shoulders bent forwards, often because of age or habit.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (in «stooping to») Doing something mean, unfair or dishonest that is below your usual standards.↗ Example: She was stooping to pick up a coin.↗ · The old man walked slowly, stooping over his stick.↗ · We had to go through the low tunnel stooping.↗ · I'm not stooping to their level by calling names.↗ · Stooping all day in the garden hurt Grandma's back.↗ · He was stooping over the map, looking for the route.↗ · They won't win by stooping to cheating.↗ · Gently stooping over him she kissed his forehead, and at her touch he awoke.↗

stop — Everyday, meaning 1: To stop means to not move or not go on any more.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To stop someone is to keep them from doing something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A stop is a place where a bus or train waits for people: a bus stop.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A stop is a short break in a trip.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A full stop (UK) is the dot . at the end of a sentence (US: period).↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «Stop it!» and «pack it in» mean quit doing that; «stop by» or «stop over» means visit briefly.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (casual, slang) «Stop!» or «stoppp» can mean «that's so funny» or «no way», not a real command.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (rough) «Stop whinging», «stop mucking about» are blunt orders.↗ Everyday, meaning 9: (formal) «Cease», «halt», «discontinue» and «terminate» are stiff words: «Cease writing immediately.».↗ Everyday, meaning 10: To stop can also mean to stay in a place for a while.↗ Example: The bus makes 5 stops.↗ · At the first stop 4 people got off.↗ · She stopped after reading 30 pages.↗ · They stopped for lunch after 2 hours.↗ · Stop at the kerb and look both ways.↗ · The car stopped at the red light.↗ · Please stop talking and listen.↗ · Don't forget the full stop at the end of your sentence.↗ · stop by mine after school, bring the 3 games (casual)↗ · Stop whinging and finish the sums.↗ (rough)↗ · A vehicle halts at 5 intermediate stations; at the first, 4 passengers alight.↗ Ascertain the number remaining aboard.↗ (formal exam)↗ · But that did not stop long.↗ · he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they helped him.↗ (Writings 2CH.32.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'↗ (Prophets 2KI.3.19, JPS 1917)↗