S — The school dictionary · page 61 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22servicesWork done for people by someone, rather than goods made (cleaning, hairdressing, banking).13 sentencesservingA serving is an amount of food for one person; a portion.12 sentencesservitudeServitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave.4 sentencesservoA servo (short for servomotor) is a small motor that can turn to an exact position and hold it, used in robots, remote-control cars and pl…10 sentencessesameA plant grown in warm countries for its small flat seeds.12 sentencessessionA period of time spent doing one activity, such as a lesson, practice or meeting.11 sentencessetA set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set.20 sentencessetbackSomething that stops progress or makes things worse for a while; a problem that sets you back.7 sentencessettA sett is the home of a badger: a set of underground tunnels and rooms dug into the earth.9 sentencessettingThe place and time where a story happens.15 sentencessettleTo come to rest and stay in one place: dust settles on shelves, the bird settled on a branch.14 sentencessettlementA place where people have come to live and built homes, such as a village or small town: an early farming settlement.14 sentencessettlerA settler is a person who moves to a new place, often far away, to live there for good and make a home.12 sentencessetupA setup is the way things are arranged or organised: a gaming setup, the classroom setup.11 sentencessevenSeven is the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight.12 sentencessevenfoldSeven times as big or as many.10 sentencesseventeenSeventeen is the number 17, one more than sixteen.10 sentencesseventeenthComing next after the sixteenth in order; number 17 in a line or list: the seventeenth runner.10 sentencesseventhSeventh means number 7 in order, after the sixth.10 sentencesseventiethSeventieth means number 70 in order, coming after the sixty-ninth: her seventieth birthday.9 sentencesseventySeventy is the number 70, which is seven tens.10 sentencesseverTo cut right through something, separating it.9 sentencesseveralSeveral means more than two, but not very many: several friends.12 sentencesseveranceMoney paid to a worker when their job ends because the company no longer needs them; also called severance pay or redundancy pay.9 sentencessevereVery bad, serious or harmful.12 sentencesseverelyVery badly or seriously.13 sentencesseveritySeverity is how serious, strong or bad something is, such as the severity of an illness, an injury, a storm or a punishment.10 sentencessewTo sew is to join cloth or attach things like buttons with a needle and thread.12 sentencessewageSewage is the dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and drains that flows through pipes called sewers.8 sentencessewerA sewer is a large underground pipe or tunnel that carries away dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and streets.9 sentencessewerageThe system of underground pipes and drains that carries dirty water and toilet waste away from homes and buildings.10 sentencessewnJoined or fixed with a needle and thread.11 sentencessexSex is being male or female; people and most animals are born one sex or the other, decided by their body.11 sentencessexistTreating people unfairly or badly because they are a boy or a girl, a man or a woman.8 sentencessextonA sexton is a church helper who looks after the church and its churchyard, digs graves and rings the bells.4 sentencesshabbilyIn a worn-out, old and untidy way: shabbily dressed means wearing old, faded, worn clothes.9 sentencesshabbyShabby means old, worn and untidy from a lot of use.12 sentencesshadeShade is an area where the sunlight is blocked, so it is cooler and darker: sit in the shade.14 sentencesshadowA shadow is a dark shape made on a surface when something blocks the light.13 sentencesshadowyFull of shadows; dark and hard to see in: «a shadowy corner».10 sentencesshadyA shady place is out of the sun, cool and partly dark, because trees or buildings block the light.11 sentencesshaftA shaft is a long, narrow hole that goes straight down or up, such as a mine shaft or a lift shaft.14 sentencesshaggyShaggy means having long, thick, untidy hair or fur.11 sentencesshahThe title of the king of Iran (Persia) in the past.9 sentencesshakeTo shake is to move something quickly up and down or side to side.16 sentencesshakenShaken is a form of "shake": moved quickly up and down or side to side.10 sentencesshakerA container with small holes in the lid for shaking out salt, pepper, sugar or other powder.13 sentencesshakyShaking or trembling, often because of fear, cold, illness or weakness (shaky hands, a shaky voice).11 sentencesshaleShale is a soft grey or dark rock made of hardened mud or clay that splits easily into thin flat layers.8 sentencesshallowShallow means not deep: there is only a short distance from the top to the bottom.13 sentencesshamA sham is something fake or pretended, made to look real.6 sentencesshameShame is the bad, hot feeling you have when you know you did something wrong or silly and others may know.13 sentencesshamefacedShamefaced means feeling ashamed and embarrassed, and showing it in the face or manner.4 sentencesshamefulCausing shame; so bad or wrong that people should feel ashamed of it.9 sentencesshamefullyIn a way that should make someone feel ashamed; very badly or unfairly: «They were shamefully treated.».9 sentencesshamelessShameless describes someone who behaves badly and does not feel embarrassed about it.5 sentencesshampooA liquid soap for washing hair.10 sentencesshamrockA shamrock is a small green plant with three round leaves on each stem, like clover.9 sentencesshanA piece of the word «shan't», which means «shall not», as in «I shan't go». It is not a word by itself in English.8 sentencesshang«Shàng» means «up», «on» or «above», and also «to go up» or «to go to», as in «shàng xué» (go to school); to an English ear it sounds like…10 sentencesshanghaiShanghai is a huge city on the east coast of China, one of the biggest cities in the world, with a famous river front and tall towers.9 sentencesshankThe shank is the lower part of a leg, between the knee and the ankle.6 sentencesshantyA small, roughly built hut or shack made from scrap materials.9 sentencesshapeA shape is the outline or form of something, like a circle, square or triangle.12 sentencesshapedShaped means having a certain form, like a heart-shaped cookie.10 sentencesshapelessHaving no clear or definite shape.9 sentencesshapelyShapely means having a pleasing, well-balanced shape or form.4 sentencesshardA sharp, broken piece of glass, pottery, metal or ice.10 sentencesshareTo share is to give parts of something to others so each person has some: share the pizza.16 sentencesshareholderA person or organisation that owns shares (small parts) in a company, and so owns a small part of it.8 sentencessharerA sharer is a person who shares something with others.7 sentencessharkA shark is a large fish with a long body, fins, rows of sharp teeth and a skeleton made of cartilage instead of bone.10 sentencessharpSharp means having a thin edge or fine point that can cut or pierce: a sharp knife.17 sentencessharpenTo sharpen something is to make its edge or point sharper, like sharpening a pencil or a knife.12 sentencessharpenedSharpened is the past form of «sharpen»: to make a point or edge sharper, like a pencil or a knife.10 sentencessharplySharply means suddenly and by a lot, like a road that turns sharply or prices that rise sharply.13 sentencessharpnessSharpness is how sharp something is, how well its edge or point can cut or pierce.13 sentencesshatterTo shatter is to break suddenly into many small pieces.11 sentencesshatteredShattered means broken into many small pieces.10 sentencesshaveTo cut hair off very close to the skin with a razor, as men do on their face.11 sentencesshavenShaven means cut very close, with hair or fur shaved off, so the skin shows.4 sentencesshaverAn electric tool with small moving blades for cutting hair close to the skin, usually on the face or legs.10 sentencesshavingThe act of cutting hair off close to the skin with a razor.10 sentencesshavuotA Jewish festival celebrating the giving of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai, and the wheat harvest; also called the Feast of Weeks.7 sentencesshawlA large piece of soft cloth, often wool or silk, worn over the shoulders or head, or wrapped around a baby.8 sentencesshayShay is a first name, used for boys and girls, from the Irish name Séamus or Séaghdha; it is also a surname.11 sentencessheA word used instead of the name of a girl, woman or female animal already talked about.23 sentencessheafA sheaf is a bundle of stalks of wheat, barley or other grain, tied together after cutting at harvest.9 sentencesshearTo shear a sheep is to cut off its wool.11 sentencesshearedSheared means had the wool cut off: the sheep were sheared.10 sentencesshearerA shearer is a person whose job is to cut the wool off sheep.10 sentencesshearingShearing is cutting the wool off a sheep, usually once a year.10 sentencesshearsShears are a large cutting tool like big, strong scissors, used for cutting hedges, grass, metal or sheep's wool.8 sentencessheathA close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife, sword or dagger.12 sentencessheatheTo sheathe is to put a sword or knife back into its case, called a sheath.4 sentencessheathedPast form of «sheathe»: put a knife or sword back into its cover.11 sentencesshedA shed is a small simple building, often of wood, in a garden or yard for keeping tools, bikes or animals.14 sentencessheddingPresent participle of «shed»: losing hair, skin or leaves naturally.11 sentencessheenSheen is a soft shine or gloss on a surface, such as silk, fur or feathers.4 sentencessheepA sheep is a farm animal with a thick woolly coat. 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