📖 S — The English dictionary · page 56

sleepiness — Everyday, meaning 1: Sleepiness is the feeling of being sleepy, when you are tired and want to sleep.↗ Example: I felt a wave of sleepiness after lunch.↗ · Too much screen time before bed can cause sleepiness at school.↗ · This medicine may cause sleepiness.↗ · Sleepiness while driving is dangerous.↗ · Her sleepiness meant she could not focus.↗ · Yawning is a sign of sleepiness.↗ · The coyote was affected by both sleepiness and pride.↗

sleepless — Everyday, meaning 1: Without sleep, or with very little: a sleepless night.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not able to sleep, because of worry, excitement or pain.↗ Example: I had a sleepless night before the school trip.↗ · The new baby gave Mum and Dad many sleepless nights.↗ · She lay sleepless, listening to the thunder.↗ · He was sleepless with worry about the test.↗ · The storm kept the whole town sleepless.↗ · After three sleepless nights, the sailors were exhausted.↗ · She passed a sleepless night; but in the morning the old dame remarked:↗

sleepover — Everyday, meaning 1: A party or visit when a child stays the night at a friend's house, often with games, films and snacks.↗ Example: I'm going to a sleepover at Ella's house on Friday.↗ · At the sleepover we watched a film and ate popcorn.↗ · We had a sleepover in sleeping bags on the floor.↗ · Remember to thank your friend's parents after the sleepover.↗ · If you feel worried at a sleepover, you can call home.↗ · Mum said I could have a sleepover for my birthday.↗

sleepwalk — Everyday, meaning 1: To walk or do things while asleep without knowing it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) To move into a bad situation without noticing or thinking: «sleepwalking into trouble».↗ Example: My little brother sometimes sleepwalks into the kitchen.↗ · She sleepwalked down the stairs and didn't remember it.↗ · Mum guided me back to bed when I was sleepwalking.↗ · Lock the doors if someone in the house sleepwalks.↗ · The team sleepwalked through the first half.↗ · Sleepwalking is common in children.↗

sleepwalker — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who gets up and walks about, or does other things, while still asleep.↗ Example: My little brother is a sleepwalker and once ended up in the kitchen.↗ · The sleepwalker didn't remember anything in the morning.↗ · Lead a sleepwalker gently back to bed.↗ · Mum put a gate at the top of the stairs because I was a sleepwalker.↗ · In the story, the sleepwalker wandered into the garden at midnight.↗ · Many children are sleepwalkers for a while.↗

sleepwalking — Everyday, meaning 1: Sleepwalking is getting up and walking around while you are still asleep.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sleepwalking can also mean doing something without thinking or noticing, as if asleep.↗ Example: My brother was sleepwalking and ended up in the kitchen.↗ · Sleepwalking is quite common in children.↗ · She has no memory of sleepwalking last night.↗ · Dad put a gate at the top of the stairs because of my sleepwalking.↗ · Is it safe to wake someone who is sleepwalking?↗ · The character in the story went sleepwalking across the roof.↗ · Being very tired can make sleepwalking more likely.↗

sleepy — Everyday, meaning 1: Sleepy means tired and ready to sleep.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sleepy place is quiet, with not much happening.↗ Example: I feel sleepy after lunch.↗ · The sleepy puppy curled up in its bed.↗ · We stayed in a sleepy little village by the sea.↗ · She rubbed her sleepy eyes.↗ · This medicine may make you sleepy.↗ · The baby gets sleepier after her bath.↗ · If you feel sleepy, it's time for bed.↗ · "Nonsense, nonsense!" growled the sleepy Giant.↗

sleet — Everyday, meaning 1: Sleet is a mix of rain and snow, or small icy drops that fall from the sky.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To sleet means that sleet is falling: «It is sleeting».↗ Example: Cold sleet stung our faces on the way to school.↗ · It started to sleet just as the match began.↗ · The path was slippery after the sleet.↗ · Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all kinds of precipitation.↗ · The forecast says sleet tonight.↗ · We stayed inside while it sleeted all afternoon.↗ · Wear a waterproof coat in sleet.↗

sleeve — Everyday, meaning 1: A sleeve is the part of a shirt, coat or jumper that covers your arm.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sleeve is also a cover or case for something flat, like a record, a laptop or a card.↗ Example: My jumper has long sleeves.↗ · Roll up your sleeves before you paint.↗ · He wiped his nose on his sleeve!↗ · It's hot, so wear a T-shirt with short sleeves.↗ · Put the photo back in its plastic sleeve.↗ · The magician hid a card up his sleeve.↗ · She always has a clever idea up her sleeve.↗ · “He was in his shirt sleeves trembling with cold.”↗

sleeveless — Everyday, meaning 1: A sleeveless top, shirt or dress has no sleeves, so your arms are bare from the shoulder down.↗ Example: It was so hot that Mia wore a sleeveless top.↗ · The basketball team plays in sleeveless shirts.↗ · Grandma knitted me a sleeveless jumper to wear over my shirt.↗ · Put sun cream on your shoulders if you wear something sleeveless.↗ · Her sleeveless dress had big yellow flowers on it.↗ · A sleeveless vest keeps your body warm but leaves your arms free.↗

sleigh — Everyday, meaning 1: A large sledge pulled by horses, reindeer or dogs, for carrying people or goods over snow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Father Christmas's or Santa Claus's sleigh, pulled by reindeer in Christmas stories.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To ride in a sleigh.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang) «Sleigh» is a joking Christmas spelling of slang «slay», meaning to do something brilliantly.↗ Example: Santa's sleigh is pulled by reindeer.↗ · We rode in a horse-drawn sleigh in Lapland.↗ · "Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh…"↗ · The sleigh bells jingled in the cold air.↗ · They loaded wood onto the sleigh.↗ · (slang, Christmas joke) "Your jumper looks great — you sleigh!"↗ · Then they went to the Lapland woman, who gave them new clothes and mended their sleigh.↗

sleight — Everyday, meaning 1: Clever, quick skill with the hands, used to trick people, as in magic tricks.↗ e.g. "sleight of hand".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A clever trick or skill that fools people.↗ Example: The magician made the card disappear by sleight of hand.↗ · Sleight of hand takes years of practice.↗ · It was not real magic, just sleight of hand.↗ · Tricksters use sleight of hand to cheat people at street games.↗ · He learned some sleight of hand from a book.↗ · Watch his hands closely to spot the sleight.↗

slender — Everyday, meaning 1: Thin, graceful and narrow, not thick or heavy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Small or slight, as in a slender chance.↗ Example: The giraffe has long slender legs.↗ · A slender reed bent in the wind.↗ · She had a slender chance of winning.↗ · The slender girl ran fast.↗

slew — Everyday, meaning 1: A slew of things is a large number or amount of them (informal).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To slew is to turn or slide sideways suddenly and out of control, like a car on ice.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Slew is the old past form of «slay»: the knight slew the dragon means he killed it (old-fashioned, stories).↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: Killed, put to death, in the past.↗ Example: The teacher got a slew of questions after the fire drill.↗ · There is a whole slew of new books in the library.↗ · The car slewed across the icy road and stopped in the ditch.↗ · My bike slewed sideways on the wet leaves.↗ · The boat slewed round in the strong wind.↗ · In the story, the brave prince slew the dragon.↗ · Christians read that young David slew the giant Goliath with a stone.↗ · After the storm we had a slew of broken branches in the garden.↗ · Warriors with long knives rushed forth and slew the camp-eater.↗ · And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male.↗ (Torah NUM.31.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.↗ (Torah GEN.38.7, JPS 1917)↗ · So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.↗ (Torah LEV.9.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings: (Writings PSA.135.10, JPS 1917)↗ · He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.↗ (Writings PSA.105.29, JPS 1917)↗ · And slew mighty kings, for His mercy endureth for ever.↗ (Writings PSA.136.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male.↗ (Torah NUM.31.7, JPS 1917) · Warriors with long knives rushed forth and slew the camp-eater.↗ (Old Indian Legends) · And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.↗ (Torah GEN.38.7, JPS 1917)

slice — Everyday, meaning 1: A slice is a thin flat piece cut from something like bread, cake, meat or pizza.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To slice is to cut something into such pieces.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A slice of something is a part or share of it: «a slice of the money».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In sport, to slice a ball is to hit it so it spins and curves.↗ Example: The cake was cut into 8 slices.↗ · Each child ate 2 slices of pizza.↗ · A loaf has 20 slices.↗ · She sliced the apple into 4 pieces.↗ · Can I have a slice of toast?↗ · Use a chopping board when you slice vegetables.↗ · One slice of the 8 is one eighth of the cake.↗ · He thinks his new game is the best thing since sliced bread.↗ · He stood watching the big bear cutting thin slices of meat.↗

slide — Everyday, meaning 1: To move smoothly over a surface while staying in contact with it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A noun: a playground structure you climb up and slide down.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A noun: a page in a presentation (slides on a screen), or a small glass piece for looking at things under a microscope.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To go slowly into a worse state: «Standards slid».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A noun: a hair slide (UK: a clip for hair).↗ Everyday, meaning 6: A noun: a fall of earth or rock: a landslide.↗ Example: The children took turns on the slide.↗ · Go down the slide feet first.↗ · The book slid off the table.↗ · We slid on the ice.↗ · A smooth ramp lets the toy car slide farther.↗ · Look at the onion skin on the microscope slide.↗ · Click to the next slide of the presentation.↗ · The water slide at the pool is huge.↗ · With trembling hands he pushed back the sliding door and looked in.↗ · The relevant passage is on slide 128.]:] Bound to the tongue like a flame to coal—Alef-Chet-Heh-ʽAyin, serving behind the tongue in the house of swallowing.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps slide.↗ (Writings PSA.37.31, JPS 1917)↗

slider — Everyday, meaning 1: A control on a screen or machine that you move along a line to change something, such as the volume or brightness.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US) A small burger or sandwich.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person or thing that slides, such as a type of turtle (red-eared slider).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (baseball, US) A type of pitch that curves sideways.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (UK, informal) A slide sandal or flip-flop-like shoe without a back (often "sliders").↗ Example: Drag the slider to turn up the volume.↗ · Move the brightness slider to the left to make the screen darker.↗ · We had cheese sliders at the barbecue.↗ · My cousin has a red-eared slider turtle.↗ · He wore his sliders to the swimming pool.↗ · The pitcher threw a slider and the batter missed.↗

slight — Everyday, meaning 1: Slight means small, not much or not important.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Slight means thin and small in body.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A slight is a small insult, like ignoring someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To slight someone is to insult them by ignoring them or treating them as unimportant.↗ Example: I have a slight headache.↗ · There's a slight chance of rain.↗ · The temperature showed a slight rise, from 20 to 21 degrees.↗ · She was slight but very strong.↗ · I'm not in the slightest bit tired.↗ · He felt slighted when they didn't invite him.↗ · Nothing that I could say had the slightest effect on him.↗ · Because, even because they have led My people astray, saying: Peace, and there is no peace; and when it buildeth up a slight wall, behold, they daub it with whited plaster; (Prophets EZK.13.10, JPS 1917)↗

slightingly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a scornful way that shows you think little of someone or something.↗ Example: He spoke slightingly of his little sister's drawing.↗ · She laughed slightingly at my idea.↗ · The king thought slightingly of the poor fisher.↗

slightly — Everyday, meaning 1: Slightly means a little bit, not very much.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Slightly can mean in a small or thin way, as in «slightly built» for a small, thin person.↗ Example: The door was slightly open.↗ · My jumper is slightly too big.↗ · This box is slightly heavier than that one.↗ · She was slightly late for school.↗ · Turn the dial slightly to the left.↗ · The two answers are slightly different.↗ · The water was slightly warm.↗ · He felt slightly better after a rest.↗ · She was slightly inclined to embonpoint.↗

slim — Everyday, meaning 1: Thin in an attractive or healthy way: a slim girl, a slim phone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Small in amount; not likely: a slim chance, a slim lead.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb, UK) To try to lose weight by eating less.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) Slim down: to make smaller or reduce.↗ e.g. "The school slimmed down the timetable."↗ Example: The new tablet is very slim.↗ · There is only a slim chance of snow tomorrow.↗ · Our team had a slim lead of one point.↗ · My aunt is tall and slim.↗ · The company slimmed down to save money.↗ · He read a slim book of poems.↗ · Is there a slim hope they will find the lost cat?↗ Yes, a slim one.↗ · It was a lady, tall and slim, and glittering.↗