| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sac | noun | See Sacs., The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines., See 2d Sack., A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack. |
| sad | supperl. | Sated; satisfied; weary; tired., Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard., Dull; grave; dark; somber; — said of colors., Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous., Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful., Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune., Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked., To make sorrowful; to sadden. |
| sag | verb i. | To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges., Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced., To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily., To cause to bend or give way; to load., State of sinking or bending; sagging. |
| sai | noun | See Capuchin, 3 (a). |
| sal | noun | An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable., Salt. |
| sam | adjective | Together. |
| sao | noun | Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinaecia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture. |
| sap | noun | The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition., The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree., A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop., To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of., To pierce with saps., To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken., To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps., A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc. |
| sat | imp. of Sit., of Sit, of Sit | |
| saw | imp. of See., Something said; speech; discourse., A saying; a proverb; a maxim., Dictate; command; decree., An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing., To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble., To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel., Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air., To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well., To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast., To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly., of See | |
| sax | noun | A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates. |
| say | imp. | Saw., Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack., Tried quality; temper; proof., Essay; trial; attempt., To try; to assay., A kind of silk or satin., A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth., To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things., To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson., To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to., To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; — in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles., To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply., A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. |
| sea | noun | One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth’s surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea., An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee., The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe., The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water’s surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea., A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; — so called from its size., Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. |
| see | noun | A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised., Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome., To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view., To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain., To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after., To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend., To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service., To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars., To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly., Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; — often followed by a preposition, as through, or into., To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; — generally with to; as, to see to the house. |
| sod | of Seethe, The rock dove., imp. of Seethe., That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward., To cover with sod; to turf. | |
| seg | noun | Sedge., The gladen, and other species of Iris., A castrated bull. |
| sen | noun | A Japanese coin, worth about one half of a cent., Since. |
| set | imp. & past participle | of Set, To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end., Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place., To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be., To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to., To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud., To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one’s countenance., To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard., To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash., To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese., To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt., To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw., To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship., To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm., To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone., To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock., To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure., To stake at play; to wager; to risk., To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing., To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse., To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there., To value; to rate; — with at., To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; — said of hunting dogs., To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned., To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill., To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page., To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end., To fit music to words., To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant., To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom)., To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened., To congeal; to concrete; to solidify., To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward., To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; — now followed by out., To indicate the position of game; — said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter., To apply one’s self; to undertake earnestly; — now followed by out., To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well., Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance., Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices., Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle., Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer., Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted., The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination., That which is set, placed, or fixed., A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn., That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture., Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring., A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set., A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece., A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface., A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc., A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique., Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current., In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed., The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade., A young oyster when first attached., Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality., A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce., That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width. |
| sew | noun | Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy., To follow; to pursue; to sue., To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread., To close or stop by ssewing; — often with up; as, to sew up a rip., To inclose by sewing; — sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag., To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread., To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. |
| sex | noun | The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female., One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female., The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes., One of the groups founded on this distinction. |
| sey | Alt. of Seyh | |
| she | obj. | This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of., A woman; a female; — used substantively. |
| shy | superl. | Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird., Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach., Cautious; wary; suspicious., To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; — said especially of horses., To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper., A sudden start aside, as by a horse., A side throw; a throw; a fling. |
| sib | noun | A blood relation., Related by blood; akin. |
| sic | adjective | Such., Thus. |
| sig | verb t. | Urine. |
| sik | adjective | Alt. of Sike |
| sin | adverb, preposition, & conj. | Old form of Since., Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God’s will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission., An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners., A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin., An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person., To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; — often followed by against., To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress. |
| sip | verb t. | To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea., To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers., To taste the liquor of; to drink out of., To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something., The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips., A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste., See Seep. |
| sir | noun | A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; — in this sense usually spelled sire., A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet., An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; — formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy., A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; — used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality. |
| sis | noun | A colloquial abbreviation of Sister., Six. See Sise. |
| sit | obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth., To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; — said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground., To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc., To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition., To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; — with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him., To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill., To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; — used impersonally., To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate., To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction., To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress., To hold a session; to be in session for official business; — said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night., To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one’s self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter., To sit upon; to keep one’s seat upon; as, he sits a horse well., To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; — used reflexively., To suit (well / ill); to become. | |
| six | adjective | One more than five; twice three; as, six yards., The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects., A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI. |
| sky | noun | A cloud., Hence, a shadow., The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; — sometimes in the plural., The wheather; the climate., To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen., To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket. |
| sle | verb t. | To slay. |
| sly | verb t. | Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; — in a good sense., Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily., Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick., Light or delicate; slight; thin., Slyly. |
| sny | noun | An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel. |
| sob | verb t. | To soak., To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath., The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow., Any sorrowful cry or sound. |
| soc | noun | The lord’s power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction., Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens., An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. |
| soe | noun | A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl. |
| sol | noun | The sun., Gold; — so called from its brilliancy, color, and value., A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale., The tone itself., A sou., A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents. |
| son | noun | A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother., A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general., Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent., A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England., The produce of anything., Jesus Christ, the Savior; — called the Son of God, and the Son of man. |
| sop | verb t. | Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten., Anything given to pacify; — so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology., A thing of little or no value., To steep or dip in any liquid. |
| sot | noun | A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt., A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard., Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull., To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot., To tipple to stupidity. |
| sou | noun | An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly called a sou. |
| sow | verb i. | To sew. See Sew., The female of swine, or of the hog kind., A sow bug., A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed., The bar of metal which remains in such a runner., A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander., A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like., To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate., To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle., To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; — literally or figuratively. |
| soy | noun | A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water., The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja. |
| spa | noun | A spring or mineral water; — so called from a place of this name in Belgium. |
| spy | verb t. | To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see., To discover by close search or examination., To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; — usually with out., To search narrowly; to scrutinize., One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others., A person sent secretly into an enemy’s camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer. |
| sty | verb i. | A pen or inclosure for swine., A place of bestial debauchery., To shut up in, or as in, a sty., To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup., An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. |
| sub | noun | A subordinate; a subaltern. |
| sue | verb t. | To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo., To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially., To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process., To clean, as the beak; — said of a hawk., To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship., To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead., To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages., To woo; to pay addresses as a lover., To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship. |
| sug | noun | A kind of worm or larva. |
| sum | noun | The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12., A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum., The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections., Height; completion; utmost degree., A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out., To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; — usually with up., To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; — usually with up., To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. |
| sun | noun | See Sunn., The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000., Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs., The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine., That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation., To expose to the sun’s rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain. |
| sup | verb t. | To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip., A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip., To eat the evening meal; to take supper., To treat with supper. |
| swa | adverb | So. |
| syb | adjective | See Sib. |
| sye | imp. | Saw. |