st
interjection
Meaning
- Expressing a sudden desire for silence.
- A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.
- Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, as a fan, player, coach etc.
- Saint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
- A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
- High social standing or circumstance.
- A polity.
- (stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
- (grammar) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
- A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
- An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
- An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise.
- A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
- An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
- A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
- A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
- A small piece of stone, a pebble.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- (plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
- The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A hard, stone-like deposit.
- A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- A supply held in storage.
- (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
- Memory.
- A great quantity or number; abundance.
- A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
- A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
- The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
- The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
- An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
- Streetwise slang.
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