Examples of explain in a sentence. 1  I need a lawyer to explain this contract to me. 2  The professor explained the poem to the class. 3  She explained how the machine worked.  I explained to them that I would be available by 1  phone. Scientists could not explain the strange lights in the 2  sky. I don't know how to explain the dog's strange behavior.
â¢ SAVORY (noun) The noun SAVORY has 4 senses: 1. any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees. 2. dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions. 3. either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family. 4. an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre. Familiarity information: SAVORY used as a noun is uncommon.
Both summer savory (Satureja hortensis) and winter savory (Satureja montana) are used to flavor food. The former is preferred by cooks but as an annual is only available in summer; winter savory is an evergreen perennial.Savory plays an important part in Bulgarian and Italian cuisine, particularly when cooking beans.atureja is a genus of aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae, related to rosemary and thyme. It is native to North Africa, southern + southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. A few New World species were formerly included in Satureja, but they have all been moved to other genera.