(n.) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(n.) The sagebrush.
(superl.) Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.
(superl.) Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.
(superl.) Grave; serious; solemn.
(n.) A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
Example Sentences:
(1) Add the onion, cook for three minutes, stirring, until softened, then add the wine, sage, lemon peel, lemon juice and 150ml water.
(2) Sage did not suffer fools gladly, and often the world seemed increasingly full of them.
(3) "The economy has lost X billion pounds", pronounces some sage.
(4) Jeremy Corbyn is the main reason I’m not sure about the whole thing anymore,” said Sage, a freelance illustrator.
(5) Sage Kotsenburg loves snowboarding for all its unexpected surprises.
(6) Eleven women patients completed the SAGE on two occasions, three months apart.
(7) The Shakespearian critic and scholar, Nicholas Brooke, who had taught Sage at Durham, was also there, as was the writer, Jonathan Raban.
(8) When this happens, it is tempting to nod sagely and feign comprehension.
(9) Reconstructions with 53 organism-antimicrobial combinations were performed at 0, 4, 8, and 24 h in which the FLORA-STAT system was compared with two boric acid-based systems (Urine C&S Transport Kit [Becton Dickinson VACUTAINER Systems, Rutherford, N.J.]; Sage Urine Collection Kit for Culture [Sage Products, Inc., Cary, Ill.]) and untreated urine.
(10) The most active were oak bark, sage and St. John's wort grass WAG extracts, horse radish root and leaf AG extracts, celandine grass WA extract; bur marigold and yarrow grass WA extracts were active towards S. aureus.
(11) Hobsbawm, being a sage member of the Communist Party, warned against their utopianism, but I took to them like a fish to water.
(12) The geranyl and linalyl precursors were shown to be mutually competitive substrates (inhibitors) of the relevant cyclization enzymes isolated from Salvia officinalis (sage) and Tanacetum vulgare (tansy) by the mixed substrate analysis method, demonstrating that isomerization and cyclization take place at the same active site.
(13) Sage Gateshead, 4–7 July Troilus and Cressida Multimedia magician Elizabeth LeCompte from New York's the Wooster Group takes on this most problematic of problem comedies.
(14) 800g veal shoulder, cut into 4cm dice 1 tbsp plain flour Salt and black pepper 30g unsalted butter 60ml olive oil 1 large onion, peeled and roughly chopped 200ml dry white wine 8 large sage leaves Shaved skin of 1 lemon, plus 3 tbsp lemon juice 1 550g head puntarelle (or 2 heads white chicory, cut widthways into 3cm-long segments) 1 small celeriac, peeled and chopped into 2cm dice (500g net weight) 200g pancetta, cut into 1cm dice 20g capers For the salad 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed 1 anchovy fillet, finely chopped 2 tsp red-wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 1 white chicory, cut in half lengthways and then into long, 0.5cm thick wedges (or the rest of the puntarelle, if using) 80g rocket Toss the veal in flour seasoned with a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, until evenly coated, then tap off any excess.
(15) If an Orthodox teacher or social worker were to follows the sages' ruling, they would be breaking the law.
(16) At its meeting in July 1988, the Scientific Advisory Group of Experts of the Programme for Vaccine Development (SAGE) concluded that it was appropriate to discuss the general topic of live vectors and proceeded to arrange a meeting to discuss the present position and to prepare a report on the following key issues: requirements for safety and efficacy; immunological factors which may influence efficacy; medical constraints on use.
(17) As panic spread, and Britain's own financial institutions came under massive pressure, the man who had for 12 consecutive months been warning of just this sort of crisis turned overnight from lonely maverick into sage with the crystal ball.
(18) So I'm treating you, in this situation, like a sage, like you have all the answers.
(19) As with so much of her work, Sage's engagement with women's writing combined passion with intelligence.
(20) All these ideas occur in Sage's dense, but not especially long, first paragraph.
Savage
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
(a.) Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
(a.) Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.
(a.) Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
(n.) A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
(n.) A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
(v. t.) To make savage.
Example Sentences:
(1) The duo were given a standing ovation as they took to the stage helped by Evans and guest presenter Robbie Savage.
(2) But he will also have seen Michael Cockerell's savage documentary on Saturday on How to be a Tory leader.
(3) Lib Dems are the most hostile to cuts and the keenest on tax – 32% want cuts and 53% tax – suggesting that Clegg's talk of "savage" reductions in spending may go down badly with his party base.
(4) And yet, by spotlighting how very far the brand has travelled under Sarah Burton in the post-Lee years, the Savage Beauty announcement, coming hot on the heels of the Antipodean tour, also flags up the contrasting identities that cohabit the McQueen brand.
(5) Vince Cable, the business secretary, who was savagely critical of BAE over bribery allegations whilst in opposition in 2010 , said: "It is a very, very important decision and has major implications for the country, both in terms of employment and national security.
(6) Wendy Savage, from Keep Our NHS Public , said groups from London, Oxford and Manchester would be demonstrating alongside members of the NHS Consultants' Association.
(7) After savaging the childcare support available to poorer working parents through tax credits in 2011, the coalition last year sought to redeem itself with a first draft of the new subsidy scheme, which created some winners up the scale, but left many more vulnerable part-time workers better off not working at all.
(8) We feel that Mrs. Savage and Dr. Francome (Dec. 2, p. 1323) provide important information to be considered in the debate about the provision of abortion services.
(9) Geller's ads, sharply dividing the world into civilized people and savages, are only intended to hurt and tear fragile relationships apart."
(10) A trained economist, and de facto "deputy chancellor" under Gordon Brown between 1997 and 2005, Balls's recent speech at Bloomberg, savaging the "growth deniers" of the Con-Dem coalition and urging a slower pace of fiscal consolidation, was hailed by Martin Wolf ("basically right") and Samuel Brittan ("spot on") of the Financial Times.
(11) Then there’s the shift from disability living allowance to the personal independence payment , which last month the public accounts committee savaged as a “fiasco”, leaving many facing six-months delays – and the dying having to wait for weeks for support.
(12) The 15-year-old was tortured and savagely beaten before he drowned in a bath at his sister’s flat in east London on Christmas Day 2010.
(13) Consequently, after Hartson fed Jason Koumas on the right in the first minute and the ball was cleared to Savage on the edge of the Russian box, Savage whacked at the bouncing ball excitedly.
(14) Their policy decisions, including increases in the cost of living, the sale of TIO [Territory Insurance Office], savage cuts to health and education and general arrogance has burned public trust in their integrity and competence,” said Snowdon, who called the party “a joke” and said nobody could take the territory seriously now.
(15) At last year’s press launch for Savage Beauty’s homecoming leg Martin Roth, the V&A director, told a story about the day, four years ago, when he landed in New York to see the show there.
(16) John Savage 'We were all cycling, listening to the Smiths' Ruth Martin outside the Salford Lads Club, Salford.
(17) Iranians complain that it represents them as savage, murderous and warmongering.
(18) In the wake of the savage killing of Rigby in broad daylight it emerged that Adebolajo and Adebowale were both known to MI5 – and Adebolajo had been approached on his return from Kenya to the UK to act as an informer and help the security services break up extremist Islamist cells.
(19) The FCO's lawyers had already conceded in court that the accounts given by the three Mau Mau veterans – of castration, rape and savage beatings – had been honest accounts, and that senior British and colonial officials had been aware of the ugly truth about daily life in the prison camps of 1950s Kenya.
(20) The corporation received 43 complaints after Robinson used the phrase on BBC1's 6pm bulletin on Wednesday, hours after the savage machete attack that killed a serving soldier in London .