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

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  • serial/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/nounB23 meaningsA story published or broadcast in separate parts over a period of time.
  • serious/ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs/adjectiveA24 meaningsNot joking or pretending; meaning exactly what you say.
  • seriousness/ˈsɪɹiəsnəs/nounB22 meaningsThe degree to which something is grave or severe.
  • sermon/ˈsɜː.mən/nounB2A talk given to a congregation about belief and conduct.
  • serpent/ˈsɜːpənt/nounB2A great snake, especially one of legend.
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/ˈsɪəɹəm/
nounB22 meanings
A concentrated liquid skin treatment.
  • serve/sɜːv/verbA24 meaningsTo bring food or drink to people.
  • serve a purposephraseB2To be useful for something.
  • serve upphraseB2To put the finished food onto plates and bring it to the table.
  • service chargenounB2A percentage added to the bill for the staff.
  • service plannounB2An agreement covering repairs for a fixed monthly sum.
  • session/ˈsɛ.ʃən/nounB14 meaningsA period of time spent doing one particular activity.
  • set/sɛt/verbA27 meaningsTo put something somewhere carefully, or arrange it ready for use.
  • set a targetphraseB2To fix the result you mean to reach.
  • set an examplephraseB2To behave in a way others should copy.
  • set aside/sɛt.əˈsaɪd/phraseB2To save money or time for a purpose; to park a disagreement.
  • set backphraseB2To delay progress; also, to cost someone a lot.
  • set downphraseC12 meaningsTo record something formally in writing.
  • set offphraseB22 meaningsTo begin a journey.
  • set out/ˈsɛt‿aʊt/phraseB2To begin a journey, or to explain in an orderly way.
  • set squarenounB2A flat triangle used to draw and check right angles.
  • 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.
  • severelyadverbB2To 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.