S — The school dictionary · page 171 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22sternlyIn a strict, serious and unsmiling way, often when someone has done wrong.8 sentencessteroidA steroid is a kind of chemical, made in the body or as a medicine, that can calm swelling or act like hormones.10 sentencesstethoscopeA doctor's tool with earpieces and a tube with a small disc at the end, used to listen to the heart, lungs and breathing.7 sentencesstewA meal of meat or vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a pot.11 sentencesstewardA steward is a person whose job is to look after passengers on a plane, ship or train.10 sentencesstewardshipLooking after something carefully on behalf of someone else, or for the future.9 sentencesstickA stick is a thin piece of wood, often fallen from a tree.17 sentencesstickerA sticker is a small picture or label with glue on the back that you can stick on things.10 sentencessticklebackA stickleback is a small fish with sharp spines on its back, found in ponds, streams and coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere.9 sentencesstickySticky means covered with something like glue, honey or syrup that sticks to things.12 sentencesstiffStiff means hard and not easy to bend or move.14 sentencesstiffenTo stiffen is to become hard, firm or difficult to bend.12 sentencesstifflyStiffly means in a stiff way, without bending easily, as when your body is sore or cold.9 sentencesstiffnessStiffness is being hard to bend or move, like a new board or a stiff collar.12 sentencesstifleTo stifle a sound is to hold it back so that nobody hears it.5 sentencesstifledHeld back so it is not heard or seen: a stifled laugh, a stifled yawn, a stifled cry.10 sentencesstiflingStifling means very hot and airless, so that it is hard to breathe.5 sentencesstileA stile is a set of steps or a step over a fence or wall that lets people climb over but stops animals like sheep and cows getting through.10 sentencesstillStill means even now, or up to this time.24 sentencesstillbirthA stillbirth is when a baby has died before it is born, late in the mother's pregnancy, so it is born not alive.6 sentencesstillnessStillness is being completely still, with no movement.9 sentencesstiltStilts are a pair of long poles with footrests that you stand on to walk high above the ground.11 sentencesstimulantA stimulant is a substance that makes your body and brain more awake and active for a while, such as the caffeine in coffee, tea and cola.11 sentencesstimulateTo stimulate means to make something more active or make it grow or work more.12 sentencesstimulatedStimulated is the past form of «stimulate»: made something more active, or made it start or grow.10 sentencesstimulatingStimulating means interesting and exciting in a way that makes you think and want to know more.11 sentencesstimulationStimulation is making something more active, or the thing that does it: the stimulation of a muscle, of growth.11 sentencesstimulusA stimulus is something that causes a living thing to react, such as light, sound, heat or touch.10 sentencesstingOf a bee, wasp, jellyfish or nettle: to hurt you by pushing a tiny sharp part or poison into your skin.14 sentencesstingerA stinger is the sharp part on an insect or animal, such as a bee, wasp or scorpion, that it uses to sting.12 sentencesstingingA stinging insect or plant can hurt you with a sting, like a bee, wasp or stinging nettle.10 sentencesstinglessStingless means having no sting or no working sting.9 sentencesstingrayA stingray is a flat sea fish with a wide body shaped like a disc and a long thin tail that has a sharp, venomous spine.8 sentencesstingyNot willing to spend or share money, food or things; mean with money.9 sentencesstinkTo stink is to have a very strong, bad smell.15 sentencesstinkyStinky means smelling very bad.9 sentencesstintA stint is a fixed period of work or time spent doing a job.5 sentencesstipulateTo state clearly that something must be done, especially as part of a rule, agreement or contract.7 sentencesstipulationA stipulation is a condition or rule that must be kept as part of an agreement: you may borrow it, with the stipulation that you return it…7 sentencesstirTo stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it.15 sentencesstirredStirred means mixed something by moving a spoon or stick round and round in it.13 sentencesstirringStirring is moving a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it.12 sentencesstirrupA stirrup is a metal loop that hangs on each side of a horse's saddle, for the rider to put their foot in.10 sentencesstitchA stitch is one loop of thread made with a needle when sewing, or one loop of wool in knitting.13 sentencesstoatA stoat is a small, fierce, meat-eating animal with a long thin body, short legs, brown fur and a black tip on its tail.9 sentencesstockA supply of goods kept in a shop or store to sell.16 sentencesstockingA stocking is a long, thin covering for the foot and leg, usually worn by women, often in pairs.12 sentencesstocksStocks are supplies of goods kept ready to use or sell: «stocks of food».13 sentencesstockyA stocky person or animal is short, broad and strong-looking, with a solid body.7 sentencesstokeTo stoke a fire means to add fuel such as coal or wood and stir it so it burns more strongly.12 sentencesstoleThe past tense of "steal": took something that was not yours without asking. "Someone stole my bike.".12 sentencesstomachYour stomach is the bag-like organ inside your body where food goes after you swallow it and starts to be broken down.12 sentencesstomatopodA stomatopod is a mantis shrimp, a sea animal related to crabs and shrimps (a crustacean) that hunts by striking or stabbing prey with sup…8 sentencesstompTo stomp means to walk with heavy, loud steps, often because you are angry.11 sentencesstoneA stone is a small piece of rock.15 sentencesstonefishA fish of warm shallow seas (Indian and Pacific Oceans, including northern Australia) that looks exactly like a rock or lump of coral and…7 sentencesstonyStony means full of stones or covered with stones.12 sentencesstoolA stool is a seat with legs but no back and usually no arms.12 sentencesstoopTo stoop is to bend your body forwards and down: he stooped to pick up the coin.14 sentencesstoopingBending the top part of your body forwards and down.11 sentencesstopTo stop means to not move or not go on any more.25 sentencesstopcockA stopcock is a tap or valve on a water pipe that you turn to stop or start the flow of water into a house or to part of the plumbing.8 sentencesstoppedStopped means came to an end or made something end: «The rain stopped».12 sentencesstopperA stopper is a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it.4 sentencesstoppingStopping means coming to an end or no longer moving.13 sentencesstopwatchA watch or timer that can be started and stopped by pressing a button, to measure exactly how long something takes.7 sentencesstorageStorage is keeping things in a place until they are needed.10 sentencesstoreA store is a shop where people buy things (the usual word in American English).14 sentencesstorehouseA storehouse is a building where food, goods or supplies are kept.10 sentencesstoreroomA room where things are kept until they are needed, such as supplies, equipment or food.9 sentencesstoreyA storey is one floor or level of a building.9 sentencesstorkA stork is a large bird with long legs, a long neck and a long straight beak, that wades in wet places and eats fish, frogs and insects.9 sentencesstormVery bad weather with strong winds and often heavy rain, snow, hail, thunder and lightning.13 sentencesstormyStormy weather has strong winds, heavy rain, thunder or big waves.10 sentencesstoryA story tells about things that happen, true or made up.13 sentencesstorybookA storybook is a book of stories for children, often with pictures.8 sentencesstorytellerA storyteller is a person who tells stories, often out loud to an audience.10 sentencesstoutRather fat or heavy in body (a polite word).11 sentencesstoutlyStoutly means bravely, firmly and strongly, without giving in.9 sentencesstoveA piece of kitchen equipment for cooking, with hot rings or burners on top and often an oven.9 sentencesstowTo stow is to pack things away neatly in a safe place, often on a ship or in a bag.6 sentencesstowawayA stowaway is a person who hides on a ship, plane, train or lorry to travel without paying or without being allowed.11 sentencesstrabismusStrabismus is the medical name for a squint: when a person's two eyes do not point in the same direction at the same time, so one eye may…7 sentencesstraddleTo straddle is to stand or sit with one leg on each side of something.6 sentencesstraightStraight means not bent or curved; going in one direction.16 sentencesstraightenTo make something straight, or to become straight.11 sentencesstraightenerA straightener is a thing that makes something straight.8 sentencesstraightforwardStraightforward means easy to understand or do, with no hidden difficulties: a straightforward question.11 sentencesstraightwayStraightway means at once, without any delay; it is the same as «straight away».5 sentencesstrainTo strain is to try very hard or push your body or mind to its limit.15 sentencesstraitA strait is a narrow passage of sea between two pieces of land that joins two larger seas.10 sentencesstraitenTo straiten is to make someone poorer or to limit what they have.9 sentencesstrandA strand is a single thin thread, hair or wire, or one of several twisted together.12 sentencesstrandedIf you are stranded, you are stuck in a place and cannot leave, for example because your car broke down or there are no trains.10 sentencesstrangeStrange means unusual or surprising in a way that is hard to explain: a strange noise.12 sentencesstrangelyIn an unusual or surprising way.11 sentencesstrangenessStrangeness is the quality of being odd, unusual or unlike what is normal.5 sentencesstrangerA person you do not know.12 sentencesstrangleTo strangle means to squeeze someone's neck so hard that they cannot breathe; it can kill.11 sentencesstranglerA strangler is a person who kills or hurts someone by squeezing their throat so they cannot breathe; it is a word from crime news and stor…10 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/page/17/