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- smartphone noun (a smartphone, smartphones)
1) A smartphone is a mobile phone that is also a small computer: it can go online, take photos, play games, use apps and make calls. - smash verb (smash, smashes, smashed, smashing); noun (a smash, smashes)
To smash something is to break it into many pieces with force and noise. - smasher noun (a smasher, smashers)
A person or thing that is wonderful, very nice or very attractive: «She's a smasher». - smear verb (smear, smears, smeared, smearing); noun (a smear, smears)
To spread something soft, sticky or oily over a surface, often messily. - smell verb (smell, smells, smelled/smelt, smelling); noun (a smell, smells; smell — the sense)
1) To notice something with your nose. 2) To give off a smell: "The flowers smell sweet." 3) To have a bad smell: "Your socks smell!" 4)… - smelly adjective (smelly, smellier, smelliest)
1) Having a bad, strong smell: "smelly socks". - smelt verb (past tense and past participle of smell, mainly UK, Ireland, Australia: smell, smells, smelt or smelled); verb (smelt, smelts, smelted, smelting — to melt rock to get metal); noun (a smelt, smelts — a small fish)
Past form of smell: noticed a smell, or gave off a smell. - smidge noun (a smidge); adverb-like (a smidge + adjective)
1) (informal) A very small amount of something: «a smidge of butter». 2) (informal) A little bit, slightly: «a smidge too long». - smile noun (a smile, smiles); verb (smile, smiles, smiled, smiling)
To smile means to make your mouth curve up at the ends, often showing your teeth, because you are happy, friendly or amused. - smiley adjective (smiley, smilier, smiliest); noun (a smiley, smileys)
1) Smiley means smiling a lot, cheerful. 2) A smiley is a little smiling face drawn or typed, like :-) or an emoji. - smilingly adverb
1) Smilingly means while smiling, in a smiling and friendly way. - smirk verb (smirk, smirks, smirked, smirking); noun (a smirk, smirks)
1) To smirk is to smile in a smug, silly or unkind way, often because you think you are cleverer than someone or are pleased about their… - smite verb (smite, smites, smote, smitten, smiting) (old use)
1) (old use) To smite is to hit hard with a blow. 2) (old use) To smite is to strike down or defeat an enemy. - smith noun (a smith, smiths); also a common family name (Smith)
A person who makes and shapes things out of metal, especially iron (a blacksmith) or gold (a goldsmith). - smithy noun (smithy, smithies)
1) A smithy is a workshop where a smith heats and hammers iron, often making or mending horseshoes and tools. - smitten adjective (no comparison); past participle of smite
1) (old use) Smitten means hit hard or struck down. 2) Smitten with means suddenly and strongly in love with someone, or very keen on… - smock noun (smock, smocks)
A smock is a loose outer garment, like a long overall, worn over other clothes to keep them clean. - smog noun (smog — uncountable; smogs — rare)
1) Dirty, smoky, foggy air over a city, caused by pollution from cars, factories and fires, often mixed with fog. - smoke noun (smoke); verb (smoke, smokes, smoked, smoking)
The grey, black or white cloud that rises from something burning. - smokehouse noun (a smokehouse, smokehouses)
1) A building or room where meat or fish is hung and smoked over a slow fire to flavour it and keep it from going bad. - smokeless adjective (smokeless)
Giving off little or no smoke when burned: smokeless fuel. - smoker noun (a smoker, smokers)
A smoker is a person who smokes cigarettes, cigars or a pipe, usually often. - smoky adjective (smoky, smokier, smokiest)
1) Smoky means full of smoke («a smoky room»). 2) Smoky means smelling or tasting of smoke («smoky bacon»). 3) Smoky describes a grey… - smooth adjective (smooth, smoother, smoothest); verb (smooth, smooths, smoothed, smoothing)
Smooth means flat and even, with no rough parts, bumps or holes. - smoothie noun (a smoothie, smoothies)
A thick cold drink made by blending fruit, often with yoghurt, milk or ice. - smoothly adverb
Smoothly means in an even way, with no bumps or sudden stops, like a car moving smoothly. - smoothness noun (smoothness — uncountable)
1) Smoothness is being smooth: flat and even, with no bumps or rough parts. 2) Smoothness is being calm and easy, without problems. - smoothy noun (a smoothy, smoothies) — a less common spelling of smoothie
A thick cold drink made by blending fruit, often with yoghurt, milk or ice; usually spelled «smoothie». - smother verb (smother, smothers, smothered, smothering)
To smother someone is to stop them breathing by covering their face, which can kill. - smouldering adjective (smouldering); verb form of smoulder
Smouldering means burning slowly without flames, giving off smoke. - smudge noun (a smudge, smudges); verb (smudge, smudges, smudged, smudging)
A dirty or blurred mark, like a smear of ink, paint or chocolate. - smug adjective (smug, smugger, smuggest)
Smug means too pleased with yourself and your own cleverness, luck or goodness, in a way that annoys other people. - smuggle verb (smuggle, smuggles, smuggled, smuggling)
To take goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, avoiding laws or taxes. - smuggled verb form (past and past participle of «smuggle»: smuggle, smuggles, smuggled, smuggling); adjective (smuggled)
Smuggled means secretly taken into or out of a country against the law, such as smuggled goods, drugs or animals. - smuggler noun (a smuggler, smugglers)
1) A person who secretly and illegally takes goods or people into or out of a country, to avoid taxes or because the goods are banned. - snack noun, verb (snack, snacks, snacked, snacking)
1) A snack is a small amount of food eaten between meals. 2) To snack is to eat a snack. - snag noun (a snag, snags); verb (snag, snags, snagged, snagging)
A snag is a small hidden problem or difficulty: «The only snag is that it's raining». - snail noun (a snail, snails)
A snail is a small, slow animal with a soft, slimy body and a spiral shell on its back that lives on land or in water. - snailfish noun (a snailfish, snailfish or snailfishes)
A snailfish is a small, soft, tadpole-shaped fish with smooth, jelly-like skin and no scales. - snake noun (a snake, snakes); verb (snake, snakes, snaked — to move in a winding line)
A long reptile with no legs that moves by sliding along the ground; some have a poisonous (venomous) bite. - snakebite noun (a snakebite, snakebites; also written snake bite)
A snakebite is a bite from a snake, or the wound it leaves; some snakebites are venomous (poisonous) and need a hospital fast. - snaky adjective (snakier, snakiest)
1) Snaky means like a snake: long, winding, or twisting. 2) Snaky hair or locks look like coiled snakes. - snap verb (snap, snaps, snapped, snapping); noun (a snap, snaps); adjective (a snap decision)
To snap is to break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound. - snapper noun (snapper, snappers)
A snapper is the cracking end of a whip, which makes a sharp noise when flicked. - snappy adjective (snappy, snappier, snappiest)
Snappy means short, quick and lively, like a snappy title or a snappy answer. - snapshot noun (a snapshot, snapshots)
A snapshot is a photo taken quickly and casually, not posed carefully. - snare noun (a snare, snares); verb (snare, snares, snared, snaring)
A snare is a trap for catching animals, usually a loop of wire or string that tightens around the animal. - snarl verb (snarl, snarls, snarled, snarling); noun (a snarl, snarls)
When an animal such as a dog snarls, it shows its teeth and makes a deep, angry growl. - snatch verb (snatch, snatches, snatched, snatching); noun (a snatch, snatches)
To grab something quickly and roughly: "He snatched the ball from me.". - sneak verb (sneak, sneaks, sneaked/snuck, sneaking); noun (a sneak, sneaks); adjective (sneak — a sneak peek)
To sneak is to go somewhere quietly and secretly so nobody sees or hears you. - sneaker noun (a sneaker, sneakers — usually plural)
1) (USA, Canada, Australia) A soft sports shoe with a rubber sole, called a trainer in the UK. 2) A person who sneaks. - sneaky adjective (sneaky, sneakier, sneakiest)
Doing things in a secret, sly way so that other people do not notice. - sneer verb (sneer, sneers, sneered, sneering); noun (a sneer, sneers)
To sneer is to smile or speak in an unkind way that shows you think someone or something is not good enough. - sneering adjective (sneering, more sneering); verb form (the -ing form of «sneer»); noun (sneering — uncountable)
Sneering describes a voice, look or remark that is mocking and shows someone thinks others are worthless. - sneeze verb (sneeze, sneezes, sneezed, sneezing); noun (a sneeze, sneezes)
To sneeze means to suddenly blow air out through your nose and mouth with a loud noise, because something tickles inside your nose. - sniff verb (sniff, sniffs, sniffed, sniffing); noun (a sniff, sniffs)
To sniff means to breathe in quickly through your nose, so that you make a small sound. - sniffle verb (sniffle, sniffles, sniffled, sniffling); noun (a sniffle, sniffles; the sniffles)
verb: To sniff again and again, because you have a cold or because you are crying quietly. - snigger verb (snigger, sniggers, sniggered, sniggering); noun (a snigger, sniggers)
To snigger is to laugh quietly in a rude or unkind way, often at someone's mistake or at something naughty. - snip verb (snip, snips, snipped, snipping); noun (a snip, snips)
To cut something with small quick cuts, usually with scissors. - snipe noun (a snipe, snipe or snipes); verb (snipe, snipes, sniped, sniping)
A snipe is a wading bird with a very long straight beak that lives in marshes and wet fields. - sniper noun (a sniper, snipers)
A sniper is a soldier or gunman who shoots at people from a hidden place, often from far away with a special rifle. - snipping verb, -ing form of «snip» (snip, snips, snipped, snipping); noun (snipping, snippings — the small pieces cut off)
Cutting something with quick, short cuts, usually with scissors. - snips noun, plural of snip (a snip, snips); also present tense of the verb snip (snip, snips, snipped, snipping); noun (snips — a tool, plural)
Verb: he/she snips — cuts something with small quick cuts of scissors. - snitch verb (snitch, snitches, snitched, snitching); noun (a snitch, snitches) — informal
To tell a teacher, parent or other adult that someone has done something wrong (informal and often unkind). - snob noun (a snob, snobs)
1) A snob is a person who thinks they are better than others because of money, family, school or class, and looks down on people they… - snobbish adjective (snobbish, more snobbish, most snobbish); noun (snob, snobbery)
1) Thinking you are better than other people because you are richer, posher or more educated, and looking down on them. - snobby adjective (snobby, snobbier, snobbiest)
Snobby means acting like a snob: thinking you are better than others because of money, class or taste, and looking down on them. - snogging noun (snogging — uncountable); verb form (snog, snogs, snogged, snogging); noun (a snog)
Snogging is kissing for a long time, usually between a couple who are in love or going out together. - snook noun (a snook, snooks); phrase (cock a snook)
1) «Cock a snook» (UK, old-fashioned) — to make a rude, mocking sign by putting your thumb on your nose and spreading your fingers; also… - snooker noun (snooker — a game, uncountable; a snooker — a position in the game); verb (snooker, snookers, snookered, snookering)
A game played on a large table covered in green cloth, where players hit coloured balls into pockets with a long stick called a cue. - snoop verb (snoop, snoops, snooped, snooping); noun (a snoop, snoops)
To snoop is to look secretly around a place or into someone's private things to find out about them. - snooper noun (a snooper, snoopers)
A snooper is a person who secretly looks into other people's private business, looks around where they should not, or spies. - snooze verb (snooze, snoozes, snoozed, snoozing); noun (a snooze, snoozes)
verb (informal): To have a short, light sleep, especially in the daytime. - snore verb (snore, snores, snored, snoring); noun (a snore, snores)
To breathe noisily while asleep, with a rough sound in the nose or throat. - snoring noun (snoring, uncountable); verb, -ing form of snore (snore, snores, snored, snoring)
Snoring is the loud, rough sound some people and animals make when they breathe while asleep. - snorkel noun (a snorkel, snorkels); verb (snorkel, snorkels, snorkelled / snorkeled, snorkelling / snorkeling)
A snorkel is a short, bent tube that lets you breathe through your mouth while swimming face-down near the surface of the water. - snort verb (snort, snorts, snorted, snorting); noun (a snort, snorts)
To snort is to push air out loudly through your nose, making a rough sound. - snot noun (snot, uncountable — informal); also a snot (a rude person, informal)
Snot is the slimy stuff (mucus) that comes out of your nose, especially when you have a cold. - snout noun (a snout, snouts)
A snout is the long nose and mouth part that sticks out at the front of some animals' faces, such as pigs, dogs, crocodiles and anteaters. - snow noun (snow); verb (snow, snows, snowed, snowing)
Soft white flakes of frozen water that fall from clouds when it is very cold. - snowball noun (a snowball, snowballs); verb (snowball, snowballs, snowballed, snowballing)
A ball of snow pressed together with the hands, often thrown in play. - snowbank noun (a snowbank, snowbanks)
A snowbank is a big pile or wall of snow, often made by wind or by snowploughs pushing snow to the side of a road. - snowdrop noun (a snowdrop, snowdrops)
1) A snowdrop is a small plant with a white flower that hangs down like a drop; it is one of the first flowers to bloom at the end of… - snowfall noun (a snowfall, snowfalls; snowfall — uncountable amount)
Snow falling from the sky, a time when snow comes down. - snowflake noun (a snowflake, snowflakes)
A single piece of snow made of ice crystals, usually with six points or sides. - snowman noun (a snowman, snowmen)
1) A snowman is a figure of a person made of snow, usually two or three big snowballs stacked up, with a face of stones or coal and a… - snowplough noun (a snowplough, snowploughs; US snowplow); verb (snowplough — skiing)
A snowplough is a vehicle or machine with a big blade at the front that pushes snow off roads and paths. - snowshoe noun (a snowshoe, snowshoes); verb (snowshoe, snowshoes, snowshoed, snowshoeing)
A snowshoe is a wide flat frame you tie under your boot so you can walk on deep snow without sinking. - snowstorm noun (a snowstorm, snowstorms)
1) A snowstorm is a storm with a lot of falling snow, often with strong wind, so it is hard to see and travel. - snowsuit noun (a snowsuit, snowsuits)
1) A warm, padded, waterproof outfit, all in one piece or as jacket and trousers, worn by children to play in the snow or cold. - snowy adjective (snowy, snowier, snowiest)
1) Snowy means having a lot of snow or with snow falling. 2) Snowy also means white like snow, as in snowy hair or a snowy owl. - snp abbreviation (SNP)
1) The SNP is the Scottish National Party, a political party in Scotland that wants Scotland to become an independent country, separate… - snub verb (snub, snubs, snubbed, snubbing); noun (a snub, snubs); adjective (snub nose)
To snub someone is to ignore them or treat them coldly on purpose, to show you do not respect or like them. - snuff verb (snuff, snuffs, snuffed, snuffing; snuff out); noun (snuff — uncountable)
To snuff (or snuff out) a candle is to put out its flame, often by pressing it or covering it. - snuffle verb (snuffle, snuffles, snuffled, snuffling); noun (a snuffle, the snuffles)
To snuffle means to breathe noisily through your nose, for example when you have a cold or are crying. - snuffling verb (snuffle, snuffles, snuffled, snuffling — -ing form); adjective, noun (snuffling)
Breathing noisily through the nose, as when you have a cold or are crying. - snug adjective (snug, snugger, snuggest); noun (a snug — UK, a small cosy room in a pub)
1) Snug means warm, comfortable and safe («snug in bed»). 2) Snug also means fitting closely, with no extra space («a snug fit»). - snuggle verb (snuggle, snuggles, snuggled, snuggling); noun (a snuggle, snuggles)
To get into a warm, comfortable position, often close to someone or under a blanket. - snugly adverb (from the adjective «snug»)
1) In a warm, comfortable and cosy way. 2) Fitting closely and tightly, with no gaps, but not too tight. - so conjunction, adverb; interjection (So, what now?)
So means and that is why: It rained, so we stayed in.
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