📖 S — The English dictionary · page 64

snorkel — Everyday, meaning 1: A snorkel is a short, bent tube that lets you breathe through your mouth while swimming face-down near the surface of the water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To snorkel is to swim using a snorkel and a mask to look at fish and coral.↗ Example: I wore a mask and snorkel to look at the fish.↗ · We went snorkelling on the reef.↗ · Blow hard to clear water from your snorkel.↗ · She snorkelled over a turtle.↗ · A snorkel only works near the surface.↗ · Always snorkel with a buddy and an adult nearby.↗

snort — Everyday, meaning 1: To snort is to push air out loudly through your nose, making a rough sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: People snort when they laugh suddenly or to show they do not believe or like something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Animals like pigs and horses snort.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang, drugs) To snort a drug is to sniff a powder up the nose; this is dangerous and illegal.↗ Example: The pig snorted as it searched for food.↗ · Tom snorted with laughter and milk came out of his nose.↗ · "You?↗ Win the race?" she snorted.↗ · The horse snorted and stamped its hoof.↗ · Dad gave a snort when he saw the price.↗ · The bull snorted and lowered its head.↗ · “Because we’re told to,” said the troop-horse, with a snort of contempt.↗ · He covered them like a pavement, and poured upon tliein snort', and the earth was formed."↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · The glory of his snorting is terrible.↗ (Writings JOB.39.20, JPS 1917)↗

snot — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Snot is the slimy stuff (mucus) that comes out of your nose, especially when you have a cold.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, rude) A snot is a rude, proud, cheeky person who thinks they are better than others; the adjective is «snotty».↗ Example: Use a tissue, not your sleeve, to wipe your snot!↗ · When I have a cold, my nose is full of snot.↗ · The baby had snot running down her face.↗ · Snot traps dust and germs before they get into your lungs.↗ · «Ew, there's snot on the door handle!»↗ · (informal) The doctor calls it mucus, but we call it snot.↗ · (rude) Don't be such a snot to your little brother.↗ · The story had a slimy monster made of snot.↗

snout — Everyday, meaning 1: A snout is the long nose and mouth part that sticks out at the front of some animals' faces, such as pigs, dogs, crocodiles and anteaters.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, joking or rude) A snout can mean a person's nose.↗ Example: The pig dug in the mud with its snout.↗ · The anteater pushed its long snout into the ant nest.↗ · The dog sniffed the ground with its wet snout.↗ · A crocodile's snout is long and narrow.↗ · The hedgehog's snout twitched as it smelled a worm.↗ · «Keep your snout out of my business!» snapped the troll.↗ · She bethought herself of her father’s words, and, pulling out her pocket handkerchief, she gently wiped the Pig’s snout and kissed it.↗ · As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.↗ (Writings PRO.11.22, JPS 1917)↗

snow — Everyday, meaning 1: Soft white flakes of frozen water that fall from clouds when it is very cold.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A layer of fallen snow on the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb, to fall as snow.↗ e.g. "It's snowing!"↗ Example: It snowed all night.↗ · We built a snowman.↗ · Snow is frozen water.↗ · Every snowflake has six sides.↗ · School was closed for a snow day.↗ · Snow melts when it gets warm.↗ · Walk carefully on the snow.↗ · I'm snowed under with homework.↗ · There fell a shower of snow.↗ · And when the cloud was removed from over the Tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam; and, behold, she was leprous.↗ (Torah NUM.12.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD said furthermore unto him: 'Put now thy hand into thy bosom.'↗ And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.↗ (Torah EXO.4.6, JPS 1917)↗ · He covered them like a pavement, and poured upon them snow, and the earth was formed.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.↗ (Writings PSA.147.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word; (Writings PSA.148.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself; (Writings JOB.6.16, JPS 1917)↗

snowball — Everyday, meaning 1: A ball of snow pressed together with the hands, often thrown in play.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As a verb, to grow bigger and bigger, faster and faster, like a snowball rolled through snow.↗ Example: We had a snowball fight in the park.↗ · Sam rolled a snowball to make a snowman.↗ · Never put stones inside a snowball.↗ · Don't throw snowballs at people's faces or at cars.↗ · The rumour snowballed until the whole school had heard it.↗ · One small lie can snowball into a big problem.↗ · The snowball melted on the warm windowsill.↗

snowbank — Everyday, meaning 1: A snowbank is a big pile or wall of snow, often made by wind or by snowploughs pushing snow to the side of a road.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is a long mound of snow along a road, path or field.↗ Example: The snowplough left a huge snowbank by our driveway.↗ · The car slid into a snowbank.↗ · We jumped off the snowbank into soft snow.↗ · Snowbanks lined both sides of the street.↗ · Don't build a fort in a snowbank next to the road.↗ · The dog disappeared into the snowbank and came out white.↗ · After the blizzard the snowbanks were taller than me.↗

snowdrop — Everyday, meaning 1: A snowdrop is a small plant with a white flower that hangs down like a drop; it is one of the first flowers to bloom at the end of winter, sometimes while snow is still on the ground.↗ Example: The first snowdrops appeared under the hedge in February.↗ · Snowdrops hang their white heads like little lamps.↗ · We counted snowdrops on our nature walk.↗ · Don't eat snowdrop bulbs; they are poisonous.↗ · Grandma planted snowdrops under the old apple tree.↗ · The snowdrops pushed up through the frost.↗ · In the poem, the snowdrop is a sign of hope.↗

snowfall — Everyday, meaning 1: Snow falling from the sky, a time when snow comes down.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The amount of snow that falls in a place over a certain time, measured in centimetres or inches.↗ Example: There was a heavy snowfall last night and the school was closed.↗ · The town gets about two metres of snowfall each winter.↗ · We built a snowman after the first snowfall of the year.↗ · The chart shows the snowfall in each month.↗ · On Monday there were 12 cm of snowfall and on Tuesday 5 cm, so 17 cm in all.↗ · Heavy snowfall can block roads and bring down power lines.↗ · Light snowfall covered the garden like sugar.↗ · Canada has more snowfall than New Zealand's North Island.↗

snowflake — Everyday, meaning 1: A single piece of snow made of ice crystals, usually with six points or sides.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (slang, insulting) A person said to be too easily upset or offended.↗ Example: A snowflake landed on my glove.↗ · Every snowflake has six sides.↗ · We cut paper snowflakes for the window.↗ · Snowflakes drifted down past the streetlight.↗ · Scientists photograph snowflakes under a microscope.↗ · (slang, unkind) He called his cousin a snowflake for crying at the film.↗

snowman — Everyday, meaning 1: A snowman is a figure of a person made of snow, usually two or three big snowballs stacked up, with a face of stones or coal and a carrot nose.↗ Example: We built a snowman in the garden.↗ · Our snowman has a carrot for a nose.↗ · The snowman melted when the sun came out.↗ · Roll a big snowball for the snowman's body.↗ · Olaf is a funny snowman in «Frozen».↗ · Put a hat and scarf on the snowman.↗

snowplough — Everyday, meaning 1: A snowplough is a vehicle or machine with a big blade at the front that pushes snow off roads and paths.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In skiing, the snowplough is a way of slowing down by pointing the front tips of the skis together in a V shape.↗ Example: The snowplough cleared the road before school.↗ · We heard the snowplough scraping in the night.↗ · Keep away from the snowplough when it is working.↗ · Don't build snow forts near the road, because the snowplough could bury them.↗ · The ski teacher showed us how to do the snowplough.↗ · Make a snowplough with your skis to slow down.↗ · The snowplough pushed the snow into big piles.↗ · Our town has three snowploughs.↗

snowshoe — Everyday, meaning 1: A snowshoe is a wide flat frame you tie under your boot so you can walk on deep snow without sinking.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To snowshoe means to walk on snow wearing snowshoes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A snowshoe hare is a hare with big furry feet that turns white in winter.↗ Example: We strapped on snowshoes and crossed the meadow.↗ · Snowshoes stop you sinking into deep snow.↗ · Indigenous peoples of North America invented many kinds of snowshoe.↗ · We went snowshoeing in the mountains in Canada.↗ · The snowshoe hare turns white in winter.↗ · Bigger snowshoes spread your weight over more snow.↗ · I was just thinking what good snowshoes it would make,” answered the fox in an absent voice, as if he was not thinking of what he was saying.↗

snowstorm — Everyday, meaning 1: A snowstorm is a storm with a lot of falling snow, often with strong wind, so it is hard to see and travel.↗ Example: The snowstorm closed every school in our town.↗ · We were caught in a snowstorm on the way home.↗ · During a snowstorm it is safest to stay indoors.↗ · The snowstorm dropped 30 centimetres of snow in one night.↗ · Dad cleared the path after the snowstorm.↗ · In the story, the dogs pulled the sled through a terrible snowstorm.↗ · The news gave a snowstorm warning for the mountains.↗ · Without, a snowstorm made every one remain at home who could do so.↗

snowsuit — Everyday, meaning 1: A warm, padded, waterproof outfit, all in one piece or as jacket and trousers, worn by children to play in the snow or cold.↗ Example: Put on your snowsuit before you go out to build a snowman.↗ · My baby sister looks like a star in her pink snowsuit.↗ · Canadian children wear snowsuits at recess in winter.↗ · The snowsuit kept me dry when I rolled in the snow.↗ · Take the snowsuit off in the car so the seat belt fits snugly.↗ · I zipped up my snowsuit and ran out to go sledging.↗

snowy — Everyday, meaning 1: Snowy means having a lot of snow or with snow falling.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Snowy also means white like snow, as in snowy hair or a snowy owl.↗ Example: It was a snowy day, so we built a snowman.↗ · The snowy mountains looked beautiful.↗ · Drive slowly on snowy roads.↗ · Grandpa has snowy white hair.↗ · A snowy owl has white feathers.↗ · Canada has very snowy winters.↗ · This is the snowiest winter I can remember.↗ · The cat left footprints on the snowy path.↗ · It was terribly cold and snowy, but aunt must go to the theatre.↗

snp — Everyday, meaning 1: The SNP is the Scottish National Party, a political party in Scotland that wants Scotland to become an independent country, separate from the United Kingdom.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) An SNP, said «snip», is a single-nucleotide polymorphism: a place where one letter of DNA differs between people.↗ Example: The SNP wants Scotland to be independent.↗ · Some people in Scotland vote SNP and some vote for other parties.↗ · The SNP sits in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.↗ · In a vote, Scotland chose to stay in the UK, but the debate goes on.↗ · Scientists compare SNPs to study families and illnesses.↗ · An SNP is a one-letter difference in DNA.↗

snub — Everyday, meaning 1: To snub someone is to ignore them or treat them coldly on purpose, to show you do not respect or like them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A snub is an act of ignoring or insulting someone in this way.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A snub nose is short and turned up at the end.↗ Example: Jess snubbed me at lunch and sat with other girls.↗ · It felt like a snub when he did not invite me to his party.↗ · The captain snubbed the other team and walked off without shaking hands.↗ · I said hello, but she snubbed me and looked away.↗ · The puppy has a cute snub nose.↗ · Not being picked for the team felt like a snub, but the coach had a reason.↗ · Don't snub new kids; say hi.↗ · The youngest of them was called Dullhead, and was sneered and jeered at and snubbed on every possible opportunity.↗

snuff — Everyday, meaning 1: To snuff (or snuff out) a candle is to put out its flame, often by pressing it or covering it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To snuff out something is to stop it or end it suddenly: they snuffed out the fire, the rain snuffed out our hopes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Snuff is tobacco ground into powder that some people sniff up the nose; it is harmful.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) «Up to snuff» means good enough.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (rude, slang) «Snuff it» means to die.↗ Example: Please snuff out the candles before you go to bed.↗ · The firefighters quickly snuffed out the fire.↗ · She used a little metal cap to snuff the flame.↗ · The old man took a pinch of snuff from a silver box.↗ · Your homework is not up to snuff, so please do it again.↗ · The goldfish finally snuffed it, said my cheeky brother.↗ · The rain snuffed out the campfire.↗ · On the mound sat the Cricket and took snuff.↗