English
st
see also: ST, St
Interjection
  1. Expressing a sudden desire for silence.
Noun

st (plural sts)

  1. Abbreviation of street#English|street. (Usually as “st.” Also as “st”. Sometimes capitalized.)
  2. Abbreviation of Saint#English|Saint. (Always capitalized.)
  3. Abbreviation of state#English|state.
  4. Abbreviation of stone#English|stone. Unit of measuring weight, not capitalized.
  5. Abbreviation of store#English|store. As in a shopping center.
  6. (knitting) Abbreviation of stitch#English|stitch.
    • 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics (page 63)
      insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted
    • 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible (page 71)
      Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.
    • 2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary (page 55)
      Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly […]
Translations
  • German: Str.
  • Spanish: c/
Translations
  • German: St.
  • Portuguese: St.
ST
Noun

st

  1. Initialism of short ton#English|short ton(s).
  2. Initialism of storyteller#English|storyteller, especially in the context of running certain tabletop role-playing games.
  3. (uncountable) Abbreviation of steam#English|steam.
  4. (medicine) An ST segment.
Proper noun
  1. (computing) Atari ST
  2. Initialism of Star Trek#English|Star Trek.
    • 1998, "Reepicheep", Good Bye Star Trek Voyager? (on Internet newsgroup alt.christnet)
      As references in various articles on my Web site will demonstrate, I do spend time reading publications promoting non-Christian viewpoints. But still ST is supposed to be entertaining. And I do know of many Christians who have long since stopped watching ST due to the unchristian values sometimes presented...
  3. (linguistics, Egyptology) Initialism of Standard Theory.
Verb

st (sts, present participle sting; past and past participle sted)

  1. Someone who acts as a game master (GM) in a tabletop role-playing game, especially any of the games produced by White Wolf.
Translations
  • French: ST
St
Noun

st (plural SS)

  1. Abbreviation of Saint#English|Saint.
Translations
  • French: St., Ste., St, Ste
  • German: St., Sct. (obsolete)
  • Italian: S.
  • Portuguese: S., Sto., Sta.
  • Russian: св.
  • Spanish: S., Sta.


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