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

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781 words · showing 181–240

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  • set your heart onphraseB2To want one particular thing above all others.
  • settle/ˈsɛ.təl/verbB14 meaningsTo end an argument or a dispute.
  • settle downphraseB2To start a calm steady life in one place, often with a family.
  • settlement/ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/nounB22 meaningsAn agreement that ends a dispute without a full trial.
  • severe/sɪˈvɪə/adjectiveB13 meaningsVery serious and hard to bear.
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To a very serious degree, or harshly.
  • sewage/ˈsuː.ɪd͡ʒ/nounB2The waste water carried away from buildings.
  • sexual/sɛk.ʃuː.əl/adjectiveB12 meaningsTo do with physical attraction between people.
  • sexy/ˈsɛksi/adjectiveB12 meaningsPhysically attractive in a way that stirs desire.
  • seychellesnounB2Indian Ocean islands of granite boulders and honeymoon beaches.
  • shabby/ˈʃæbi/adjectiveB22 meaningsWorn out and untidy from long use.
  • shack/ʃæk/nounB2A roughly built shelter of scraps.
  • shade/ʃeɪd/nounB24 meaningsThe cool dark area where sunlight is blocked.
  • shadow/ˈʃædəʊ̯/nounB14 meaningsThe dark shape made when something blocks the light.
  • shady/ˈʃeɪdi/adjectiveB22 meaningsGiving shade.
  • shaft/ˈʃɑːft/nounB22 meaningsA vertical passage down into a mine.
  • shake/ˈʃeɪk/verbA24 meaningsTo move something quickly back and forth.
  • shaky/ˈʃeɪki/adjectiveB22 meaningsUnsteady.
  • shallow/ˈʃæləʊ/adjectiveB22 meaningsNot going far down.
  • shame/ˈʃeɪ̯m/nounB24 meaningsThe painful feeling of having lost the respect of others, or of yourself, because of something you did.
  • shameless/ˈʃeɪ̯mlɪs/adjectiveB2Not embarrassed by behaviour that should cause shame.
  • share/ʃɛə/verbA24 meaningsTo let somebody else have part of what is yours.
  • sharp/ʃɑːp/adjectiveB14 meaningsHaving an edge or point that cuts or pierces easily.
  • shatter/ˈʃætə/verbB23 meaningsTo break suddenly into many small pieces.
  • shattered/ˈʃætɚd/adjectiveB22 meaningsBroken into many pieces.
  • shaving/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/nounB2A thin curl of wood taken off by a blade.
  • shawl/ʃɔːl/nounB2A large piece of fabric worn draped over the shoulders.
  • shed/ʃɛd/nounB12 meaningsA simple wooden building used for storage.
  • shedding/ˈʃɛdɪŋ/nounB2The seasonal loss of an animal's coat.
  • sheer/ʃɪə̯/adjectiveB24 meaningsNothing other than; complete and unmixed.
  • sheet masknounB2A soaked fabric face covering left on for minutes.
  • shelf edge labelnounB2The small card on the shelf giving the price.
  • shelf spacenounB2How much room a product gets in a shop.
  • shell/ʃɛl/nounB17 meaningsThe hard outer covering of an egg, a nut, a seed, or an animal such as a snail, crab or tortoise.
  • sheltered spotnounB2A place out of the wind.
  • shepherd/ˈʃɛpəd/nounB22 meaningsSomebody who looks after sheep.
  • shimmer/ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/verbC23 meaningsTo shine with a soft wavering light.
  • shine/ʃaɪn/verbB15 meaningsTo give out light.
  • shiny/ˈʃaɪ.ni/adjectiveB12 meaningsReflecting light; bright and polished.
  • shipment/ˈʃɪpmənt/nounB1+2 meaningsA batch of goods sent together.
  • shirtsleevesnounB2The sleeves of a shirt, used to describe someone wearing no jacket over it.
  • shoo/ʃuː/verbB22 meaningsTo wave and call at an animal or person to make them move away.
  • shoot/ʃuːt/verbB17 meaningsTo fire a gun, a bow or another weapon.
  • shoot upphraseB2To grow very fast, or to rise sharply.
  • shop/ʃɒp/nounA13 meaningsA place where goods are sold.
  • shopaholicnounB2A person who simply cannot stop buying things.
  • shopkeeper/ˈʃɒpkiːpə/nounB2Somebody who owns or runs a small shop.
  • shoplifternounB2Someone who steals goods from a shop.
  • shopping spreephraseB2A wild happy afternoon of buying far too much.
  • short circuitnounB2A fault where current takes a wrong easy path.
  • short-hauladjectiveB2Describing a short flight, usually within a region.
  • short-lived/ʃɔɹtˈlɪvd/adjectiveB2Lasting only a very little while.
  • short-sightedadjectiveB2Unable to see distant things clearly.
  • short-termadjectiveB2Meant to last only a little while.
  • shortage/ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/nounB2Less than is needed.
  • shortly/ˈʃɔɹtli/adverbB23 meaningsIn a short time from now; soon.
  • shortnessnounB22 meaningsThe quality of being brief or small in length.
  • shot/ʃɒt/nounB13 meaningsThe firing of a gun.
  • shot put/ˈʃɒtpʊt/nounB2Throwing a heavy metal ball as far as you can.
  • shoulder/ˈʃəʊldə/nounA25 meaningsThe joint where the arm joins the body, and the flat area above it.