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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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411 words · showing 181–240

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  • slam/ˈslæm/verbB14 meaningsTo shut something with great force and a loud bang.
  • slap/slæp/verbB13 meaningsTo hit someone with the flat of an open hand.
  • slave/sleɪv/nounB1Somebody owned by another and forced to work without pay.
  • sleeve/sliːv/nounB12 meaningsThe part of a garment covering the arm.
  • slice/slaɪs/nounB12 meaningsA thin flat piece cut from something.
  • slide/ˈslaɪ̯d/
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nounA25 meanings
A smooth sloping structure that children sit on and go down.
  • slightly/ˈslaɪtli/adverbB12 meaningsTo a small degree; a little.
  • slim/ˈslɪm/adjectiveB14 meaningsAttractively thin; narrow in build.
  • slip/ˈslɪp/verbB17 meaningsTo slide by accident on a smooth or wet surface and lose your balance.
  • slippery/ˈslɪpəɹi/adjectiveB12 meaningsSo smooth or wet that it is hard to hold or stand on.
  • slow/sləʊ/adjectiveA14 meaningsMoving or happening with little speed.
  • slow downphraseB12 meaningsTo reduce speed or pace.
  • slow motion/ˌsləʊˈməʊ.ʃən/nounB1Film played back more slowly than it was recorded.
  • slug/slʌɡ/nounB1A soft shell-less creature like a snail.
  • smack/smæk/verbB13 meaningsTo hit with the flat of the hand.
  • small/smɔl/adjectiveA14 meaningsNot large in size.
  • smart/smɑɹt/adjectiveA25 meaningsQuick to understand things and good at working them out.
  • smash/smæʃ/verbB13 meaningsTo break something violently into pieces.
  • smell/smɛl/verbA24 meaningsTo notice something through your nose.
  • smelly/ˈsmɛli/adjectiveB1Having a strong bad smell.
  • smiley/ˈsmaɪli/nounB12 meaningsA simple drawing of a smiling face.
  • smoke/sməʊk/nounA25 meaningsThe grey or black cloud given off by something burning.
  • smoke alarmnounB1The device that sounds when it senses smoke.
  • smoked/sməʊkt/adjectiveB12 meaningsPreserved and flavoured by hanging in wood smoke.
  • smoked salmonnounB1Cured pink fish sliced thin for bagels.
  • smoker/ˈsmoʊkɚ/nounB1Somebody who smokes tobacco.
  • smoking roomnounB1A room where guests are permitted to smoke.
  • smooth/smuːð/adjectiveB13 meaningsEven to the touch, with no bumps.
  • snap/snæp/verbB14 meaningsTo break suddenly with a short sharp sound.
  • sneak/sniːk/verbB14 meaningsTo go somewhere quietly and secretly so that nobody sees you.
  • sneaky/ˈsniːki/adjectiveB13 meaningsDoing things quietly and secretly so as not to be seen, in a way that seems dishonest.
  • sneeze/sniːz/nounB12 meaningsA sudden noisy burst of air through the nose that you cannot hold back.
  • sniff/snɪf/verbB24 meaningsTo breathe in sharply through the nose, loudly enough to be heard.
  • snot/snɒt/nounB1Mucus from the nose.
  • snow whiteadjectiveB1A pure brilliant white.
  • snuggle/ˈsnʌ.ɡəl/verbB1To settle close against someone or something for warmth and comfort.
  • so far so goodphraseB1Things are going well up to this point.
  • soak/səʊk/verbB12 meaningsTo leave something in liquid until it softens.
  • soap opera/ˈsoʊp ˌɑ.pɚ.ə/nounB1A drama series about the daily lives of a regular cast.
  • soapy/ˈsəʊpi/adjectiveB22 meaningsTasting unpleasantly of detergent.
  • social media/ˌsowʃal ˈmid͡ʒa/phraseB1The apps where people post photos, follow friends, and scroll for hours.
  • social networkingnounB1Keeping in touch with people through websites.
  • social workernounB1The official who helps families and vulnerable people.
  • society/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/nounA2+3 meaningsPeople in general, living together in an organised way.
  • soda/ˈsəʊdə/nounA22 meaningsIn American English, a sweet fizzy drink.
  • soil/sɔɪl/nounB12 meaningsThe top layer of ground in which plants grow.
  • solar system/ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/nounB1A star and everything held by its gravity.
  • solid/ˈsɒl.ɪd/adjectiveB14 meaningsHard and firm, not liquid or gas.
  • solo/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/nounB22 meaningsA passage performed by one musician alone.
  • solve/sɒlv/verbA2+2 meaningsTo find the answer to a problem or puzzle.
  • sometime/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/adverbB12 meaningsAt an unstated point in time.
  • song/sɒŋ/nounA12 meaningsOne piece of music with words to sing.
  • soothe/suːð/verbB12 meaningsTo calm somebody.
  • sore/sɔː/adjectiveB13 meaningsPainful and tender, especially when touched or moved.
  • sort/soɹt/verbA24 meaningsTo separate things into groups.
  • sort of/ˈsɔːt‿əv/phraseB1Partly or to some degree, but not entirely.
  • soul/səʊl/nounB12 meaningsThe part of a person believed to outlast the body.
  • sound/ˈsaʊ̯nd/nounA17 meaningsSomething you hear; vibration travelling through the air to the ear.
  • south africaphraseB1The country at Africa's southern tip, with Cape Town and Table Mountain.
  • southern/ˈsʌðən/adjectiveB1Belonging to the south.