S — The Judaism dictionary · page 21 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9screenThe flat glass front of a TV, computer, tablet or phone where pictures and words appear.21 sentencesscreeningA showing of a film or TV programme.15 sentencesscribeA person whose job was to write or copy documents by hand, before printing.20 sentencesscripA small bag or wallet carried by a traveler. (Old word.).2 sentencesscriptA script is the written words of a play, film or TV show, telling actors what to say and do.20 sentencesscripturalBased on or connected with holy writings, especially the Bible.8 sentencesscriptureScripture (or the Scriptures) means the holy writings of the Bible for Christians.11 sentencesscrollTo scroll means to move the text or pictures on a screen up, down or sideways to see more.16 sentencesscurvyAn illness caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which comes from fresh fruit and vegetables. It makes the gums bleed and people feel we…11 sentencesseSE stands for south-east, the direction halfway between south and east.24 sentencesseaThe large area of salt water that covers most of the Earth.25 sentencessealA sea animal with a smooth body, flippers and thick fat, that lives in the sea and on land, eats fish and swims very well.18 sentencessealedClosed tightly so that nothing can get in or out.22 sentencessealskinThe skin of a seal, used for coats, bags and purses.11 sentencesseamlessHaving no join or seam, so that it is smooth and whole with no stitches showing.4 sentencessearchTo search is to look carefully for something or someone.24 sentencessearchingThe act of looking into something carefully, here of the heart.3 sentencessearedBurnt or scorched the surface of something with strong heat.9 sentencesseashoreThe land along the edge of the sea, such as a beach, rocks or sand.10 sentencesseasonA season is one of the four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn (fall in the USA and Canada) and winter.24 sentencesseatA seat is something to sit on, like a chair, a bench or a place on a bus.23 sentencessecondA second is a very short unit of time. A minute has 60 seconds.34 sentencessecretA secret is something you keep hidden and do not tell others.24 sentencessecretlySecretly means in a way that other people do not see or know about.18 sentencessectA small group of people who share strong beliefs, often one that has split away from a larger religion.9 sentencessectionA section is one part of something that is split into parts, like a section of a fence, a book or an orange.18 sentencessecureSecure means safe, protected from danger or harm.21 sentencessecurelyIn a safe, firm way, so that nothing can come loose or get away.10 sentencessecurityBeing safe and protected from danger, harm or crime.17 sentencessederThe special meal and service held at home on the first night (or first two nights) of the Jewish festival of Passover.10 sentencesseditionStirring up people to rebel against those who rule.3 sentencesseduceTo lead someone astray, to tempt them into doing wrong.3 sentencesseductionThe act of leading someone astray with false and attractive words.3 sentencesseeTo see is to notice something with your eyes.39 sentencesseedA seed is the small hard part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.26 sentencesseedtimethe time of year when seeds are planted.3 sentencesseekTo seek means to look for something or someone.23 sentencesseemTo seem means to look or appear to be something, from what you can see or know: «She seems happy».23 sentencesseemlyProper and fitting; suitable for the occasion.5 sentencesseerA person who is believed to be able to see what will happen in the future; a prophet.20 sentencesseetheTo boil or bubble hard, like a pot of hot liquid.13 sentencesseethingTo be seething is to be full of heaving, bubbling or crowded movement, like boiling water.12 sentencesseizeTo take hold of something suddenly and firmly; to grab.27 sentencesseldomNot often; rarely.13 sentencesselectTo choose someone or something from a group, carefully.12 sentencesselectedSelected means chosen from a group, often carefully.20 sentencesselfThe person you are, your own nature and character: her true self.19 sentencesselfsameexactly the same.12 sentencessellTo sell is to give something to someone for money.23 sentencessellerA seller is a person or shop that sells things for money.18 sentencessemanticSemantic means to do with the meanings of words and sentences.12 sentencessemblanceA mere outward look or likeness, without real substance.5 sentencessementhe fluid that carries the male seeds of life.3 sentencessemiprefix «semi-»: half, or partly: semicircle (half a circle), semi-final, semi-detached, semicolon.14 sentencessemiticto do with the peoples and languages of the Middle East, such as Hebrew and Arabic.8 sentencessendTo send is to make something go to another place or person, like a letter, a parcel or a message.23 sentencessenseA sense is one of the ways your body knows the world: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. People have 5 senses.30 sentencessenselessSenseless means without meaning or good reason, foolish and pointless.10 sentencessensibleSensible means having good judgement and making wise, safe choices.11 sentencessensualSensual means to do with the body's senses, such as taste, smell and touch, and the pleasure they give.5 sentencessentenceA sentence is a group of words that makes a complete statement, question or command; in writing it starts with a capital letter and ends w…21 sentencesseparableable to be separated or divided.1 sentencesseparateAs an adjective, not joined or together; apart or different: two separate rooms, separate piles.22 sentencesseparatedSeparated means apart, not together any more.21 sentencesseparationSeparation is moving things apart or keeping them apart.15 sentencesseptemberSeptember is the ninth month of the year. It has 30 days.14 sentencessepulchreA sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body.14 sentencesseraphA kind of fiery angel with wings, found in visions of heaven; "seraphim" is the plural.3 sentencessereneSerene means calm and peaceful, with no worry or fear showing.6 sentencesserfA serf was a farm worker long ago, in the Middle Ages, who had to live and work on a lord's land and could not leave it.14 sentencesseriesA series is a group of things that come one after another, like books about the same characters.19 sentencesserpentA snake, especially a big one.21 sentencesservantA person who is paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like cooking, cleaning and serving food, especially in the past.22 sentencesserveTo serve is to give food or drink to people.28 sentencesserviceA service is work that someone does for other people, like a shop serving customers or a doctor helping patients.23 sentencesservileFit for a slave or servant; having to do with hard, ordinary labor.6 sentencesservingA serving is an amount of food for one person; a portion.17 sentencesservitudeServitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave.8 sentencessetA set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set.32 sentencessettA sett is the home of a badger: a set of underground tunnels and rooms dug into the earth.14 sentencessettingThe place and time where a story happens.24 sentencessettleTo come to rest and stay in one place: dust settles on shelves, the bird settled on a branch.21 sentencessettlerA settler is a person who moves to a new place, often far away, to live there for good and make a home.20 sentencessevenSeven is the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight.23 sentencessevenfoldSeven times as big or as many.19 sentencesseventeenSeventeen is the number 17, one more than sixteen.21 sentencesseventeenthComing next after the sixteenth in order; number 17 in a line or list: the seventeenth runner.20 sentencesseventhSeventh means number 7 in order, after the sixth.18 sentencesseventySeventy is the number 70, which is seven tens.22 sentencesseverTo cut right through something, separating it.11 sentencesseveralSeveral means more than two, but not very many: several friends.15 sentencessevereVery bad, serious or harmful.14 sentencessewTo sew is to join cloth or attach things like buttons with a needle and thread.19 sentencessexSex is being male or female; people and most animals are born one sex or the other, decided by their body.13 sentencessexagesimalBased on the number sixty, as in counting with a base of sixty.5 sentencessexualHaving to do with sex, the body's way of making babies.9 sentencesshadeShade is an area where the sunlight is blocked, so it is cooler and darker: sit in the shade.19 sentencesshadowA shadow is a dark shape made on a surface when something blocks the light.22 sentencesshaftA shaft is a long, narrow hole that goes straight down or up, such as a mine shaft or a lift shaft.24 sentencesshakeTo shake is to move something quickly up and down or side to side.24 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/page/2/