📖 S — The English dictionary · page 61

smokehouse — Everyday, meaning 1: A building or room where meat or fish is hung and smoked over a slow fire to flavour it and keep it from going bad.↗ Example: The fish hung in the smokehouse for two days.↗ · Grandpa's farm had an old wooden smokehouse.↗ · Smoked salmon comes from a smokehouse.↗ · The kippers were made in a smokehouse by the harbour.↗ · Before fridges, many farms had a smokehouse.↗ · The smokehouse smelled of oak smoke.↗

smokeless — Everyday, meaning 1: Giving off little or no smoke when burned: smokeless fuel.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Without smoke: a smokeless sky.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law, UK) A «smokeless zone» is an area where only fuels that make little smoke may be burned.↗ Example: Our town is a smokeless zone.↗ · Dad bought smokeless fuel for the stove.↗ · Smokeless coal helped clean the air in cities.↗ · The sky above the factory was smokeless at last.↗ · Modern stoves are almost smokeless.↗ · The cosy room had a bright, smokeless fire.↗

smoker — Everyday, meaning 1: A smoker is a person who smokes cigarettes, cigars or a pipe, usually often.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A smoker is a box or oven used for cooking meat or fish slowly in smoke.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (beekeeping) A smoker is a small can that puffs smoke to calm bees.↗ Example: Grandad was a smoker but he gave up years ago.↗ · Smokers are more likely to get lung disease.↗ · The doctor asked, «Are you a smoker?»↗ · Mum is a non-smoker and hates the smell.↗ · We cooked the fish in a smoker in the garden.↗ · The beekeeper puffed the smoker to calm the bees.↗ · A heavy smoker smokes many cigarettes a day.↗

smoky — Everyday, meaning 1: Smoky means full of smoke («a smoky room»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Smoky means smelling or tasting of smoke («smoky bacon»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Smoky describes a grey colour like smoke, or a hazy look.↗ Example: The kitchen was smoky after Dad burned the toast.↗ · If a room is smoky, crawl low to get out.↗ · I like smoky bacon crisps.↗ · The campfire was too smoky because the wood was wet.↗ · Her cat has smoky grey fur.↗ · The air was smoky from the bushfires far away.↗ · The smoke alarm went off because the room was smoky.↗ · The barbecue gave the sausages a smoky taste.↗ · In the large and smoky hall a bright fire was burning on the stone floor.↗

smooth — Everyday, meaning 1: Smooth means flat and even, with no rough parts, bumps or holes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Smooth means moving without sudden jolts, like a smooth ride.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A smooth liquid or mixture has no lumps.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To smooth something means to make it flat or even with your hand.↗ Example: The glass felt cold and smooth.↗ · Stones in the river are smooth and round.↗ · Stir the batter until it's smooth.↗ · The toy car went furthest on the smooth floor.↗ · It was a smooth flight with no bumps.↗ · She smoothed the creases out of her dress.↗ · Smooth surfaces have less friction than rough ones.↗ · The sea was as smooth as glass.↗ · And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.↗ (Torah GEN.27.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.↗ (Torah GEN.27.16, JPS 1917)↗ · For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; (Writings PRO.5.3, JPS 1917)↗ · To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words; (Writings PRO.2.16, JPS 1917)↗ · For there shall be no more any vain vision nor smooth divination within the house of Israel.↗ (Prophets EZK.12.24, JPS 1917)↗

smoothie — Everyday, meaning 1: A thick cold drink made by blending fruit, often with yoghurt, milk or ice.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A man who is smooth, charming and confident, sometimes too much.↗ Example: I had a strawberry and banana smoothie for breakfast.↗ · We blended mango and yoghurt to make a smoothie.↗ · A smoothie for 2 needs 1 banana, so for 6 you need 3.↗ · The café sells green smoothies with spinach.↗ · Smoothies can have lots of sugar from fruit.↗ · He's a real smoothie who charms all the teachers.↗

smoothly — Everyday, meaning 1: Smoothly means in an even way, with no bumps or sudden stops, like a car moving smoothly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Smoothly means without problems or trouble, like a plan that goes smoothly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Smoothly can mean in a calm, easy way, like speaking smoothly.↗ Example: The sledge slid smoothly down the hill.↗ · I hope the school play goes smoothly.↗ · The new train runs very smoothly.↗ · Spread the butter smoothly on the toast.↗ · Everything went smoothly, and we arrived on time.↗ · The skater glided smoothly across the ice.↗ · Oil helps the bike chain move smoothly.↗ · As years went by, however, things did not go as smoothly as at first.↗ · Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it glideth down smoothly; (Writings PRO.23.31, JPS 1917)↗ · And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, that glideth down smoothly for my beloved, moving gently the lips of those that are asleep.'↗ (Writings SNG.7.10, JPS 1917)↗

smoothness — Everyday, meaning 1: Smoothness is being smooth: flat and even, with no bumps or rough parts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Smoothness is being calm and easy, without problems.↗ Example: We tested the smoothness of different surfaces with a toy car.↗ · The smoothness of the ice made it slippery.↗ · Sanding gives the wood its smoothness.↗ · The smoothness of the ride let the baby sleep.↗ · Feel the smoothness of this pebble.↗ · To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue.↗ (Writings PRO.6.24, JPS 1917)↗

smoothy — Everyday, meaning 1: A thick cold drink made by blending fruit, often with yoghurt, milk or ice; usually spelled «smoothie».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A person who is charming and confident in a slick way, especially with words — someone who smooth-talks.↗ Example: I made a strawberry smoothy for breakfast.↗ · This smoothy has banana, milk and honey.↗ · Each smoothy needs 2 bananas, so 4 smoothies need 8.↗ · He's a real smoothy — always knows what to say.↗ · Don't trust that smoothy salesman.↗ · A green smoothy has spinach in it.↗

smote — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Hit hard or struck down, in the past.↗ Example: And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.↗ (Torah EXO.32.35, JPS 1917) · The Beetle smote upon the drum.↗ (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.'↗ (Torah NUM.32.4, JPS 1917)

smother — Everyday, meaning 1: To smother someone is to stop them breathing by covering their face, which can kill.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To smother a fire is to put it out by covering it so no air reaches it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To smother something is to cover it thickly: «chips smothered in sauce».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To smother someone with love is to give them too much attention so they feel trapped.↗ Example: Put a lid on the pan to smother the fire.↗ · Never put plastic bags near babies; they could smother them.↗ · The pancakes were smothered in syrup.↗ · Rolling on the ground smothers flames on your clothes.↗ · Her parents smothered her with hugs when she came home.↗ · Snow smothered the garden.↗ · Then the Fairy threw her arms round the Princess’s neck, and nearly smothered her with kisses, saying:↗

smouldering — Everyday, meaning 1: Smouldering means burning slowly without flames, giving off smoke.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Smouldering feelings are strong and kept inside, ready to burst out.↗ Example: The smouldering ashes were still warm.↗ · Smouldering wood gives off a lot of smoke.↗ · His smouldering anger was clear in his face.↗

smudge — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) A dirty or blurred mark, like a smear of ink, paint or chocolate.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To make something blurred or messy by rubbing it, or to become blurred.↗ e.g. "My writing smudged."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (art) To blend chalk, charcoal or pastel on purpose with your finger to make soft shading.↗ Example: There's a smudge of chocolate on your cheek.↗ · Let the ink dry or it will smudge.↗ · My left hand smudged my handwriting.↗ · Smudge the chalk with your finger to make a soft sky.↗ · The window had smudges from little fingers.↗ · Her mascara smudged when she cried.↗

smug — Everyday, meaning 1: Smug means too pleased with yourself and your own cleverness, luck or goodness, in a way that annoys other people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a look or smile) showing that feeling.↗ Example: He looked smug after beating everyone at chess.↗ · She gave a smug smile when the teacher praised her.↗ · Don't be smug; next time you might lose.↗ · The cat sat on the warm cushion looking very smug.↗ · I felt a bit smug that I had remembered my umbrella.↗ · The smug rabbit stopped to nap and lost the race to the tortoise.↗ · He smugly told everyone his score.↗

smuggle — Everyday, meaning 1: To take goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, avoiding laws or taxes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) To take something secretly into or out of a place where it is not allowed: sneaking sweets into a cinema.↗ Example: Smugglers used caves to hide barrels of brandy.↗ · It is a crime to smuggle animals across borders.↗ · He smuggled a torch into bed to read his book.↗ · They tried to smuggle the puppy into the house.↗ · Customs officers caught a man smuggling fake watches.↗ · We smuggled a cake into the classroom for the teacher's surprise party.↗

smuggled — Everyday, meaning 1: Smuggled means secretly taken into or out of a country against the law, such as smuggled goods, drugs or animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Smuggled can mean secretly brought somewhere it is not allowed, like sweets smuggled into class.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective, smuggled describes goods brought in this way.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Smuggled can also mean secretly swapped for someone else so that nobody notices.↗ Example: Long ago, tea and brandy were smuggled into Cornwall at night.↗ · Border police found smuggled parrots in a suitcase.↗ · She smuggled a torch into her bedroom to read after lights out.↗ · The prisoners smuggled out a secret letter.↗ · Smuggled ivory hurts elephants.↗ · He smuggled a chocolate bar into the cinema.↗ · The pirates hid the smuggled goods in a cave.↗ · She neither spat nor did anything else, but still the witch changed her into a reindeer, and smuggled her own daughter into her place as the Prince’s wife.↗

smuggler — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who secretly and illegally takes goods or people into or out of a country, to avoid taxes or because the goods are banned.↗ Example: The smugglers hid barrels of brandy in the cave.↗ · In the story, the children discovered a smugglers' tunnel.↗ · Customs officers caught the smugglers at the airport.↗ · People smugglers put migrants in dangerous small boats.↗ · Cornwall is famous for smugglers' coves.↗ · The smuggler was sent to prison.↗ · Robbers and smugglers could breathe freely here.↗

snack — Everyday, meaning 1: A snack is a small amount of food eaten between meals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To snack is to eat a snack.↗ Example: Each child gets 2 snacks.↗ · A snack costs $1.25.↗ · She packed 24 snacks for 8 friends.↗ · How many snacks are left?↗ · An apple is a healthy snack.↗ · We have snack time at ten o'clock.↗ · Try not to snack on sweets before dinner.↗ · The snack bar at the pool sells ice lollies.↗ · "My Father," begs the Prince, "there's an old fellow of mine here; please let him take a snack with us."↗

snag — Everyday, meaning 1: A snag is a small hidden problem or difficulty: «The only snag is that it's raining».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A snag is a sharp or rough bit that catches on things, or a pull or tear in cloth caused by catching on it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To snag something is to catch or tear it on something sharp.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) To snag something is to get it quickly, like snagging the last seat.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (Australia, informal) A snag is a sausage, especially on a barbecue: a «sausage sizzle» sells snags in bread.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: A snag can also be a dead tree, or broken branch, standing in or lying across a river.↗ Example: Our plan hit a snag when the bus was late.↗ · The only snag is that we have no glue.↗ · My jumper snagged on the fence.↗ · There's a snag in your tights.↗ · I snagged the last cupcake!↗ · We bought snags at the school sausage sizzle.↗ · Throw a few snags on the barbie, mate.↗ · Water here and water there; waving tussocks and trembling mools, and great black snags all twisted and bent.↗

snail — Everyday, meaning 1: A snail is a small, slow animal with a soft, slimy body and a spiral shell on its back that lives on land or in water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Snail can describe something very slow («at a snail's pace»).↗ Example: A snail left a silvery trail across the path.↗ · The snail pulled its head into its shell.↗ · Snails ate all our lettuce.↗ · The traffic moved at a snail's pace.↗ · Snails come out after rain.↗ · A snail has its eyes on the tips of its tentacles.↗ · Grandma still sends birthday cards by snail mail.↗ · A snail climbs 3 metres a day and slips back 2 at night, so it gains 1 metre each full day.↗ · "I take my time," said the snail.↗ · Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun. (Writings PSA.58.9, JPS 1917)↗