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

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  • slip roadnounB2The short road joining or leaving a motorway.
  • slip upphraseB2To make a careless mistake.
  • slip your mindphraseB2To be forgotten despite meaning to remember.
  • slip-up/ˈslɪpʌp/nounB2A small careless error.
  • slit/ˈslɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo cut a long, narrow opening in or along something.
  • sliver/ˈslɪvə/nounB2A very thin narrow piece broken off something.
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  • slobber/ˈslɒbə(ɹ)/verbB2To let saliva drip from the mouth.
  • slope/sloʊp/nounB22 meaningsA surface that rises or falls at an angle.
  • sloppy/ˈslɒ.pi/adjectiveB22 meaningsCareless and untidy.
  • slot/slɒt/nounB22 meaningsA narrow opening for inserting something.
  • slouch/ˈslaʊ̯t͡ʃ/verbB2To sit, stand or move with a drooping posture.
  • slovakianounB2The central European country of Bratislava and the Tatra mountains.
  • slovenianounB2The small green Alpine country of Ljubljana and Lake Bled.
  • slow downphraseB12 meaningsTo reduce speed or pace.
  • sluggish/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/adjectiveB2Moving with heavy, tired lack of energy.
  • slumber/ˈslʌm.bə/nounB2Sleep, especially peaceful sleep.
  • slump/slʌmp/verbB23 meaningsTo sit or fall heavily, with no energy left.
  • slurp/slɜːp/verbB2+2 meaningsTo drink or eat noisily, with a sucking sound.
  • slush/slʌʃ/nounB2Partly melted, dirty snow.
  • sly/slaɪ/adjectiveB2Cunning and keeping its purpose hidden.
  • small talknounB2Polite conversation about unimportant matters.
  • small-scaleadjectiveB2Done at a modest size.
  • small-townadjectiveB2Characteristic of life in a small provincial town.
  • smart casualadjectiveB2Neat but not formal in dress.
  • smarten upphraseB2To make somebody or something look neater.
  • smash/smæʃ/verbB13 meaningsTo break something violently into pieces.
  • smash intophraseB2To collide with something violently.
  • smear/smɪə(ɹ)/verbB22 meaningsTo spread something greasy across a surface.
  • smirk/smɜːk/verbB22 meaningsTo smile in a self-satisfied or knowing way.
  • smoke/sməʊk/nounA25 meaningsThe grey or black cloud given off by something burning.
  • smoke detectorphraseB2The little ceiling disc that screams when something is burning.
  • smoky/ˈsmoʊki/adjectiveB25 meaningsTasting of wood smoke.
  • smooch/smuːt͡ʃ/nounB2A long affectionate kiss.
  • smooth/smuːð/adjectiveB13 meaningsEven to the touch, with no bumps.
  • smoothly/ˈsmuːðli/adverbB2Evenly and without any trouble.
  • smudge/smʌd͡ʒ/verbB22 meaningsTo smear a mark by rubbing it.
  • smug/smʌɡ/adjectiveB2Too pleased with yourself, in a way that annoys other people.
  • smuggle/ˈsmʌɡəl/verbB22 meaningsTo take goods or people secretly and illegally across a border.
  • smugglingnounB2Moving goods across a border in secret.
  • snag/snæɡ/nounB22 meaningsA hidden difficulty.
  • snake/sneɪk/nounA12 meaningsA long legless animal that moves along the ground.
  • snap/snæp/verbB14 meaningsTo break suddenly with a short sharp sound.
  • snappy/ˈsnæpi/adjectiveB22 meaningsQuick, lively and neatly done.
  • snatch/snæt͡ʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo seize something quickly and roughly.
  • sneak/sniːk/verbB14 meaningsTo go somewhere quietly and secretly so that nobody sees you.
  • sneaky/ˈsniːki/adjectiveB13 meaningsDoing things quietly and secretly so as not to be seen, in a way that seems dishonest.
  • sneer/snɪə̯/verbB2+2 meaningsTo smile or speak with obvious contempt.
  • sniff/snɪf/verbB24 meaningsTo breathe in sharply through the nose, loudly enough to be heard.
  • sniff outphraseB2To find something by following its smell.
  • sniff test/ˈsnɪf tɛst/nounB2Deciding whether food has gone off by smelling it.
  • sniffle/ˈsnɪf.əl/verbB22 meaningsTo breathe noisily through a blocked nose.
  • snip/snɪp/verbB22 meaningsTo cut with one quick stroke of scissors.
  • sniper/ˈsnaɪ.pɚ/nounB2A shooter who fires accurately from hiding.
  • snitch/snɪt͡ʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo report somebody's wrongdoing to those in charge.
  • snooze/snuːz/verbC12 meaningsTo silence an alarm for a few more minutes of sleep.
  • snore/snɔː/verbB23 meaningsTo breathe with a loud rough rattling noise while asleep.
  • snort/snɔɹt/verbB22 meaningsTo force air noisily through the nose, often in scorn.
  • snowball/ˈsnəʊbɔːl/nounB2A ball of packed snow, or something growing fast by itself.
  • snowploughnounB2A vehicle with a blade that clears roads of snow.
  • snowy/ˈsnəʊi/adjectiveA2+2 meaningsWith snow falling or lying.