sage

A plant with gray-green leaves used to add flavor to food.

• Add some sage to the soup.
• She grows sage beside the kitchen door.
• We cooked the pasta with butter and fresh sage leaves.

Similar words: common sage

Common phrases: fresh sage, sage leaves, sage butter

A person respected for great wisdom, often an older teacher or spiritual guide.

• They asked the sage for advice.
• An elderly sage taught him to be patient.
• The book contains stories about famous sages.

Similar words: wise person, wise man

Opposites: fool

Common phrases: ancient sage, village sage, wise sage

Any plant in the salvia group, including many grown for their colorful flowers.

• This sage has bright red flowers.
• Several species of sage grow in the garden.
• Bees visited the flowering sages all afternoon.

Similar words: salvia

Common phrases: ornamental sage, red sage, flowering sage

A small bush resembling the cooking herb, often with gray leaves or a strong smell.

• Wild sage covered the dry hillside.
• The desert sage gave off a strong scent.
• Small birds sheltered among the gray sages.

Common phrases: desert sage, wild sage, sage scrub

Showing good judgment gained from knowledge and experience.

• She offered some sage advice.
• His sage counsel helped us avoid a mistake.
• The eldest sister gave a sage nod.

Similar words: wise, judicious

Opposites: foolish

Common phrases: sage advice, sage counsel, sage words

An imageboard option used when replying without moving the discussion to the top of the list.

• Enter sage in the email field.
• She selected sage before posting her reply.
• The board accepts sage to keep a thread from rising.

Common phrases: sage in email, sage option

To reply on an imageboard using an option that keeps the discussion from moving up the list.

• Please sage this thread.
• She saged her reply to avoid bumping the discussion.
• Users often sage when a thread has become repetitive.

Common phrases: sage a thread, sage your reply