S — The school dictionary · page 81 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22shriekedPast form of «shriek»: gave a sudden, very high, loud cry, out of fear, pain, excitement or laughter.11 sentencesshriekingMaking a loud, high, sharp cry, from fear, pain, excitement or laughter.9 sentencesshrillA shrill sound is very high, loud and sharp, often unpleasant: a shrill whistle, a shrill scream.11 sentencesshrimpA shrimp is a small sea animal with a shell, a long tail and many legs; many are eaten as food.10 sentencesshrineA shrine is a holy place, often a small chapel or a tomb, where people go to pray or to honour a saint or god.4 sentencesshrinkTo shrink means to get smaller, or to make something smaller.12 sentencesshrinkageThe amount by which something gets smaller.9 sentencesshrivelTo become smaller, dry and wrinkled, often because of heat, cold or lack of water.11 sentencesshrivelledShrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf.4 sentencesshroudA cloth that a dead body is wrapped in before burial.13 sentencesshrubA woody plant smaller than a tree, with several stems growing from near the ground; a bush.8 sentencesshrubberyA shrubbery is an area in a garden or park planted with bushes and small trees.4 sentencesshrugTo shrug is to raise your shoulders quickly and drop them, to show you do not know or do not care.11 sentencesshrunkenHaving become smaller than before, often in a way that looks wrinkled, dried or weak.8 sentencesshuckTo remove the outer covering of corn, peas, beans or oysters: shuck corn.14 sentencesshucksA mild word for disappointment or shyness: «Shucks, I missed the bus!».10 sentencesshudderTo shudder is to shake suddenly, usually from fear, cold, or disgust.5 sentencesshudderingShuddering means shaking hard with fear, cold, or disgust.4 sentencesshuffleTo shuffle cards means to mix them up so they are in a random order.14 sentencesshunTo shun someone is to keep away from them on purpose and refuse to talk to them.9 sentencesshunningShunning means keeping away from someone or something on purpose, and refusing to have anything to do with it.4 sentencesshuntTo shunt something is to push or move it to one side, often roughly.12 sentencesshush«Shush!» is a word that tells someone to be quiet.8 sentencesshutTo shut something means to close it, like a door, a window, a box or your eyes.12 sentencesshutterA shutter is a wooden or metal cover on a window that you open and close to keep out light, wind or burglars.12 sentencesshuttingShutting is closing something, like a door, window, lid or your eyes.11 sentencesshuttleA shuttle is a bus, train or plane that goes back and forth often between two places, like an airport and a car park.13 sentencesshyShy means nervous and quiet with people you do not know well.14 sentencesshylyIn a shy waynervously and quietly, because you feel uncomfortable with other people or new things. — 8 sentencesshynessShyness is the feeling of being nervous, quiet and uncomfortable with people you don't know well or when everyone is looking at you.8 sentencessiThe seventh note of the do-re-mi scale in some countries, now usually called «ti» in English (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti).11 sentencessiamangA large black gibbon (a kind of small ape) that lives in the rainforests of Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra in Indonesia, famous for its lo…7 sentencessib«Sib» is a short form of «sibling», a brother or sister.6 sentencessiberianSiberian means from or about Siberia, the huge, very cold northern part of Russia that stretches from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Oc…10 sentencessiblingA sibling is a brother or sister.9 sentencessibylA sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future. (old use).4 sentencessibyllineSibylline means of or like a sibyl; mysterious and hard to understand, as if giving a hidden prophecy. (rare).5 sentencessickSick means ill, not healthy.13 sentencessickenTo make someone feel shocked, disgusted or very upset, as if they might be sick.11 sentencessickleA farm tool with a short handle and a curved, C-shaped blade, used for cutting grass, grain or corn by hand.9 sentencessicklyOften ill, weak or not healthy.13 sentencessicknessSickness is being ill or unwell.11 sentencessideA side is one of the straight lines that make a flat shape. A square has 4 sides.26 sentencessidelineThe sidelines are the lines along the long sides of a sports pitch, and the area just outside them.10 sentencessidestrokeA way of swimming while lying on your side, pushing with a scissor kick and moving your arms alternately under the water.7 sentencessidewalkA path at the side of a road where people walk; British and Australian «pavement» or «footpath».10 sentencessidewaysSideways means to the side, or moving with one side first.10 sentencessidewinderA small rattlesnake from the deserts of the south-western USA and Mexico that moves sideways by throwing its body in loops across the sand.8 sentencessidleTo sidle is to walk slowly and sideways, moving quietly and a little shyly, often to avoid notice.4 sentencessiegeA siege is when an army surrounds a town or castle and stops food and help getting in, so the people inside will give up.11 sentencessiennaA brownish-yellow (raw sienna) or reddish-brown (burnt sienna) earth colour used in paints and crayons.9 sentencessieveA sieve is a kitchen tool with a fine net or many small holes, used to separate small bits from big bits, or solids from liquid.11 sentencessiftTo shake flour or sand through a sieve to break up lumps or remove bits.10 sentencessighTo sigh is to breathe out slowly and loudly, often because you are tired, sad, bored or relieved.9 sentencessightSight is the ability to see; one of the five senses.13 sentencessightingA sighting is an occasion when someone sees something rare, unusual or wanted: a bird, a whale, a UFO or a missing person.8 sentencessightlessSightless means unable to see; blind.4 sentencessigmaThe eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, written Σ (capital) and σ or ς (small).9 sentencessignA sign is a board with words or pictures that tells you something, like a road sign or a shop sign.15 sentencessignalA signal is a sound, light, sign or movement that gives a message or warning: a traffic signal, a hand signal.12 sentencessignallingPresent participle of «signal»: giving a sign, sound or light to send a message.9 sentencessignallySignally means in a striking, remarkable way, so that it is clearly noticed.4 sentencessignatoryA signatory is a person, group or country that has signed an official agreement, contract or treaty.8 sentencessignatureA signature is your name written in your own special way, to show you agree to or wrote something.10 sentencessignboardA signboard is a flat board with words or a picture on it, put up outside a shop or inn to show what is sold or where it is.4 sentencessignerA signer is a person who signs their name on something, like a letter, card or important document.9 sentencessignificanceSignificance is how important or meaningful something is.9 sentencessignificantImportant; worth noticing.11 sentencessignificationSignification is the meaning of a word, sign or symbol.8 sentencessignifiedSignified is the past form of signify: it means showed, meant or stood for.11 sentencessignifyTo be a sign of something; to mean something (dark clouds signify rain).10 sentencessignpostA signpost is a post at the side of a road or path with signs that show the way and how far it is to places.9 sentencessikaA sika is a kind of deer that came from East Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan); it is small to medium-sized with a reddish-brown coat with white…9 sentencessikhA Sikh is a person who follows Sikhism, a religion that began in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.9 sentencessikhismSikhism is a religion founded in the Punjab region of India by Guru Nanak; Sikhs believe in one God and follow the teachings of the ten Gu…8 sentencessilageGrass, maize or other green crops that are cut, packed tightly and kept without air so they ferment, to feed cows and sheep in winter.7 sentencessilenceSilence is when there is no sound at all.14 sentencessilentSilent means making no sound at all; completely quiet.12 sentencessilentlyWithout making any sound; quietly.11 sentencessilhouetteA silhouette is the dark shape or outline of someone or something seen against a brighter background, like a person standing in front of a…10 sentencessilicateA mineral or compound made of silicon and oxygen, often with metals; most rocks, sand and clay are made of silicates.8 sentencessiliconSilicon is a chemical element (symbol Si), a grey shiny solid that is the main part of sand and many rocks.8 sentencessilkA soft, smooth, shiny cloth made from threads spun by silkworms.10 sentencessilkenMade of silk.10 sentencessilkwormA silkworm is the caterpillar of the silk moth, which spins a cocoon of fine silk thread; people use this thread to make silk cloth.8 sentencessilkySmooth, soft and shiny, like silk.9 sentencessillA sill is the flat shelf at the bottom of a window, inside or outside.11 sentencessillinessBeing silly: behaving in a foolish, funny or not serious way.9 sentencessillySilly means funny in a foolish way: a silly hat.12 sentencessiltFine sand, mud and soil carried by flowing water and left at the bottom of rivers, lakes or harbours.8 sentencessilverSilver is a shiny, grey-white precious metal used for jewellery, coins and cutlery.12 sentencessilverbackA silverback is a grown-up male gorilla, the leader of a gorilla family, named after the silvery-grey hair on his back.9 sentencessilverfishA silverfish is a small, shiny, silver-grey insect with no wings that wriggles like a fish and lives in damp corners of houses.8 sentencessilverySilvery means shiny and grey-white, like silver.11 sentencessimaThe lower layer of the Earth's crust, under the oceans and below the continents, made of heavy rock rich in silicon and magnesium (si + ma).8 sentencessimilarAlmost the same as something else, but not exactly.10 sentencessimileA simile is a way of describing something by comparing it to something else using «like» or «as»: «as brave as a lion», «she ran like the…9 sentencessimmerTo cook something gently in liquid just below boiling, with small bubbles.11 sentencessimmeringCooking gently in liquid that is just below boiling, with small bubbles.11 sentencessimpleSimple means easy to understand or do, not complicated.11 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/8/