English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 193 of 1086

sedumnoun

Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.

Sedwickname

A surname.

seeverb

To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

see a manverb

Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly (euphemistic) to use the toilet or (historical) drink alcohol.

see a man about a dogverb

Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly (euphemistic) to use the toilet or (historical) drink alcohol.

see a man about a horseverb

Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly to use a toilet.

see a wolfverb

To lose one's voice.

see aboutverb

To take care of; to attend to; to check up on.

see alsophrase

A suggestion that other topics of study are related to a current topic.

see an argumentphrase

To believe an opinion has enough justification to sustain a debate about it, whether or not the opinion is ultimately true.

see comingverb

To notice in advance, especially to recognise as a threat or problem; to foresee.

see daylightverb

To reach an understanding of something previously obscure; to arrive at a solution to a problem.

see eye to eyeverb

To agree, especially in every respect; to concur; to get along.

see fitverb

to deem appropriate

see hereintj

An admonition that the listener should pay attention to what the speaker says next.

see howphrase

To see how things go; to wait longer before deciding or committing to something.

see humnoun

Blood cockles; ark clams (as food)

see inverb

To show (someone) in: to introduce (someone) to the inside of a place.

see intoverb

To perceive the truth about, especially of future events.

see into a millstoneverb

To understand a complex matter.

see muinoun

crack seed

see Naples and dieproverb

One can die at peace after having seen Naples, Italy, nothing else on Earth surpassing its beauty.

see offverb

To accompany someone to a point of departure; to ensure someone departs safely.

see one's breathverb

To have the water vapour in one's exhaled breath condense and become visible due to the cold temperature of the surrounding air.

see one's way clear toverb

To manage to commit oneself to (a decision or course of action).

see oneself outverb

To depart from a dwelling unaccompanied.

see outverb

To accompany a guest to the door when he or she leaves (also used figuratively).

see past the end of one's noseverb

To have insight into underlying facts or consequences; to possess common sense or a vision for the future.

see redverb

To become enraged, angry, or irritated.

see serviceverb

To be put to use; to be employed for a purpose.

see someone rightverb

to satisfy someone

see someone's etchingsverb

To have sex with (someone).

see starsverb

To experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.

see thatverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, that.

see the back ofverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, back.

see the dark side of the moonverb

To do or experience something exceedingly difficult or rare.

see the dayverb

To experience in one's lifetime.

see the elephantverb

To witness something unexpected and awe-inspiring.

see the forest for the treesverb

To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation.

see the last ofverb

To stop seeing or encountering a person or thing.

see the lightverb

To undergo a spiritual conversion.

see the light of dayverb

To appear; to be published or disseminated.

see the pointverb

To understand someone's argument.

see the same wayverb

To look at or think of with the same mindset or vision as one did in the past.

see the trees through the forestverb

To appreciate the details of something, as opposed to only focusing on the big picture.

see the worldverb

To travel extensively; to experience many different places.

see thingsverb

To imagine that one sees things that are not actually present; to have visual hallucinations.

see through a millstoneverb

Alternative form of see into a millstone.

see toverb

To take care of; to effect; to make happen.

see to itverb

To ensure or guarantee (that something happens)

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 193. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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