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- steed noun (steed, steeds)
1) (old use, in fairy tales and legends) A steed is a horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides. - steel noun (steel — uncountable; steels for kinds); adjective (steel, as in a steel bridge); verb (steel yourself)
A very strong, hard metal made mostly from iron mixed with a little carbon, used for bridges, cars, tools, pans and cutlery. - steep adjective (steep, steeper, steepest); verb (steep, steeps, steeped, steeping)
Rising or falling sharply, like a slope that is hard to climb. - stench noun (stench, stenches)
1) A stench is a very bad smell. - step noun, verb (step, steps, stepped, stepping)
A step is one movement of your foot when you walk. - steppe noun (a steppe, steppes)
1) A huge, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in eastern Europe and Asia. - sterility noun
The condition of being unable to have children or to produce crops; barrenness. - stew noun (stew, stews); verb (stew, stews, stewed, stewing)
A meal of meat or vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a pot. - steward noun (a steward, stewards); verb (steward — rare)
A steward is a person whose job is to look after passengers on a plane, ship or train. - stick noun, verb (stick, sticks, stuck, sticking)
A stick is a thin piece of wood, often fallen from a tree. - stiff adjective (stiffer, stiffest); adverb (bored stiff, scared stiff)
Stiff means hard and not easy to bend or move. - stiffen verb (stiffen, stiffens, stiffened, stiffening)
To stiffen is to become hard, firm or difficult to bend. - still adverb (still); adjective (still, stiller, stillest); noun (a still — a single photo from a film); verb (still — to make calm, poetic)
1) Still means even now, or up to this time. 2) Still means not moving, or calm and quiet. 3) Still means even so, in spite of that. 4)… - stillness noun (stillness, uncountable)
1) Stillness is being completely still, with no movement. 2) Stillness is being quiet and calm, with no noise. - stimulus noun (a stimulus, stimuli)
A stimulus is something that causes a living thing to react, such as light, sound, heat or touch. - stint noun (stint, stints)
A stint is a fixed period of work or time spent doing a job. - stir verb (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring); noun (a stir)
To stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it. - stirred verb form (stir, stirs, stirred, stirring)
Stirred means mixed something by moving a spoon or stick round and round in it. - stock noun (stock, stocks); verb (stock, stocks, stocked, stocking); adjective
A supply of goods kept in a shop or store to sell. - stocks noun, plural (stocks; singular: stock); verb form of «stock» (stocks)
Stocks are supplies of goods kept ready to use or sell: «stocks of food». - stole verb (past tense of steal); noun (a stole, stoles)
The past tense of "steal": took something that was not yours without asking. - stomach noun (a stomach, stomachs); verb (can't stomach something — can't bear it)
Your stomach is the bag-like organ inside your body where food goes after you swallow it and starts to be broken down. - stone noun, verb (stone, stones, stoned)
1) A stone is a small piece of rock. 2) Stone is the hard material rocks are made of: a stone wall. 3) A stone is the hard seed in the… - stonemason noun
A stonemason is a person whose work is cutting stone and building with it. - stony adjective (stony, stonier, stoniest)
Stony means full of stones or covered with stones. - stool noun (stool, stools)
A stool is a seat with legs but no back and usually no arms. - stoop verb (stoop, stoops, stooped, stooping); noun (a stoop, stoops)
To stoop is to bend your body forwards and down: he stooped to pick up the coin. - stop verb, noun (stop, stops, stopped, stopping)
To stop means to not move or not go on any more. - stopped verb, past form of stop (stop, stops, stopped, stopping); adjective (stopped)
Stopped means came to an end or made something end: «The rain stopped». - store noun, verb (store, stores, stored, storing)
A store is a shop where people buy things (the usual word in American English). - storehouse noun (a storehouse, storehouses)
A storehouse is a building where food, goods or supplies are kept. - stork noun (a stork, storks)
1) A 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. - storm noun (a storm, storms); verb (storm, storms, stormed, storming)
Very bad weather with strong winds and often heavy rain, snow, hail, thunder and lightning. - stormy adjective (stormy, stormier, stormiest)
Stormy weather has strong winds, heavy rain, thunder or big waves. - story noun (story, stories)
A story tells about things that happen, true or made up. - stout adjective (stout, stouter, stoutest); noun (stout — a dark beer)
1) Rather fat or heavy in body (a polite word). 2) Strong and thick: stout boots, a stout stick. 3) Brave and firm: a stout defender. 4)… - straggler noun (stragglers)
1) A straggler is a person or animal that falls behind the others on a march, walk or journey. - straight adjective (straight, straighter, straightest); adverb (straight); noun (a straight)
Straight means not bent or curved; going in one direction. - straightforward adjective (straightforward, more straightforward, most straightforward)
Straightforward means easy to understand or do, with no hidden difficulties: a straightforward question. - straightway adverb (old use, in fairy tales)
1) Straightway means at once, without any delay; it is the same as «straight away». - strain verb (strain, strains, strained, straining); noun (a strain, strains; strain)
To strain is to try very hard or push your body or mind to its limit. - strait noun (a strait, straits; often plural «the Straits of …»)
A strait is a narrow passage of sea between two pieces of land that joins two larger seas. - straiten verb (straiten, straitens, straitened, straitening) — mostly as adjective «straitened»
To straiten is to make someone poorer or to limit what they have. - strange adjective (strange, stranger, strangest); adverb strangely; noun stranger (a person you don't know)
Strange means unusual or surprising in a way that is hard to explain: a strange noise. - stranger noun (a stranger, strangers); also the comparative of strange (strange, stranger, strangest)
1) A person you do not know. 2) A person who is new to a place: «I'm a stranger here». 3) Comparative of «strange»: more unusual: «The… - strangle verb (strangle, strangles, strangled, strangling)
To strangle means to squeeze someone's neck so hard that they cannot breathe; it can kill. - stratagem noun (a stratagem, stratagems)
1) A clever plan or trick to get what you want or to fool an enemy. - straw noun (straw, straws)
Straw is the dry yellow stalks of plants like wheat, used for animal beds or to make hats and baskets. - stray adjective (a stray dog); noun (a stray, strays); verb (stray, strays, strayed, straying)
A stray animal is a pet like a dog or cat that is lost or has no home. - straying noun
Wandering off the right way, or the act of going astray. - streak noun (a streak, streaks); verb (streak, streaks, streaked, streaking)
A streak is a long, thin line or mark of a different colour, like a streak of paint or a streak of lightning. - stream noun (a stream, streams); verb (stream, streams, streamed, streaming)
1) A stream is a small, narrow river. 2) A stream is a continuous flow of something, like a stream of water, cars or people. 3) To stream… - street noun (street, streets)
A street is a road in a town or city with houses, shops or buildings on its sides. - strength noun (strength, strengths)
Strength is how strong someone or something is: the power of muscles to lift and push. - strengthen verb (strengthen, strengthens, strengthened, strengthening)
To strengthen something is to make it stronger. - stretch verb (stretch, stretches, stretched, stretching); noun (a stretch, stretches)
To make something longer or wider by pulling it. - stretching verb form (-ing of stretch: stretch, stretches, stretched, stretching); noun (stretching — exercise); adjective (stretching — hard, demanding)
Stretching means making your body or a part of it longer by reaching out arms and legs or pulling muscles gently. - strew verb (strew, strews, strewed, strewn or strewed, strewing)
1) To scatter things untidily over a surface. 2) To be lying scattered over a place: leaves strewed the path. - stricken adjective (stricken); old past participle of the verb strike
Badly affected by something bad, such as illness, sadness or disaster: a stricken ship, a grief-stricken family. - strife noun (no plural)
1) Strife is angry fighting, quarrelling or struggle between people or groups. - strike verb (strike, strikes, struck, striking); noun (a strike, strikes)
To strike is to hit something hard: «lightning struck the tree». - string noun, verb (string, strings, strung, stringing)
A string is a thin cord used for tying things. - strip noun, verb (strip, strips, stripped, stripping)
A strip is a long, narrow piece of something, like paper, cloth or land. - stripe noun (stripe, stripes)
A stripe is a long thin line of colour on something, like on a zebra or a flag. - stripling noun
An old word for a boy or young man who is no longer a child but not yet fully grown. - stripped verb (strip, strips, stripped, stripping — past form); adjective (stripped)
Stripped is the past of «strip»: took off a covering or layer, such as paint, bark or sheets. - strive verb (strive, strives, strove or strived, striven or strived, striving)
1) To try very hard to do or get something, over a long time: strive to do your best. 2) To struggle or fight against something. - striving verb (present participle of strive: strive, strives, strove or strived, striven or strived, striving); noun (striving — uncountable, and strivings)
Striving means trying very hard for a long time to get or reach something: «She is striving to improve». - stroke verb (stroke, strokes, stroked, stroking); noun (a stroke, strokes)
To stroke an animal or person is to move your hand gently over it, usually again and again. - strong adjective (strong, stronger, strongest)
Having a lot of power in your body: "a strong man". - stronghold noun (a stronghold, strongholds)
A stronghold is a strong, well-defended place such as a castle or fort that is hard to attack. - strongly adverb (strongly, more strongly, most strongly)
Strongly means with a lot of strength or force. - struck verb, past and past participle of «strike» (strike, strikes, struck, striking)
1) Hit someone or something hard. 2) Of lightning: hit something. 3) Of a clock: rang a bell to show the time. 4) Of an idea or feeling… - structuralism noun
An approach to a subject that looks at the basic patterns and structure that hold its parts together. - structure noun (a structure, structures; also uncountable); verb (structure, structures, structured, structuring)
A structure is something that has been built, like a bridge, tower or building. - struggle verb (struggle, struggles, struggled, struggling); noun (a struggle, struggles)
To struggle means to try very hard to do something difficult. - stubble noun (stubble — uncountable)
Stubble is the short, rough hairs that grow on a man's face when he has not shaved for a day or a few days. - stubborn adjective (stubborn; more stubborn, most stubborn)
Not willing to change your mind or do what others want, even when you should. - stubbornness noun (stubbornness — uncountable)
Stubbornness is refusing to change your mind or do what others want, even when there are good reasons. - stuck verb form, adjective (stick, stuck)
Stuck is the past form of stick: she stuck the stamp on. - stud noun (a stud, studs); verb (stud, studs, studded, studding)
A stud is a small piece of metal or plastic sticking out of a surface, like the studs on football boots or on a jacket. - student noun (student, students)
A student is a person who learns at a school, college or university. - studied verb, past form of study (study, studies, studied, studying); adjective (a studied answer — rare)
Studied is the past of study: learned about something, read or practised to learn it. - study verb (study, studies, studied, studying); noun (study, a study, studies)
To study is to spend time learning about something, by reading, practising and thinking. - studying verb (-ing form of study); noun (studying — uncountable)
Spending time learning about a subject by reading, practising or going to lessons. - stuff noun (stuff — uncountable); verb (stuff, stuffs, stuffed, stuffing)
Things in general, when you do not need to name them: "Put your stuff in your bag.". - stumble verb (stumble, stumbles, stumbled, stumbling); noun (a stumble)
To stumble is to trip and almost fall when walking or running. - stump noun (a stump, stumps); verb (stump, stumps, stumped, stumping)
A stump is the short part of a tree trunk left in the ground after the tree is cut down. - stupefy verb
To make someone dull, dazed or unable to think clearly. - stupid adjective (stupid, stupider/more stupid, stupidest/most stupid)
1) Stupid means not clever or not sensible: a stupid mistake. 2) Stupid describes something silly or annoying: this stupid zip won't work. - stupidity noun (stupidity; stupidities — rare)
1) Stupidity is being stupid: not thinking well or not understanding. 2) A stupidity is a silly or foolish act or idea. - sturdy adjective (sturdy, sturdier, sturdiest)
1) Strong and solid, not easy to break or knock over: "a sturdy table". 2) Of a person or animal: strong and healthy, with a solid body. - style noun (a style, styles; style — uncountable); verb (style, styles, styled, styling)
A style is a particular way of doing, making or saying something: a style of writing, swimming or painting. - subdivision noun (a subdivision, subdivisions)
A subdivision is a smaller part made when something already divided is divided again. - subdue verb (subdue, subdues, subdued, subduing)
To subdue is to get control over a person, group or country, usually by force: «The army subdued the rebels». - subdued adjective (subdued, more subdued, most subdued); verb (past tense and past participle of subdue)
Subdued means quiet and a little sad or tired, not lively as usual: «You seem subdued today». - subject noun (a subject, subjects); verb (subject, subjects, subjected, subjecting — subject to); adjective (subject to)
Something you learn at school, such as maths, English or science. - subjection noun (no plural)
Subjection is being under the control of another person or power and having to obey. It is what a conquered people or town is forced into. - sublime adjective (sublime, sublimer, sublimest)
1) Sublime means so grand, great and beautiful that it fills you with wonder. 2) (old use) Sublime can mean very high or lofty. - submit verb (submit, submits, submitted, submitting)
To submit something is to hand it in or send it so it can be checked or judged, like homework or a form.
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