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

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19,295 words · showing 16,081–16,140

  • spring cleannounB2A thorough clean of the whole house, once a year.
  • spring upphraseB2To appear suddenly and in numbers.
  • springboardnounB2+A flexible board that throws a diver into the air.
  • springtimenounB1The season when plants begin to grow again.
  • springy/ˈspɹɪŋi/adjectiveB2+Returning to shape after being pressed.
  • sprinkle/ˈspɹɪŋkəl/verbB14 meaningsTo scatter small drops or pieces of something over a surface.
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  • sprinkler/ˈspɹiŋklɚ/nounB12 meaningsThe device that sprays water in circles over the garden.
  • sprint/spɹɪnt/verbB23 meaningsTo run at your fastest for a short distance.
  • sprite/spɹaɪt/nounB22 meaningsA small light spirit of air or water.
  • sprocket/ˈspɹɒkɪt/nounC1A toothed wheel that a chain grips.
  • sprout/spɹaʊt/verbC12 meaningsTo send up a first small shoot.
  • sproutsnounB1+Small round green buds eaten as a vegetable.
  • spruce/spɹuːs/nounB2+2 meaningsAn evergreen conifer with short needles all round the twig.
  • spry/spɹaɪ/adjectiveC1Active and quick in movement, especially for an older person.
  • spud/spʌd/nounB2+A potato.
  • spunk/spʌŋk/nounC1Cheeky nerve and fight in somebody small or timid.
  • spur/spɜː/nounB22 meaningsSomething that drives you into action.
  • spurious/ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/adjectiveC2False, though presented as genuine.
  • spurn/spɜːn/verbC1To reject something with contempt.
  • spurt/spɜːt/nounB2+A sudden short gush, or a burst of speed.
  • sputter/ˈspʌtɚ/verbC1To make a series of soft spitting sounds.
  • sputum/ˈspjutəm/nounC2Matter coughed up from the chest.
  • spy/spaɪ/nounB12 meaningsSomebody who secretly gathers information for another country.
  • squabble/ˈskwɒbəl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo quarrel noisily about something petty.
  • squad/ˈskwɒd/nounB12 meaningsThe smallest unit of soldiers working together.
  • squadron/ˈskwɒd.ɹən/nounB2A unit of aircraft, ships or cavalry.
  • squalid/ˈskwɒlɪd/adjectiveC1Dirty and wretched to live in.
  • squall/ˈskwɔːl/nounC1A sudden violent wind, often with rain.
  • squalor/ˈskwɒlə(ɹ)/nounC1Filthy and wretched living conditions.
  • squander/ˈskwɒnd.ə/verbC1To waste something valuable.
  • squander awayphraseC1To fritter a fortune or a chance until nothing is left.
  • square/skwɛə/nounA24 meaningsA shape with four equal straight sides and four right angles.
  • square dancenounB1A folk dance for four couples in a square.
  • squash/skwɒʃ/nounB26 meaningsA hard-skinned vegetable of the pumpkin family, with firm flesh inside.
  • squashyadjectiveB2+Giving way softly when pressed.
  • squawk/skwɔːk/verbB22 meaningsTo make a loud harsh cry.
  • squeak/skwiːk/verbB12 meaningsTo make a short high thin sound.
  • squeal/skwiːl/verbB22 meaningsTo make a long high cry.
  • squeamish/ˈskwiːmɪʃ/adjectiveC1Easily sickened or shocked.
  • squeegee/ˈskwiːd͡ʒiː/nounB2+A rubber blade that wipes water off glass.
  • squeeze/skwiːz/verbB15 meaningsTo press something firmly, especially from both sides.
  • squelch/ˈskwɛlt͡ʃ/verbC1To make a wet sucking sound, as feet do in mud.
  • squelchy/ˈskwɛl.t͡ʃi/adjectiveC1Making a wet sucking sound when pressed.
  • squid/skwɪd/nounB1+A soft sea animal with ten arms that shoots ink.
  • squint/skwɪnt/verbB22 meaningsTo partly close the eyes in order to see better.
  • squint atphraseB2To look at something with partly closed eyes.
  • squire/ˈskwaɪə/nounC12 meaningsA knight's young attendant.
  • squirm/skwɜːm/verbC1To wriggle about, usually from discomfort.
  • squirrel/ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/nounA2+A small bushy-tailed animal that lives in trees.
  • squirt/skwɝt/verbB12 meaningsTo send liquid out in a thin fast jet.
  • squish/skwɪʃ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo squeeze something soft with a wet sound.
  • sri lankaphraseB1The teardrop-shaped island of tea, just south of India.
  • stab/stæb/verbB25 meaningsTo push a knife or other pointed thing into someone or something.
  • stabiliseverbB2+To make something steady and stop it changing.
  • stability/stəˈbɪlɪti/nounC1The quality of staying steady and not changing suddenly.
  • stable/ˈsteɪ.bəl/nounB13 meaningsA building where horses are kept.
  • stable conditionnounB2A state where a patient is no longer getting worse.
  • staccato/stəˈkɑːtoʊ/adjectiveC1Played in short detached notes.
  • stack/stæk/nounB23 meaningsA neat pile of things one on top of another.
  • stack tracenounC1The list of calls that led to an error.