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

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  • streaming/ˈstɹiːmɪŋ/nounB1+Watching or listening over the internet without saving the file.
  • streamline/ˈstriːmlaɪn/verbB2+To make a process simpler and more efficient.
  • street/stɹiːt/nounA1A town road with houses and shops along both sides.
  • street foodnounB1Cheap cooked food sold from a stall or van.
  • street marketnounB1A market of stalls set up in a public road.
  • street sweeper/ˈstɹit ˌswipɚ/
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The worker or machine that cleans the roads.
  • streetlight/ˈstɹiːt.laɪt/nounA2+A lamp on a tall post that lights a public road.
  • strength/ˈstɹɛŋθ/nounA24 meaningsThe physical power to lift, push or resist.
  • strenuous/ˈstɹɛ.nju.əs/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsRequiring great physical effort.
  • stress/ˈstɹɛs/nounB15 meaningsWorry and mental pressure caused by a difficult situation.
  • stressful/ˈstɹɛsfəl/adjectiveB1+Causing worry and strain.
  • stretch/stɹɛt͡ʃ/verbB14 meaningsTo pull your arms, legs or body out to their full length.
  • stretcher/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/nounB2A carried bed for moving an injured person.
  • strew/stɹuː/verbC1To scatter things loosely over a surface.
  • stricken/ˈstɹɪkən/adjectiveC1Badly affected by illness, grief or disaster.
  • strict/stɹɪkt/adjectiveB23 meaningsDemanding that rules and standards are obeyed exactly.
  • strictly/ˈstɹɪktli/adverbB22 meaningsIn a way that allows no exceptions.
  • stricture/ˈstɹɪkt͡ʃəː/nounC2A severe criticism, or a restriction.
  • stride/stɹaɪd/verbB23 meaningsTo walk with long, purposeful steps.
  • strident/ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/adjectiveC1Loud and harsh, in sound or in opinion.
  • strife/stɹaɪf/nounB2+Bitter conflict between people or groups.
  • strike/stɹaɪk/nounB24 meaningsA refusal by workers to work until they get what they are asking for.
  • strike a balancephraseC1To find the workable point between two extremes.
  • strike a dealphraseB2To agree terms after bargaining.
  • striker/ˈstɹaɪkɚ/nounB22 meaningsA football player whose job is to score.
  • striking/ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/adjectiveC1So noticeable and impressive that it stops you for a second look.
  • string/stɹɪŋ/nounB14 meaningsThin cord used for tying things.
  • string upphraseC1To hang somebody, or to hang something between two points.
  • stringencynounC2Strictness in what is demanded.
  • stringent/ˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/adjectiveC2Strict and allowing no slackness.
  • stringy/ˈstɹɪŋi/adjectiveB2Tough and full of fibres.
  • strip/ˈstɹɪp/verbB25 meaningsTo remove a covering layer from something, leaving the bare surface underneath.
  • stripe/stɹaɪp/nounB1A long straight coloured line.
  • striped/stɹaɪpt/adjectiveB1Marked with parallel bands.
  • stripling/ˈstɹɪplɪŋ/nounC2A boy or young man not yet grown to full size.
  • strive/ˈstɹaɪv/verbB22 meaningsTo make great and sustained efforts to achieve something.
  • stroke/stɹəʊk/nounB22 meaningsA sudden blockage of blood to part of the brain.
  • stroke ratenounC1How many arm cycles a swimmer makes each minute.
  • stroll/stɹəʊl/verbB13 meaningsTo walk slowly and without hurry, for pleasure.
  • stroller/ˈstɹəʊlə/nounB1+The wheeled chair a baby is pushed around in.
  • strong/stɹɒŋ/adjectiveA14 meaningsHaving great physical power.
  • strong-mindedadjectiveC1Holding firmly to your own judgement.
  • strong-willedadjectiveB2Having so firm a purpose that pressure and persuasion cannot shift you.
  • stronghold/ˈstɹɒŋhəʊld/nounB2+A place strongly held and hard to take.
  • strongly/ˈstɹɔŋli/adverbB1With great force or firmness of feeling.
  • structural/ˈstɹʌk(t͡)ʃəɹəl/adjectiveC12 meaningsTo do with how something is built.
  • structure/ˈstɹʌk(t)ʃə/nounB23 meaningsThe way the parts of something are arranged.
  • struggle/ˈstɹʌɡəl/verbB22 meaningsTo make a great effort against difficulty.
  • strum/strʌm/verbB2+To sweep across the strings with the hand.
  • strumpet/ˈstɹʌm.pɪt/nounC2A prostitute, in old and insulting use.
  • strut/stɹʌt/verbB22 meaningsTo walk proudly, showing off.
  • stub/stʌb/nounB22 meaningsThe short piece left when the rest is used up.
  • stubble/ˈstʌb.əl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe short growth of beard after shaving.
  • stubborn/ˈstʌbɚn/adjectiveB12 meaningsRefusing to change your mind or your behaviour, whatever anyone says.
  • stubbornness/ˈstʌbən(n)əs/nounB2A refusal to be moved by any argument.
  • stubby/ˈstʌbi/adjectiveB2+Short and thick.
  • stucconounC1Fine plaster used to coat and decorate walls.
  • stuck-upadjectiveC1Behaving in a superior and unfriendly way.
  • stud/stʌd/nounC15 meaningsAn upright timber in the frame of a wall.
  • stud findernounC1A device that locates the timber hidden inside a wall.