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

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  • slide/ˈslaɪ̯d/nounA25 meaningsA smooth sloping structure that children sit on and go down.
  • slip/ˈslɪp/verbB17 meaningsTo slide by accident on a smooth or wet surface and lose your balance.
  • 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.
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verbB13 meanings
To break something violently into pieces.
  • smell/smɛl/verbA24 meaningsTo notice something through your nose.
  • 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 salmonnounB1Cured pink fish sliced thin for bagels.
  • smoker/ˈsmoʊkɚ/nounB1Somebody who smokes tobacco.
  • smoking roomnounB1A room where guests are permitted to smoke.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • soap opera/ˈsoʊp ˌɑ.pɚ.ə/nounB1A drama series about the daily lives of a regular cast.
  • 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.
  • song/sɒŋ/nounA12 meaningsOne piece of music with words to sing.
  • sore/sɔː/adjectiveB13 meaningsPainful and tender, especially when touched or moved.
  • sort/soɹt/verbA24 meaningsTo separate things into groups.
  • 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.
  • soy saucenounB1A salty dark brown liquid poured over rice.
  • spare/spɛə(ɹ)/verbB16 meaningsTo choose not to harm, punish or kill someone you have power over.
  • spare partnounB1A replacement component kept ready.
  • spare wheelnounB1The extra wheel carried in case one fails.
  • sparkle/ˈspɑː.kəl/verbB12 meaningsTo shine with quick bright points of light.
  • sparkling waternounB1Water with bubbles of gas in it.
  • speaker/ˈspikɚ/nounA2+4 meaningsA device that turns an electrical signal into sound.
  • special/ˈspɛʃ.əl/adjectiveA14 meaningsNot ordinary, and valued or important because of it.
  • special offernounB1A temporary reduction in price to attract customers.
  • species/ˈspiːʃiːz/nounB1One particular kind of living thing.
  • speech/spiːt͡ʃ/nounA23 meaningsA formal talk given to an audience.
  • speed/spiːd/nounA22 meaningsHow fast something moves.
  • speed cameranounB1The device that photographs vehicles going too fast.
  • speed skatingnounB1Racing on ice over a measured distance.
  • speeding/ˈspiːdɪŋ/nounB1Driving faster than the law allows.
  • spell/spɛl/verbA24 meaningsTo name or write the letters of a word in the right order.
  • spike/spaɪk/nounB12 meaningsA long sharp piece of metal or wood.
  • spill/spɪl/verbB14 meaningsTo let liquid or loose material fall out of its container by accident.
  • spin/spɪn/verbB14 meaningsTo turn round and round quickly on one spot.
  • spinach/ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/nounB1A dark green leaf vegetable.
  • spine/spaɪn/nounB13 meaningsThe line of bones down the middle of the back.
  • spinning topnounB1A toy that balances upright while it spins.
  • spirit/ˈspɪɹɪt/nounB15 meaningsA being without a body, or the immaterial part of a person.
  • spit/spɪt/verbB16 meaningsTo force saliva or another liquid out of your mouth.
  • splash/splæʃ/nounA2+4 meaningsThe sound and the scatter of water when something hits it.
  • split/splɪt/verbA24 meaningsTo break or divide along a line.
  • spoil/spɔɪl/verbB15 meaningsTo ruin something, or damage the quality of it.
  • sponge/spʌnd͡ʒ/nounB13 meaningsA soft absorbent block used for washing.