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Sacks, Jonathan
S,s
S, s /es/ pl. S's, s's n [C,U] the 19th letter of the English
alphabet
S 1 abbrev. for south; or southern 2 abbrev. for small; used on
clothes to show the size
-s¹ /z, s/ (forms the possessive case of most [C] nouns in the
plural): a boys' club → see OF (USAGE)
-'s¹ /z, s/ short for 1 is: Father's here. | What's that? 2 has:
Mother's gone out. | It's got six legs. 3 nonstandard (in questions
after who, what, when etc) does: How's he plan to do it? →
compare -'D 4 us (only in the phrase let's): Let's go now.
-'s² 1 (forms the possessive case of singular nouns and of
plural nouns that do not end in -s): the dog's bone | yester-
day's lesson | the children's bedroom → see OF (USAGE) 2 espe-
cially BrE (forms a word for a shop or someone's home): I
bought it at the baker's. (=at the baker's shop) | I met him at
Mary's. (=at Mary's house)
Saab /sa:b/ trademark a large expensive type of car made by a
Swedish company which also makes planes
Saa-mi, Sami /'sɑ:mi/ n 1 also the Saami [P] a people who
live in a cold area of North Europe consisting of the
northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the former
Soviet Union. They are also known as Lapps, but prefer to be
called Saami. 2 [C] a member of this people —Saami adj:
Saami communities
Saatchi, Charles /'sɑ:tʃi/ (1943-) a British man who
started a very successful ADVERTISING AGENCY with his
brother Maurice in 1970. The company made many famous
advertisements and became famous for making advertise-
ments for the Conservative Party. After the brothers were
forced to leave their own agency, they started a new one
which has also been successful. In 2003, Charles Saatchi
opened the Saatchi Gallery in London in order to show his
COLLECTION of British modern art.
Saatchi, Maurice /'mɔ:rɪʃ||'mɔ:-/ (1946-) a British man
who started a very successful ADVERTISING AGENCY with his
brother Charles in 1970. The company made many famous
advertisements and became famous for making advertise-
ments for the Conservative Party. After the brothers were
forced to leave their own agency, they started a new one
which has also been successful. In 2003 he became
co-chairman of the Conservative Party. His official title is
Lord Maurice Saatchi.
Saatchi and Saatchi trademark a British advertising and
PUBLIC RELATIONS company, which used to be run by the
brothers Charles and Maurice Saatchi. The company was
especially well known during the 1980s for its connections
with the British Conservative Party, for whom it produced
many advertisements.
Sabah /'sɑ:bɑ:/ one of the states that form the country of
Malaysia. Sabah is on the island of Borneo.
sab-ba-tar-i-an /ˌsæbə'teəriən/ adj, n (often cap.) (of or
being) a person who believes in keeping the Sabbath as a holy
day
Sab-bath /'sæbəθ/ n 1 the Sabbath a) Sunday, considered
as a day of rest and prayer by most Christian churches b)
Saturday, considered as a day of rest and prayer in the Jewish
religion 2 keep/break the Sabbath to obey or not obey the
religious rules of this day
sab-bat-i-cal¹ /sə'bætɪkəl/ n a period, often one year in
each seven, when someone, especially a university teacher,
does not do their ordinary job and may travel, study etc, but
still gets paid as usual: She's on sabbatical this year. | to take
a sabbatical
sabbatical² adj [A] of or being a sabbatical: a sabbatical
year/term | sabbatical leave
sa-ber /'seɪbər/ n AmE for SABRE
sa-ble¹ /'seɪbəl/ n [C,U] (the dark fur of) a small animal of
northern Europe and Asia: an artist's sable brush (=made
from this fur)
sable² adj poet black or very dark
sab-o-tage¹ /'sæbətɑ:ʒ/ n [U] 1 intentional damage to
machines, buildings etc, usually carried out secretly to
weaken a government, an enemy country in wartime, or a
business competitor: an act of sabotage 2 intentional indi-
rect or secret action to prevent or ruin a plan: Her friend
sabotaged her acting ambitions.
sabotage² v [T] to damage, destroy, or cause to fail by
means of sabotage: Someone had sabotaged the railway line
by blowing up a tunnel. | a deliberate attempt to sabotage the
country's economy
sab-o-teur /ˌsæbə'tɜ:r/ n a person who practises sabotage
sa-bra /'sɑ:brə/ n infml, especially AmE (often cap.) a citizen of Israel
who was born there
sa-bre BrE || saber AmE /'seɪbər/ n 1 a heavy military sword
with a curved blade used in former times 2 a light sharp-
pointed sword with one sharp edge used in FENCING →
compare ÉPÉE, FOIL
'sabre-rattling n [U] derog threats of the use of military
power
,sabre-toothed 'tiger n a large tiger that lived very long
ago, and had two long curved teeth in its upper jaw
Sa-bri-na the Teen-age Witch /səˌbri:nə ðə ˌti:neɪdʒ
'wɪtʃ/ a US television programme about a teenage girl who is
a WITCH, but who has to keep this fact a secret from all her
friends
sac /sæk/ n tech a part shaped like a bag inside a plant or
animal, usually containing a particular liquid
Sac-a-ja-we-a /ˌsækədʒə'wi:ə/ (?-1812) a Native American
woman who acted as a guide on LEWIS AND CLARK's travels
from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean
sac-cha-rin /'sækərɪn/ n [U] a very sweet-tasting chemical
used instead of sugar, usually in drinks, especially by people
who want to reduce their weight or must not eat sugar
sac-cha-rine /'sækəri:n/ adj 1 very sweet or unpleasantly
sweet 2 derog too friendly, nice, kind, happy etc: a saccha-
rine love story
sac-er-do-tal /ˌsækə'dəʊtl || -kɔr-/ adj tech of or like a priest
or priests
sach-et /'sæʃeɪ||sæ'ʃeɪ/ n a small usually plastic bag or
packet containing a liquid or powder, especially enough to
be used all at one time: a sachet of sugar/shampoo | She put
a perfumed sachet in her drawers to scent her clothes.
sack¹ /sæk/ n 1 [C] a) a large bag, usually of strong rough
cloth, strong paper, or plastic used for storing or carrying
flour, coal, vegetables, grain etc: a sack of potatoes b) also
sack-ful /fʊl/ — the amount that a sack contains 2 [the] BrE
infml dismissed from one's job: If you're late again the boss
will give you the sack/you'll get the sack. 3 [C] infml,
especially AmE a bed 4 hit the sack infml to go to bed
sack² v 1 [T] BrE infml to dismiss from a job: I've just been
sacked. 2 [T] (in American football) to knock down a player:
sack the quarterback
sack out phr v [I] AmE infml to go to sleep, especially for the
night: I'm ready to sack out.
sack³ v [T] (especially of an army in former times) to destroy
buildings, take things of value, and usually harm or kill
people in (a defeated city) —sack n [(the) S (of)] the sack of
Rome by the barbarians
sack⁴ n [U] a white wine brought to England especially from
Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries
sack-cloth /'sæk-klɒθ||-klɔ:θ/ also sack-ing /'sækɪŋ/ n [U]
rough cloth for making sacks
,sackcloth and 'ashes n [P] wear sackcloth and ashes to
do something publicly to show that one has done some-
thing wrong (from a custom described in the Bible of
wearing sackcloth and ashes to show that one was sorry
about something one had done wrong): I know I've done
something wrong, but I'm not going to walk around wearing
sackcloth and ashes!
'sack race n a race in which the competitors have to run or
jump forwards with both legs inside a sack, usually per-
formed by younger children, e.g. at a school sports day
Sacks, Jon-a-than /sæks, 'dʒɒnəθən||'dʒɑ:-/ (1948-) a