Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 203
Suspensory (n.) That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss ; specifically.
Suspensory (n.) (Med.) A bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.
Suspensory (n.) A bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast) [syn: suspensory, suspensory bandage].
Suspicable (a.) Liable to suspicion; suspicious. [Obs.]
It is a very suspicable business. -- Dr. H. more.
Suspiciency (n.) Suspiciousness; suspicion. [Obs.] -- Hopkins.
Suspicion (n.) 懷疑，猜疑，嫌疑 The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence.
Suspicions among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight. -- Bacon.
Suspicion (n.) Slight degree; suggestion; hint. [Colloq.]
The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion . . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor. -- A. W. Ward.
Syn: Jealousy; distrust; mistrust; diffidence; doubt.
Suspicion (v. t.) 【美】【口】懷疑 To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [Obs. or Low] -- South.
Suspicion (n.) An impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: {intuition}, {hunch}, {suspicion}].
Suspicion (n.) Doubt about someone's honesty [syn: {misgiving}, {mistrust}, {distrust}, {suspicion}].
Suspicion (n.) The state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion."
Suspicion (n.) Being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage" [syn: {suspicion}, {suspiciousness}].
Suspicion. () A belief to the disadvantage of another, accompanied by a doubt.
Suspicion. () Without proof, suspicion, of itself, is evidence of nothing. When a crime has been committed, an arrest may be made when, 1st. There are such circumstances as induce a strong presumption of guilt; as being found in possession of goods recently stolen, without giving a probable account of having obtained the possession honestly. 2d. The absconding of the party accused. 3d. Being found in company of known offenders. 4th. Living an idle disorderly life, without any apparent means of support. In such cases the arrest must be made as in other cases. Vide 20 Vin. Ab. 150; 4 Bl. Com. 290.
Suspicion (n.) (Feeling) (B2) [ C ] 懷疑，猜想 A belief or idea that something may be true.
// [ + that ] I have a suspicion that he only asked me out because my brother persuaded him to.
She had a nagging/ sneaking suspicion that she might have sent the letter to the wrong address.
Suspicion (n.) (Belief in someone's guilt) (C1) [ C or U ] 懷疑；嫌疑 A feeling or belief that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong.
// "I'm arresting you on suspicion of illegally possessing drugs," said the police officer.
// In these cases, the parents usually come under suspicion.
// (Usually UK) She is under suspicion of murder.
// In this particular case, they are above/ beyond suspicion (= cannot be thought to be guilty).
// His strange behaviour aroused/ raised his neighbours' suspicions.
Suspicion (n.) (Doubt) [ C or U ] 懷疑，疑心；不信任 Doubt or lack of trust.
// Since they discovered the truth about his background, his colleagues have regarded him with suspicion.
// They feel that she harbours (= has) suspicions of their politics.
Suspicion (n.) (Small amount) [ S ] 少量，一點 A small amount.
// He gave just a suspicion of a smile.
// I have a suspicion of doubt about whether I should accept his invitation or not.
Suspicious (a.) Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects. -- South.
Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other. -- Pope.
Suspicious (a.) Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance. -- Swift.
Suspicious (a.) Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could. -- Shak.
Syn: Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See Jealous. -- Sus*pi"cious*ly, adv. -- Sus*pi"cious*ness, n.
Suspicious (a.) Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary].
Suspicious (a.) Not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious].
Suspicious (a.) (Seem guilty) (B2) 可疑的，引起懷疑的 Making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong.
// Her behaviour was very suspicious.
// The fire at the bank is being treated as suspicious.
// It's a little suspicious that no one knows where he was at the time of the murder.
// There were some suspicious characters hanging around outside.
// There's a suspicious-looking van parked at the end of the street.
// His new book bears a suspicious resemblance to a book written by someone else. (= His book is so similar to the other book that it seems as if he has copied it.)
Suspicious (a.) (Doubt) (B2) 懷疑的，猜疑的；不信任的 Feeling doubt or no trust in someone or something.
// His colleagues became suspicious (= thought that there was something wrong) when he did not appear at work, since he was always punctual.
// They are deeply/ highly (= very) suspicious of one another/ of each other's motives.
// My mother has a very suspicious nature (= does not trust people).
Suspiral (n.) A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct.
Suspiral (n.) A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.
Suspiration (n.) 嘆息 The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.
Windy suspiration of forced breath. -- Shak.
Suspiration (n.) An utterance made by exhaling audibly [syn: sigh, suspiration].
Suspire (v. i.) To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. -- Shak.
Fireflies that suspire In short, soft lapses of transported flame. -- Mrs. Browning.
Suspire (n.) A long, deep breath; a sigh. [Obs.]
Suspire (v.) Heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly" [syn: sigh, suspire].
Suspire (v.) Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" [syn: breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire].
Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. [Obs.] -- Sir H. Wotton.
Sustained (imp. & p. p.) of Sustain.
Sustaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sustain.
Sustain (v. t.) 承受，支援，支撐，供養，繼續，忍受，蒙受，証實，准許 To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
Every pillar the temple to sustain. -- Chaucer.
Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world. -- Tillotson.
Sustain (v. t.) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army.
Sustain (v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. -- Shak.
His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. -- Dryden.
Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment.
Sustain (v. t.) To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain? -- Dryden.
You shall sustain more new disgraces. -- Shak.
Sustain (v. t.) To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit.
Sustain (v. t.) To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
Syn: To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer; undergo.
Sustain (n.) One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer. [Obs.]
I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord. -- Milton.
Sustain (v.) Lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" [syn: prolong, sustain, keep up].
Sustain (v.) Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" [syn: suffer, sustain, have, get].
Sustain (v.) Provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children" [syn: nourish, nurture, sustain].
Sustain (v.) Supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" [syn: sustain, keep, maintain]
Sustain (v.) Be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?" [syn: hold, support, sustain, hold up].
Sustain (v.) Admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion."
Sustain (v.) Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: contradict, negate].
Sustain (v.) [ T ] (Continue) (C2) 保持，維持，使持續，使繼續 To cause or allow something to continue for a period of time.
// The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year.
// He seems to find it difficult to sustain relationships with women.
// (US) The judge sustained (= accepted) the lawyer's objection.
Sustain (v.) [ T ] (Continue) (C2) 維持…的生命，供養 To keep alive.
// The soil in this part of the world is not rich enough to sustain a large population.
Sustain (v.) [ T ] (Suffer) (Formal) 經歷，遭受（尤指破壞或損失） To suffer or experience, especially damage or loss.
// She sustained multiple injuries in the accident.
// Most buildings sustained only minimal damage in the earthquake.
// The company has sustained heavy losses this year.
Sustain (v.) [ T ] (Support) （情感上）支持 To support emotionally.
// She was sustained by the strength of her religious faith.
// The love of my family and friends sustained me through my ordeal.
Sustainability (n.) 持續性；能維持性；永續性 The property of being sustainable.
Sustainable (a.) 支撐得住的；能承受的；能保持的；能維持的；能保持在一定水平的 Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
Sustainable (a.) Capable of being sustained.
Sustained (a.) 持久的；持續的；sustain 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.
Sustained (a.) Maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight".
Sustained (a.) (Of an electric arc) Continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs" [syn: {free burning}, {sustained}].
Sustained (a.) 持續的，持久的 Continuing for a long time.
// The president's speech was greeted by sustained applause.
Sustained (a.) 堅定的，堅持不懈的 Determined.
// We must make a sustained effort to get this task finished this week.
Sustainer (n.) 支撐的人物 One who, or that which, sustains. -- Waterland.
Sustainer (n.) Someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy" [syn: {upholder}, {maintainer}, {sustainer}].
Sustainment (n.) 支持，維持；持續 The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. -- Milton. Lowell.
Sustainment (n.) The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment" [syn: sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep].
Sustaltic (a.) 悲慟的；悲哀的；令人惋惜的 Mournful; -- said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks.
Sustenance (n.) 生計，食物 The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
Sustenance (n.) That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance.
Sustenance (n.) [ U ] (Formal) (Food) 食物 Food.
// During this freezing weather, the food put out by householders is the only form of sustenance that the birds have.
Sustenance (n.) [ U ] (Formal) (Food) 營養 The ability of food to provide people and animals with what they need to make them strong and healthy.
// A stick of celery does not provide much sustenance.
Sustenance (n.) [ U ] (Support) 支持，支撐 Emotional or mental support.
// When her husband died, she drew sustenance from/she found sustenance in her religious beliefs.
Sustentacle (n.) Sustenance.
Sustentacular (a.) Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue.
Sustentate (v. t.) To sustain.
Sustentation (n.) 【罕】支持；維持；支持物；糧食；食物 The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.
Sustentation (n.) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.
Sustentation (n.) (Mass n.) (Formal) 支持；維持；支持物 The support or maintenance of someone or something, especially through the provision of money.
// Provision is made for the sustentation of preachers.
Sustentation (n.) (Formal)【罕】 糧食；食物 Sustenance.
Sustentative (a.) Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations.
{Sustentative functions} (Physiol.), Those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass.
Sustention (n.) 【罕】支持；維持；支持物； 糧食；食物 Sustentation. [R. or Colloq.]
In fine images, in sustention, in irony, they surpass anything that Burke ever wrote. -- J. Morley. Suster
Susters (n. pl. ) of Sustre.
Sustres (n. pl. ) of Sustre.
Sustren (n. pl. ) of Sustre.
Suster (n.) Alt. of Sustre.
Sustre (n.) [C] 姐妹；姐姐，妹妹；（情同姐妹的）摯友；（女性）好友；【喻】姐妹（情同手足的女子）；女會友；【宗】修女，女教友 Sister. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
There are seven sustren, that serve truth ever. -- Piers Plowman.
Susu (n.) (Zool.) See {Soosoo}.
Soosoo (n.) (Zool.) A kind of dolphin ({Platanista Gangeticus}) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak. [Written also {susu}.]
Susurrant (a.) 耳語的 Whispering. [R.] "The soft susurrant sigh." -- Poetry of Anti-Jacobin.
Susurrant (a.) Making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices" [syn: {murmuring}, {susurrant}, {whispering}].
Susurration (n.) 耳語聲；喃喃低語聲 A whispering; a soft murmur.
Susurringly (adv.) (Obsolete, rare) In the manner of a whisper.
Susurrous (a.) 低語的；傳播流言蜚語的；發颯颯聲的 Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds.
Susurrus (n.) 低語聲，喃喃低語聲，沙沙聲 The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur.
Sutile (a.) Done by stitching.
Sutler (n.) A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.
Sutlership (n.) The condition or occupation of a sutler.
Sutling (a.) Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler.
Sutor (n.) A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus).
Sutras (n. pl. ) of Sutra.
Sutra (n.) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
Sutra (n.) A collection of such aphorisms.
Sutra (n.) A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature.
Suttee (n.) 妻子的殉節（印度古時習俗為寡婦與丈夫屍體同焚）； 殉夫自焚的妻子 A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character.
Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
Sutteeism (n.) The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
Suttle (n.) (Com.) The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed. -- M?Culloch.
Suttle (v. i.) To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
Sutural (a.) 【醫】縫合線的，縫合痕跡的；縫線的；【解】縫的；縫間的 Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam.
Sutural (a.) (Bot.) Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural dehiscence.
Sutural bone (n.) 【解】縫間骨 Any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones [syn: Wormian bone, sutural bone].
Suturally (adv.) In a sutural manner.
Suturated (a.) Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched.
Suture (n.) 縫合；縫合處；縫合用的線 The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam.
Suture (n.) (Surg.) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
Suture (n.) (Surg.) The stitch by which the parts are united.
Suture (n.) (Anat.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
Suture (n.) (Bot.) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume.
Suture (n.) (Bot.) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib.
Suture (n.) (Zool.) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.
Suture (n.) (Zool.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell.
Glover's suture, Harmonic suture, etc. See under Glover, Harmonic, etc.
Suture (n.) An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) [syn: suture, sutura, fibrous joint].
Suture (n.) A seam used in surgery [syn: suture, surgical seam].
Suture (n.) Thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together.
Suture (v.) Join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery."
Sutured (a.) Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. -- Pennant.
Suwarrow (n.) (Bot.) The giant cactus ({Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro.
Suzerain (n.) A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.
Suzerain (n.) A state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs.
Suzerainty (n.) The dominion or authority of a suzerain; paramount authority.
Svelte (a.) 身材細長的，苗條的；柔軟的；線條清晰的 Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters" [syn: polished, refined, svelte, urbane].
Svelte (a.) Moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike].
Svelte (a.) Being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street" [syn: slender, slight, slim, svelte].
Svelte (a.) Svelter; sveltest: Slender, Lithe.
Svelte (a.) Having clean lines : Sleek.
Svelte (a.) Urbane, Suave.
Sveltely (adv.) ; Svelteness (n.)
// He has a svelte figure.
The svelte dancer seemed to float across the stage.
Swa (adv.) So. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Swabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Swab.
Swabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swab.
Swab (v. t.) 打掃；擦拭；塗抹（藥）於 To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also {swob}.]
Swab (n.) 醫用海綿；紗布；藥籤；拭子；拖把 A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
Swab (n.) A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
Swab (n.) (Natu.) An epaulet. [Sailor's Slang] -- Marryat.
Swab (n.) A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Swab (n.) A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
Swab (n.) Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
Swab (n.) Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors [syn: {swab}, {swob}, {mop}].
Swab (v.) Wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks" [syn: {swab}, {swob}].
Swab (v.) Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint" [syn: {dab}, {swab}, {swob}].
Swab (v. t.) To solve the NUXI problem by swapping bytes in a file.
Swab (n.) The program in V7 Unix used to perform this action, or anything functionally equivalent to it.
See also big-endian, little-endian, middle-endian, bytesexual. [{Jargon File]
Swabber (v. t.) To swab. [R.]
Swabber (n.) One who swabs a floor or desk. -- Shak.
Swabber (n.) (Naut.) Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean.
Swobber (n.) See Swabber.
Swobber (n.) (pl.) Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game of whist. [Written also swabber.] -- Swift.
Swabber (n.) Same as Swobber, 2.
Swad (n.) A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Prov. Eng.]
Swad, () In the north, is a peascod shell -- thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. -- Blount.
Swad (n.) A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Country swains, and silly swads." -- Greene.
There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself. -- B. Jonson.
Swad (n.) A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
Swad (n.) (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
Swad (n.) A bunch; "a thick swad of plants."
Swaddle (n.) Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
They put me in bed in all my swaddles. -- Addison.