S
- screen noun (a screen, screens); verb (screen, screens, screened, screening)
The flat glass front of a TV, computer, tablet or phone where pictures and words appear. - screening noun (a screening, screenings); verb, -ing form of «screen» (screen, screens, screened, screening)
1) A showing of a film or TV programme. 2) (health) A medical test given to many people to find illnesses early, before they cause… - scribe noun (a scribe, scribes); verb (scribe — rare)
A person whose job was to write or copy documents by hand, before printing. - scrip noun
A small bag or wallet carried by a traveler. (Old word.) - script noun (a script, scripts; script — handwriting); verb (script, scripts, scripted, scripting)
A script is the written words of a play, film or TV show, telling actors what to say and do. - scriptural adjective (scriptural)
1) (church, Bible) Based on or connected with holy writings, especially the Bible. - scripture noun (Scripture, the Scriptures; a scripture, scriptures)
Scripture (or the Scriptures) means the holy writings of the Bible for Christians. - scroll verb (scroll, scrolls, scrolled, scrolling); noun (a scroll, scrolls)
To scroll means to move the text or pictures on a screen up, down or sideways to see more. - scurvy noun (scurvy — uncountable)
An illness caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which comes from fresh fruit and vegetables. - se abbreviation (SE, se); French word (se); Spanish word (se)
SE stands for south-east, the direction halfway between south and east. - sea noun (sea, seas)
The large area of salt water that covers most of the Earth. - seal noun (a seal, seals); verb (seal, seals, sealed, sealing)
A sea animal with a smooth body, flippers and thick fat, that lives in the sea and on land, eats fish and swims very well. - sealed verb, past and past participle of «seal» (seal, seals, sealed, sealing); adjective (sealed)
1) Closed tightly so that nothing can get in or out. 2) Fixed or made certain: «Our win was sealed». 3) With a seal or stamp on it. - sealskin noun (sealskins)
1) The skin of a seal, used for coats, bags and purses. 2) Made of sealskin, as in a sealskin purse. - seamless adjective (no other forms)
Having no join or seam, so that it is smooth and whole with no stitches showing. - search verb (search, searches, searched, searching); noun (a search, searches)
To search is to look carefully for something or someone. - searching noun
The act of looking into something carefully, here of the heart. - seared verb, past form of «sear» (sear, sears, seared, searing); adjective (seared)
Burnt or scorched the surface of something with strong heat. - seashore noun (the seashore, seashores)
1) The land along the edge of the sea, such as a beach, rocks or sand. 2) The area between high tide and low tide. - season noun (a season, seasons); verb (season, seasons, seasoned, seasoning — to add salt, pepper or spices)
A season is one of the four parts of the year: spring, summer, autumn (fall in the USA and Canada) and winter. - seat noun, verb (seat, seats, seated, seating)
A seat is something to sit on, like a chair, a bench or a place on a bus. - second noun, adjective, adverb, verb (second, seconds, seconded); ordinal number (2nd)
1) A second is a very short unit of time. A minute has 60 seconds. 2) Second means number 2 in order, after the first. 3) «A second» in… - secret noun (secret, secrets); adjective (secret); adverb (secretly)
A secret is something you keep hidden and do not tell others. - secretly adverb
Secretly means in a way that other people do not see or know about. - sect noun (sects)
A small group of people who share strong beliefs, often one that has split away from a larger religion. - section noun (section, sections); verb (section, sections, sectioned, sectioning)
A section is one part of something that is split into parts, like a section of a fence, a book or an orange. - secure adjective, verb (secure, secures, secured, securing)
Secure means safe, protected from danger or harm. - securely adverb (no other forms)
In a safe, firm way, so that nothing can come loose or get away. - security noun (security — uncountable; securities — plural, money word)
Being safe and protected from danger, harm or crime. - seder noun (a seder, seders; often Seder)
The special meal and service held at home on the first night (or first two nights) of the Jewish festival of Passover. - sedition noun
Stirring up people to rebel against those who rule. - seduce verb
To lead someone astray, to tempt them into doing wrong. - seduction noun
The act of leading someone astray with false and attractive words. - see verb (see, sees, saw, seen, seeing); in casual speech «see» also as «seen» for «saw» (nonstandard: «I seen it»)
To see is to notice something with your eyes: I see a bird. - seed noun, verb (seed, seeds, seeded, seeding)
A seed is the small hard part of a plant that can grow into a new plant. - seedtime noun
the time of year when seeds are planted - seek verb (seek, seeks, sought, seeking)
To seek means to look for something or someone. - seem verb (seem, seems, seemed, seeming)
To seem means to look or appear to be something, from what you can see or know: «She seems happy». - seemly adjective
Proper and fitting; suitable for the occasion. - seer noun (a seer, seers)
A person who is believed to be able to see what will happen in the future; a prophet. - seethe verb (seethes, seethed, seething)
1) To boil or bubble hard, like a pot of hot liquid. 2) To be very angry inside, while showing little of it. - seething verb (seethe, seethes, seethed, seething); adjective (seething)
To be seething is to be full of heaving, bubbling or crowded movement, like boiling water. - seize verb (seize, seizes, seized, seizing)
To take hold of something suddenly and firmly; to grab: He seized the rope. - seldom adverb (seldom)
1) Not often; rarely: We seldom see snow here. 2) «Seldom, if ever» means almost never. - select verb (select, selects, selected, selecting); adjective (select = only the best, formal)
To choose someone or something from a group, carefully. - selected adjective (selected); past form of the verb select (select, selects, selected, selecting)
Selected means chosen from a group, often carefully: "she was selected for the team". - self noun (a self, selves); prefix self- (self-control, self-portrait); also a part of myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
The person you are, your own nature and character: her true self. - selfsame adjective
exactly the same - sell verb (sell, sells, sold, selling); noun (a hard sell — rare)
To sell is to give something to someone for money. - seller noun (seller, sellers)
A seller is a person or shop that sells things for money. - semantic adjective (semantic); noun «semantics» (uncountable, takes a singular verb)
Semantic means to do with the meanings of words and sentences. - semblance noun
A mere outward look or likeness, without real substance. - semen noun
the fluid that carries the male seeds of life - semi noun (a semi, semis); prefix (semi-)
prefix «semi-»: half, or partly: semicircle (half a circle), semi-final, semi-detached, semicolon. - semitic adjective
to do with the peoples and languages of the Middle East, such as Hebrew and Arabic - send verb (send, sends, sent, sending)
To send is to make something go to another place or person, like a letter, a parcel or a message. - sense noun, verb (sense, senses, sensed, sensing)
A sense is one of the ways your body knows the world: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. - senseless adjective (senseless)
Senseless means without meaning or good reason, foolish and pointless. - sensible adjective (sensible, more sensible, most sensible)
Sensible means having good judgement and making wise, safe choices. - sensual adjective
Sensual means to do with the body's senses, such as taste, smell and touch, and the pleasure they give. - sentence noun (a sentence, sentences); verb (sentence, sentences, sentenced, sentencing)
1) A sentence is a group of words that makes a complete statement, question or command; in writing it starts with a capital letter and… - separable adjective
able to be separated or divided - separate adjective (separate — pronounced SEP-rut); verb (separate, separates, separated, separating — pronounced SEP-a-rate)
As an adjective, not joined or together; apart or different: two separate rooms, separate piles. - separated adjective (separated); verb form (separate, separates, separated, separating)
1) Separated means apart, not together any more. 2) Separated is the past form of separate: to move things or people apart, or to sort… - separation noun (separation, separations)
Separation is moving things apart or keeping them apart. - september noun (September)
1) September is the ninth month of the year. It has 30 days. 2) In the northern half of the world (USA, UK, Canada, Ireland) it is the… - sepulchre noun (sepulchre, sepulchres) (old use, in fairy tales)
1) A sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body. - seraph noun
A kind of fiery angel with wings, found in visions of heaven; "seraphim" is the plural. - serene adjective (serener, serenest)
1) Serene means calm and peaceful, with no worry or fear showing. - serf noun (serf, serfs)
A serf was a farm worker long ago, in the Middle Ages, who had to live and work on a lord's land and could not leave it. - series noun (series, series)
A series is a group of things that come one after another, like books about the same characters. - serpent noun (a serpent, serpents)
1) (literary, old) A snake, especially a big one. 2) In myths and stories, a huge snake-like monster such as a sea serpent. 3) (old… - servant noun (a servant, servants)
A person who is paid to work in someone else's home, doing jobs like cooking, cleaning and serving food, especially in the past. - serve verb, noun (serve, serves, served, serving)
1) To serve is to give food or drink to people. 2) A dish that serves 4 is enough food for 4 people. 3) To serve is to work for or help… - service noun (a service, services); verb (service, services, serviced)
A service is work that someone does for other people, like a shop serving customers or a doctor helping patients. - servile adjective
Fit for a slave or servant; having to do with hard, ordinary labor. - serving noun (a serving, servings); verb, -ing form of serve (serve, serves, served, serving); adjective (serving)
A serving is an amount of food for one person; a portion. - servitude noun (servitude)
1) Servitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave. - set noun, verb, adjective (set, sets, set, setting)
A set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set. - sett noun (a sett, setts); also spelt set
A sett is the home of a badger: a set of underground tunnels and rooms dug into the earth. - setting noun (a setting, settings); verb form (setting — from "set")
1) The place and time where a story happens. 2) A position of a control on a machine, such as the heat on an oven or the volume on a… - settle verb (settle, settles, settled, settling)
To come to rest and stay in one place: dust settles on shelves, the bird settled on a branch. - settler noun (a settler, settlers)
A settler is a person who moves to a new place, often far away, to live there for good and make a home. - seven number (seven)
1) Seven is the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight. 2) A week is 7 days. 3) Seven o'clock is a time on the clock. - sevenfold adjective (sevenfold); adverb (sevenfold)
1) Seven times as big or as many. 2) Having seven parts. 3) (Bible) Seven times over, a lot: «avenged sevenfold». - seventeen number (seventeen)
1) Seventeen is the number 17, one more than sixteen. 2) Seventeen is ten and seven. - seventeenth ordinal number (seventeenth, 17th); noun (a seventeenth — a fraction)
Coming next after the sixteenth in order; number 17 in a line or list: the seventeenth runner. - seventh adjective, noun (seventh, sevenths)
1) Seventh means number 7 in order, after the sixth. 2) A seventh is one of seven equal parts of a whole, written 1/7. - seventy number (seventy)
1) Seventy is the number 70, which is seven tens. 2) The seventies are the numbers from 70 to 79, or a person's age from 70 to 79. - sever verb (sever, severs, severed, severing)
1) To cut right through something, separating it. 2) To end a relationship or connection completely: «sever ties». - several determiner, pronoun, adjective
Several means more than two, but not very many: several friends. - severe adjective (severe, more severe, most severe; also severer, severest)
1) Very bad, serious or harmful. 2) Very strict and harsh. 3) Very plain, with no decoration. - sew verb (sew, sews, sewed, sewn or sewed, sewing)
To sew is to join cloth or attach things like buttons with a needle and thread. - sex noun (sex — uncountable; a sex, sexes)
Sex is being male or female; people and most animals are born one sex or the other, decided by their body. - sexagesimal adjective
Based on the number sixty, as in counting with a base of sixty. - sexual adjective
Having to do with sex, the body's way of making babies. - shade noun (shade, uncountable; a shade, shades); verb (shade, shades, shaded, shading)
Shade is an area where the sunlight is blocked, so it is cooler and darker: sit in the shade. - shadow noun (a shadow, shadows); verb (shadow, shadows, shadowed, shadowing)
A shadow is a dark shape made on a surface when something blocks the light. - shaft noun (a shaft, shafts)
A shaft is a long, narrow hole that goes straight down or up, such as a mine shaft or a lift shaft. - shake verb (shake, shakes, shook, shaken, shaking); noun (a shake, shakes)
To shake is to move something quickly up and down or side to side.
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