S — The school dictionary · page 91 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22simplexSimple, made of one part; not compound.10 sentencessimplicityBeing simple and easy to understand or do.11 sentencessimplificationThe act of making something simpler or easier to understand or do.10 sentencessimplifyTo simplify something is to make it simpler or easier to understand or do.10 sentencessimplySimply means in an easy or plain way: explain it simply.11 sentencessimulatedMade to look or feel real, but not real; imitation: simulated leather, a simulated fire drill.10 sentencessimulationA simulation is a copy of a real situation, made on a computer or with models, so that people can study it or practise safely.9 sentencessimulatorA machine or computer program that copies real conditions so people can practise or test something safely, for example a flight simulator.8 sentencessimultaneousHappening or done at exactly the same time: simultaneous explosions.8 sentencessimultaneouslyAt exactly the same time.10 sentencessinIn religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious rule.11 sentencessincereHonest and true; meaning what you say or feel.10 sentencessincerelySincerely means honestly and truly, meaning what you say, as in «I sincerely hope you feel better».9 sentencessincerityBeing honest and meaning what you say or feel; not pretending.9 sentencessinewA tendon: a tough cord in the body that joins a muscle to a bone.9 sentencessinfulWrong according to God's law or religious teaching; full of sin.9 sentencessingTo sing means to make music with your voice, using words or tunes.12 sentencessingerA singer is a person who sings, especially as a job or very well.11 sentencessingingSinging is making musical sounds with your voice, with words or a tune.12 sentencessingleSingle means only one, not two or more.16 sentencessinglySingly means one at a time, or one by one, not in a group.8 sentencessingularIn grammar, singular means one: «cat» is singular and «cats» is plural.10 sentencessingularlySingularly means very, unusually or especially, often in a surprising way.9 sentencessinkTo go down below the top of water or another liquid: «The stone sank».15 sentencessinnerA sinner is a person who has done something wrong according to a religion's rules.7 sentencessinuousCurving and winding, with many bends, like a snake or a river.8 sentencession«-sion» is a word ending that makes nouns, as in «television», «decision», «explosion»; it often sounds like «zhun» or «shun».10 sentencessipTo drink slowly, taking only a small amount at a time.9 sentencessiphonA siphon is a bent tube that moves liquid from a higher container to a lower one, over an edge, without a pump, once the tube is full.11 sentencessiphonophoreA siphonophore is a strange sea animal, related to jellyfish, that is really a colony of many tiny animal parts joined together and workin…9 sentencessirA polite way to speak to a man whose name you do not know, or to a man in charge.13 sentencessireSire was a way of speaking to a king, like «Your Majesty»: «Yes, sire.».11 sentencessirenA device that makes a loud wailing or rising-and-falling sound to warn people, used on ambulances, fire engines and police cars, and for w…10 sentencessisShort for "sister", used when talking to or about your sister.10 sentencessisterA sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you.12 sentencessitTo sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom.15 sentencessitarA sitar is a musical instrument from India with a long wooden neck, a round body made from a gourd, and many strings, played by plucking.9 sentencessitcomA sitcom is a funny TV or radio series about the same characters in everyday situations, like a family or friends at work. Short for «situ…7 sentencessiteA site is a place where something is, was, or will be, like a building site or a picnic site.12 sentencessitterA sitter is a babysitter: someone who looks after children while their parents are out.10 sentencessittingSitting means resting your bottom on a chair, the floor or another seat, with your back up.12 sentencessituatedSituated means placed or found in a certain place.12 sentencessituationA situation is everything that is happening at a certain time and place, and how things are.13 sentencessixSix is the number 6, one more than five.12 sentencessixpenceA sixpence was a small British coin worth six old pennies, used until Britain changed to decimal money and kept for a while after.10 sentencessixteenSixteen is the number 16, one more than fifteen.11 sentencessixteenthSixteenth means number 16 in order.10 sentencessixthSixth means number 6 in order, after the fifth.11 sentencessixtySixty is the number 60, which is six tens.10 sentencessizeSize is how big or how small something is: the size of an elephant.11 sentencessizzleTo make a hissing, spitting sound like food frying in hot fat.13 sentencesskateTo skate means to glide on ice with ice skates or on the ground with roller skates or a skateboard.13 sentencesskateboardA skateboard is a narrow board with four small wheels, which you stand on and ride by pushing with one foot.9 sentencesskateboarderA person who rides a skateboard, a short board on four small wheels, often doing tricks.7 sentencesskaterA skater is a person who moves on skates: ice skates, roller skates or inline skates.8 sentencesskedaddleTo skedaddle is to run away quickly, often because you are frightened or caught.9 sentencesskeletalSkeletal means to do with the skeleton, the frame of bones inside a body: the skeletal system.10 sentencesskeletonThe frame of bones that supports and protects the body of a human or an animal.15 sentencessketchA quick drawing that shows the main shapes without much detail.13 sentencessketchbookA book of plain, often thick, paper for drawing sketches and quick pictures.8 sentencessketchyNot complete or detailed; giving only the main points.10 sentencesskiA ski is one of a pair of long narrow flat boards fixed to boots for sliding over snow.9 sentencesskidTo skid is to slide sideways or forwards out of control, especially on ice, water or a smooth surface.11 sentencesskierA skier is a person who moves over snow on skis, for sport or for fun.7 sentencesskilfulSkilful means very good at doing something because of practice and ability.10 sentencesskilfullyIn a way that shows skill and good ability; cleverly and well.7 sentencesskillA skill is something you can do well because you have learned and practised it.10 sentencesskillfulSkillful means very good at doing something with the hands or the mind, because you have practised or have a gift for it.6 sentencesskillfullyIn a way that shows skill; doing a task well, with care and talent.5 sentencesskimTo skim a text is to read it quickly to get the main idea, without reading every word.13 sentencesskimmedSkimmed is the past of skim: read quickly, moved just over the top of something, or took the top layer off.10 sentencesskimmerA flat spoon or ladle with holes, used to lift things off the top of a liquid, like foam from soup.12 sentencesskimmingSkimming means reading something quickly to get the main idea, without reading every word.13 sentencesskinThe outer covering of a person's or animal's body.16 sentencesskinflintA person who hates spending money and is mean with it; a miser.5 sentencesskinfulA large amount of alcohol, enough to make someone drunk: «He'd had a skinful.».7 sentencesskinnedSkinned is the past of «to skin»: to take the skin off an animal or fruit.12 sentencesskinnySkinny means very thin, sometimes too thin.11 sentencesskintHaving no money at all; broke.10 sentencesskipTo skip is to move along with little hops and jumps.15 sentencesskipjackA small fish that leaps out of the water, a kind of tuna.5 sentencesskipperThe captain of a ship or boat, especially a small one.14 sentencesskirlA loud, shrill cry or high sound, such as the sound of bagpipes; to make such a cry.4 sentencesskirtA skirt is a piece of clothing worn by women and girls that hangs from the waist and has no separate legs.13 sentencesskittishEasily frightened, nervous and jumpy, ready to run off at any noise.5 sentencesskittleA wooden or plastic bottle-shaped piece that players try to knock down with a ball.9 sentencesskittlesA game in which you roll a ball to knock down wooden pins; like bowling.9 sentencesskuaA large brown seabird of cold northern and southern seas that often chases other seabirds to make them drop or bring up their food, and at…7 sentencesskullThe skull is the hard bony frame of the head that protects the brain.11 sentencesskunkA small black-and-white animal of North America with a bushy tail, which sprays a very bad-smelling liquid when it is frightened.10 sentencesskyThe space above the Earth where you see clouds, the Sun, the Moon and the stars.11 sentencesskydiverA skydiver is a person who jumps out of an aeroplane high up, falls through the air, and then opens a parachute to land safely.7 sentencesskylightA skylight is a window in a roof or ceiling that lets daylight in from above.7 sentencesskyscraperA skyscraper is a very tall building with many floors, in a city.7 sentencesskywardUpward, towards the sky.5 sentencesslabA slab is a thick, flat piece of something hard, like stone, concrete or wood.11 sentencesslackSlack means loose, not pulled tight: a slack rope.17 sentencesslackenTo make something less tight, or to become less tight: slacken a rope.10 sentencesslackingSlacking means being lazy and not doing work you should be doing.7 sentencesslagRocky waste left over when metal is taken from ore.9 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/9/