All English words - page 3475

Meanings of Somatotype:

noun

A category to which people are assigned according to the extent to which their bodily physique conforms to a basic type (usually endomorphic, mesomorphic, or ectomorphic).

Usage examples:

Somatotypes refer to the underlying physique and are not changed by overeating or training

Meanings of Somber:

adjective

Dark or dull in colour or tone.

Usage examples:

The night skies were sombre and starless

Meanings of Somberly:

adverb

In a way that is serious, sad, and without humor or entertainment

Usage examples:

"she has lost one brother already," he said somberly., the two conversed somberly for a while then …

Meanings of Somberness:

noun

Seriousness and sadness

Usage examples:

You can sense the collective somberness at the team's hotel., they drank their tea, a somberness in…

Meanings of Sombrero:

noun

A broad-brimmed felt or straw hat, typically worn in mexico and the south-western us.

Usage examples:

The cat's meow is an intriguing velvet cloche hat amidst the bowlers, sombreros, hardhats, and base…

Meanings of Sombreros:

noun

A broad-brimmed felt or straw hat, typically worn in mexico and the south-western us.

Usage examples:

The cat's meow is an intriguing velvet cloche hat amidst the bowlers, sombreros, hardhats, and base…

Meanings of Some:

determiner

An unspecified amount or number of.

Usage examples:

I made some money running errands

pronoun

An unspecified number or amount of people or things.

Usage examples:

Here are some of our suggestions

adverb

To some extent; quite a lot.

Usage examples:

He needs feeding up some

suffix

Forming adjectives meaning.

Quantifier

adjective

Having an amount or number that is not known or not stated, or being a part of something

Usage examples:

Let’s get some work done., some stories he wrote were made into movies., some jerk backed into my c…

Meanings of Some-day:

idiom

At some time in the future

Usage examples:

I'd love to go to china some/one day.

Meanings of Some-of:

idiom

To be useful

Usage examples:

Maybe his advice will be of use to you when you're older.

Meanings of Somebody:

pronoun

Some person; someone.

Usage examples:

Claire decided that she must have fallen asleep at the party, and somebody had taken her home.

Meanings of Somehow or other:

idiom

In a way that you do not know or understand

Usage examples:

I'm afraid that somehow or other we spoiled the kids.

Meanings of Somersaults:

noun

An acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heels in the air or on the ground and lands or finishes on their feet.

Usage examples:

A backward somersault

verb

Perform a somersault, or make a similar movement accidentally.

Usage examples:

His car somersaulted into a ditch

Meanings of Somerset:

proper noun

A county of south-western england, on the bristol channel; county town, taunton.

noun

A county (= an area with its own local government) in southwestern england

Usage examples:

She grew up on her parents' apple cider farm in somerset.

Meanings of Somersets:

proper noun

A county of south-western england, on the bristol channel; county town, taunton.

Meanings of Something-else:

idiom

Unusual, esp. extremely good or extremely bad

Usage examples:

"he sang better than anyone i’ve ever heard." "yeah, i know, he’s really something else."

Meanings of Something-like:

idiom

Similar to but not exactly like

Usage examples:

The town’s algonquian name means something like "water over a white bottom.", she’s on page 285 or …

Meanings of Something-to-shout-about:

idiom

Something that makes/does not make you feel excited or pleased

Usage examples:

At last, a 5–0 victory gives the team's fans something to shout about., the pay increase is nothing…

Meanings of Sometime:

adverb

At some unspecified or unknown time.

Usage examples:

You must come and have supper sometime

adjective

Former.

Usage examples:

The sometime editor of the paper

Meanings of Someway:

adverb

In some way or manner; by some means.

Usage examples:

We've got to make money someway

Meanings of Somewhat:

adverb

To a moderate extent or by a moderate amount; rather.

Usage examples:

Matters have improved somewhat since then

Meanings of Somewhen:

adverb

At some time.

Usage examples:

Somewhen between 1918 and 1930

Meanings of Somewhere:

adverb

In or to some place.

Usage examples:

I've seen you somewhere before

pronoun

Some unspecified place.

Usage examples:

In search of somewhere to live

Meanings of Somites:

noun

Each of a number of body segments containing the same internal structures, clearly visible in invertebrates such as earthworms but also present in the embryonic stages of vertebrates.

Usage examples:

This takes the vertebrate embryo up to the stage at which it has become recognizably vertebrate, wi…

Meanings of Sommelier:

noun

A wine waiter.

Usage examples:

Uniform extinguishes individuality, a man becomes a waiter, a sommelier, a maitre d' hotel.

Meanings of Somnambulism:

noun

Sleepwalking.

Usage examples:

She would have liked to wake up from her somnambulism to find herself back in bed