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

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  • silky/ˈsɪlki/adjectiveB22 meaningsSmooth and slippery like fine woven thread.
  • silver/ˈsɪl.və/nounA25 meaningsA soft shiny grey-white metal, used for jewellery, coins and cutlery.
  • similar/ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/adjectiveA2+2 meaningsAlike in many ways but not exactly the same.
  • sin/ˈsɪn/nounB12 meaningsAn act that breaks a religious law.
  • sincere/sɪnˈsɪə(ɹ)/adjectiveB2Meaning what you say or feel, with nothing put on for effect.
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/sɪnˈsɛɹəti/
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Meaning honestly what you say.
  • sinful/ˈsɪnfl̩/adjectiveB22 meaningsBreaking a religious or moral law.
  • sing/ˈsɪŋ/verbA12 meaningsTo make music with your voice.
  • single tracknounB2A line with only one set of rails for both directions.
  • single-handedlyadverbB2Entirely by one person, without help.
  • single-mindedadjectiveB2Fixed on one purpose to the exclusion of all else.
  • singular/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/adjectiveB2Referring to one only, or remarkably unusual.
  • sinister/ˈsɪ.nɪ.stə/adjectiveB2Quietly promising that something evil is near.
  • sink/ˈsɪŋk/nounB15 meaningsThe fixed basin with taps where you wash dishes or your hands.
  • sink inphraseB2For news to be fully understood, usually slowly.
  • siren/ˈsaɪəɹən/nounB13 meaningsA device that makes a loud warning sound, and the sound it makes.
  • sister/ˈsɪs.tə(ɹ)/nounA12 meaningsA girl or woman with the same parents as you.
  • sister-in-law/ˈsɪs.tɚ.ɪn.lɔ/nounB2Your partner's sister, or your brother's wife.
  • sit/sɪt/verbA15 meaningsTo rest your body on a chair or other surface, with your weight off your legs.
  • sit downphraseA12 meaningsTo move from standing into a seated position.
  • situation/ˌsɪt.juːˈeɪ.ʃən/nounA13 meaningsThe way things are at a particular time.
  • sizzle/ˈsɪzəl/verbB23 meaningsTo make the hissing, crackling sound of food cooking in hot fat.
  • skateboard/ˈskeɪt.bɔːd/nounB22 meaningsA short board on four small wheels that you stand on and push along with one foot.
  • skeleton/ˈskɛlɪtən/nounB12 meaningsAll the bones of a body together.
  • skeptical/ˈskɛptɪkəl/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsNot willing to believe a claim until there is proof.
  • sketch/ˈskɛt͡ʃ/nounB15 meaningsA quick rough drawing.
  • skewer/ˈskjuː.ə/nounB2+4 meaningsA long thin pin of wood or metal pushed through pieces of food to hold them together while they cook.
  • ski jumpnounB2Launching off a ramp to fly as far as possible on skis.
  • skid/ˈskɪd/verbB23 meaningsTo slide sideways or forward without grip, out of control.
  • skilled/skɪld/adjectiveB2Trained and good at a particular kind of work.
  • skillet/ˈskɪl.ɪt/nounB2A heavy flat pan with sloping sides.
  • skim/skɪm/verbB24 meaningsTo read something fast, taking in the main points and leaving the rest.
  • skinny/ˈskɪni/adjectiveB13 meaningsVery thin, in a way that suggests too little flesh.
  • skip/skɪp/verbB15 meaningsTo move forward with light hops from one foot to the other.
  • skipper/ˈskɪp.ə/nounB22 meaningsThe person in charge of a boat.
  • skirt/skɜːt/nounA12 meaningsClothing hanging from the waist with no separate legs.
  • skirting boardnounB2The strip of wood along the bottom of a wall.
  • skylight/ˈskaɪˌlaɪt/nounB2A window set into a roof.
  • slab/slæb/nounB2A thick flat piece of stone or other material.
  • slack/slæk/adjectiveB13 meaningsLoose; not pulled tight.
  • slam/ˈslæm/verbB14 meaningsTo shut something with great force and a loud bang.
  • slang/ˈslæŋ/nounB2The relaxed street vocabulary never found in formal writing.
  • slap/slæp/verbB13 meaningsTo hit someone with the flat of an open hand.
  • slate/sleɪt/nounB26 meaningsA grey rock that splits into flat sheets.
  • slaughter/ˈslɔːtə/nounB22 meaningsThe killing of animals for meat.
  • slay/sleɪ/verbB2To kill, especially in battle.
  • sleep like a log/ˈsliːp laɪk ə ˈlɔɡ/phraseB2To sleep so deeply that nothing wakes you.
  • sleep on itphraseB2To wait until the next day before deciding.
  • sleeper/ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/nounB25 meaningsA person who is asleep, especially thought of by how easily they wake.
  • sleeper trainnounB2A train with beds for overnight journeys.
  • sleepless/ˈsliːpləs/adjectiveB2Passed without any sleep.
  • slick/slɪk/adjectiveB23 meaningsSmoothly skilful, sometimes suspiciously so.
  • slide/ˈslaɪ̯d/nounA25 meaningsA smooth sloping structure that children sit on and go down.
  • slight/slaɪt/adjectiveB24 meaningsSmall in amount or degree, and hard to notice.
  • slim/ˈslɪm/adjectiveB14 meaningsAttractively thin; narrow in build.
  • slime/slaɪm/nounB2A soft unpleasant slippery substance.
  • slimy/ˈslaɪ.mi/adjectiveB22 meaningsUnpleasantly wet and slippery.
  • sling/ˈslɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsA cloth loop that supports an injured arm.
  • slip/ˈslɪp/verbB17 meaningsTo slide by accident on a smooth or wet surface and lose your balance.
  • slip awayphraseB22 meaningsTo leave quietly without being noticed.