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- simplex adjective (simplex); noun (a simplex, simplexes or simplices)
1) (technical) Simple, made of one part; not compound. 2) (communication) A simplex link sends messages in only one direction, like a… - simplicity noun (simplicity — usually uncountable)
1) Being simple and easy to understand or do. 2) Being plain, without decoration or extras. 3) An honest, plain way of living or thinking.… - simplification noun (a simplification, simplifications; also uncountable)
The act of making something simpler or easier to understand or do. - simplify verb (simplify, simplifies, simplified, simplifying)
To simplify something is to make it simpler or easier to understand or do. - simply adverb (simply)
Simply means in an easy or plain way: explain it simply. - simulated adjective (simulated); past form of the verb simulate (simulate, simulates, simulated, simulating)
Made to look or feel real, but not real; imitation: simulated leather, a simulated fire drill. - simulation noun (a simulation, simulations; simulation, uncountable)
A simulation is a copy of a real situation, made on a computer or with models, so that people can study it or practise safely. - simulator noun (a simulator, simulators)
A machine or computer program that copies real conditions so people can practise or test something safely, for example a flight simulator. - simultaneous adjective (simultaneous)
Happening or done at exactly the same time: simultaneous explosions. - simultaneously adverb (from the adjective «simultaneous»)
1) At exactly the same time. 2) (maths) «Solve simultaneously»: find values that make two or more equations true together. - sin noun (a sin, sins; sin — uncountable); verb (sin, sins, sinned, sinning); also an abbreviation sin (maths: sine)
In religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious rule. - sincere adjective (sincere, sincerer, sincerest)
Honest and true; meaning what you say or feel. - sincerely adverb (sincerely)
Sincerely means honestly and truly, meaning what you say, as in «I sincerely hope you feel better». - sincerity noun (sincerity — uncountable)
1) Being honest and meaning what you say or feel; not pretending. 2) Real and true feeling shown in words or actions. - sinew noun (a sinew, sinews)
A tendon: a tough cord in the body that joins a muscle to a bone. - sinful adjective (sinful)
Wrong according to God's law or religious teaching; full of sin. - sing verb (sing, sings, sang, singing, sung)
To sing means to make music with your voice, using words or tunes. - singer noun (a singer, singers)
A singer is a person who sings, especially as a job or very well. - singing noun (singing, uncountable); verb form of sing (sing, sings, sang, sung, singing); adjective (singing)
Singing is making musical sounds with your voice, with words or a tune. - single adjective, noun (single, singles)
1) Single means only one, not two or more. 2) «Not a single» means none at all. 3) A single room or bed is for one person. 4) Single means… - singly adverb (singly)
1) Singly means one at a time, or one by one, not in a group. 2) Singly means alone, on its own. - singular adjective (singular); noun (the singular)
In grammar, singular means one: «cat» is singular and «cats» is plural. - singularly adverb
Singularly means very, unusually or especially, often in a surprising way. - sink verb (sink, sinks, sank, sunk, sinking); noun (a sink, sinks)
To go down below the top of water or another liquid: «The stone sank». - sinner noun (a sinner, sinners)
A sinner is a person who has done something wrong according to a religion's rules. - sinuous adjective (sinuous, more sinuous, most sinuous)
1) Curving and winding, with many bends, like a snake or a river. 2) Moving in a smooth, twisting, graceful way. - sion fragment; proper noun (Sion — a town; an old spelling of Zion)
«-sion» is a word ending that makes nouns, as in «television», «decision», «explosion»; it often sounds like «zhun» or «shun». - sip verb (sip, sips, sipped, sipping); noun (a sip, sips)
1) To drink slowly, taking only a small amount at a time. 2) A very small mouthful of a drink. - siphon noun (a siphon, siphons; also syphon); verb (siphon, siphons, siphoned, siphoning)
A 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. - siphonophore noun (a siphonophore, siphonophores)
1) A siphonophore is a strange sea animal, related to jellyfish, that is really a colony of many tiny animal parts joined together and… - sir noun (sir, sirs); also a title (Sir)
A polite way to speak to a man whose name you do not know, or to a man in charge: "Can I help you, sir?". - sire noun (a sire, sires; Sire — a title); verb (sire, sires, sired, siring)
Sire was a way of speaking to a king, like «Your Majesty»: «Yes, sire.». - siren noun (a siren, sirens)
1) A device that makes a loud wailing or rising-and-falling sound to warn people, used on ambulances, fire engines and police cars, and… - sis noun (informal)
Short for "sister", used when talking to or about your sister. - sister noun (sister, sisters)
A sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you. - sit verb (sit, sits, sat, sitting)
To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom. - sitar noun (a sitar, sitars)
A 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. - sitcom noun (a sitcom, sitcoms)
A sitcom is a funny TV or radio series about the same characters in everyday situations, like a family or friends at work. - site noun (a site, sites); verb (site, sites, sited, siting — formal)
A site is a place where something is, was, or will be, like a building site or a picnic site. - sitter noun (a sitter, sitters)
A sitter is a babysitter: someone who looks after children while their parents are out. - sitting verb form (-ing form of sit: sit, sits, sat, sitting); noun (a sitting, sittings); adjective (sitting room)
Sitting means resting your bottom on a chair, the floor or another seat, with your back up. - situated adjective (situated)
Situated means placed or found in a certain place: The school is situated near the river. - situation noun (a situation, situations)
A situation is everything that is happening at a certain time and place, and how things are. - six number (six, sixes); noun (a six)
1) Six is the number 6, one more than five. 2) A six is the digit 6, or a hit worth six runs in cricket. 3) «At sixes and sevens» means in… - sixpence noun (a sixpence, sixpences)
A sixpence was a small British coin worth six old pennies, used until Britain changed to decimal money and kept for a while after. - sixteen number (sixteen)
1) Sixteen is the number 16, one more than fifteen. 2) Sixteen is ten and six, or four fours. A pound has 16 ounces. - sixteenth adjective, noun (sixteenth, sixteenths)
1) Sixteenth means number 16 in order. 2) A sixteenth is one of sixteen equal parts of a whole, written 1/16. 3) The sixteenth century is… - sixth adjective, noun (sixth, sixths)
Sixth means number 6 in order, after the fifth. - sixty number (sixty)
1) Sixty is the number 60, which is six tens. 2) An hour has 60 minutes and a minute has 60 seconds. - size noun (size, sizes); verb (size — to sort by size; size up — to judge)
Size is how big or how small something is: the size of an elephant. - sizzle verb (sizzle, sizzles, sizzled, sizzling); noun (a sizzle)
To make a hissing, spitting sound like food frying in hot fat: The sausages sizzled in the pan. - skate verb (skate, skates, skated, skating); noun (a skate, skates)
To skate means to glide on ice with ice skates or on the ground with roller skates or a skateboard. - skateboard noun (a skateboard, skateboards); verb (skateboard, skateboards, skateboarded, skateboarding)
A skateboard is a narrow board with four small wheels, which you stand on and ride by pushing with one foot. - skateboarder noun (a skateboarder, skateboarders)
1) A person who rides a skateboard, a short board on four small wheels, often doing tricks. - skater noun (a skater, skaters)
A skater is a person who moves on skates: ice skates, roller skates or inline skates. - skedaddle verb (skedaddle, skedaddles, skedaddled, skedaddling)
To skedaddle is to run away quickly, often because you are frightened or caught. - skeletal adjective (skeletal)
Skeletal means to do with the skeleton, the frame of bones inside a body: the skeletal system. - skeleton noun (a skeleton, skeletons); adjective (skeleton — the smallest number needed: skeleton staff)
The frame of bones that supports and protects the body of a human or an animal. - sketch noun (a sketch, sketches); verb (sketch, sketches, sketched, sketching)
A quick drawing that shows the main shapes without much detail. - sketchbook noun (a sketchbook, sketchbooks)
1) A book of plain, often thick, paper for drawing sketches and quick pictures. 2) A collection of a person's sketches or quick notes. - sketchy adjective (sketchy, sketchier, sketchiest)
Not complete or detailed; giving only the main points. - ski noun (a ski, skis); verb (ski, skis, skied, skiing)
1) A ski is one of a pair of long narrow flat boards fixed to boots for sliding over snow. 2) To ski means to move over snow on skis. - skid verb (skid, skids, skidded, skidding); noun (a skid, skids)
To skid is to slide sideways or forwards out of control, especially on ice, water or a smooth surface. - skier noun (a skier, skiers)
1) A skier is a person who moves over snow on skis, for sport or for fun. - skilful adjective (skilful, more skilful, most skilful; US spelling skillful); adverb skilfully
1) Skilful means very good at doing something because of practice and ability. 2) Something done in a skilful way is done with great skill. - skilfully adverb (skilfully — UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland; skillfully — USA)
1) In a way that shows skill and good ability; cleverly and well. - skill noun (a skill, skills; skill — uncountable)
1) A skill is something you can do well because you have learned and practised it. 2) Skill is the ability to do something well. - skillful adjective (skillful, more skillful, most skillful; also spelt skilful in British English)
Skillful means very good at doing something with the hands or the mind, because you have practised or have a gift for it. - skillfully adverb (skillfully)
In a way that shows skill; doing a task well, with care and talent. - skim verb (skim, skims, skimmed, skimming)
To skim a text is to read it quickly to get the main idea, without reading every word. - skimmed verb, past form of skim (skim, skims, skimmed, skimming); adjective (skimmed milk)
Skimmed is the past of skim: read quickly, moved just over the top of something, or took the top layer off. - skimmer noun (a skimmer, skimmers)
A flat spoon or ladle with holes, used to lift things off the top of a liquid, like foam from soup. - skimming verb form (skim, skims, skimmed, skimming); noun (skimming)
Skimming means reading something quickly to get the main idea, without reading every word. - skin noun (skin, skins); verb (skin, skins, skinned, skinning)
The outer covering of a person's or animal's body. - skinflint noun (skinflint, skinflints)
A person who hates spending money and is mean with it; a miser. - skinful noun (a skinful)
1) (UK, Australia, informal, slang) A large amount of alcohol, enough to make someone drunk: «He'd had a skinful.» - skinned verb form (skin, skins, skinned, skinning); adjective (-skinned in compounds)
Skinned is the past of «to skin»: to take the skin off an animal or fruit. - skinny adjective (skinny, skinnier, skinniest); noun (the skinny — US slang)
1) Skinny means very thin, sometimes too thin. 2) Skinny clothes fit closely, like skinny jeans. 3) (food) Skinny means made with low-fat… - skint adjective (skint — informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)
1) (slang, UK) Having no money at all; broke. 2) In old country speech, skint can mean climbed or scrambled quickly up something. - skip verb, noun (skip, skips, skipped, skipping)
To skip is to move along with little hops and jumps. - skipjack noun (skipjack, skipjacks)
1) A small fish that leaps out of the water, a kind of tuna. 2) In the tale, the name of a fish who is thought unable to jump. - skipper noun (a skipper, skippers); verb (skipper, skippers, skippered, skippering)
The captain of a ship or boat, especially a small one. - skirl noun or verb (skirl, skirls, skirled, skirling); old or rare word
A loud, shrill cry or high sound, such as the sound of bagpipes; to make such a cry. - skirt noun (a skirt, skirts); verb (skirt, skirts, skirted, skirting)
A skirt is a piece of clothing worn by women and girls that hangs from the waist and has no separate legs. - skittish adjective (skittish, more skittish, most skittish)
1) Easily frightened, nervous and jumpy, ready to run off at any noise. 2) Of a horse, lively and likely to shy or bolt. - skittle noun (a skittle, skittles); skittles (the game)
A wooden or plastic bottle-shaped piece that players try to knock down with a ball. - skittles noun (skittles — uncountable game; a skittle, skittles — pins); proper noun (Skittles — a name)
A game in which you roll a ball to knock down wooden pins; like bowling. - skua noun (a skua, skuas)
1) A large brown seabird of cold northern and southern seas that often chases other seabirds to make them drop or bring up their food, and… - skull noun (a skull, skulls)
The skull is the hard bony frame of the head that protects the brain. - skunk noun (a skunk, skunks)
A small black-and-white animal of North America with a bushy tail, which sprays a very bad-smelling liquid when it is frightened. - sky noun (the sky, skies)
1) The space above the Earth where you see clouds, the Sun, the Moon and the stars. 2) The weather or look of it: blue skies, grey skies. - skydiver noun (a skydiver, skydivers)
1) A skydiver is a person who jumps out of an aeroplane high up, falls through the air, and then opens a parachute to land safely. - skylight noun (a skylight, skylights)
1) A skylight is a window in a roof or ceiling that lets daylight in from above. - skyscraper noun (a skyscraper, skyscrapers)
1) A skyscraper is a very tall building with many floors, in a city. - skyward adverb or adjective (skyward, skywards)
Upward, towards the sky. - slab noun (a slab, slabs)
A slab is a thick, flat piece of something hard, like stone, concrete or wood. - slack adjective (slack, slacker, slackest); noun (slack — uncountable); verb (slack, slacks, slacked, slacking; slack off); plural noun slacks (trousers)
Slack means loose, not pulled tight: a slack rope. - slacken verb (slacken, slackens, slackened, slackening)
To make something less tight, or to become less tight: slacken a rope. - slacking verb form — -ing form of slack (slack, slacks, slacked, slacking); noun (slacking)
Slacking means being lazy and not doing work you should be doing. - slag noun (slag — uncountable; a slag, slags — rude); verb (slag off — UK slang)
Rocky waste left over when metal is taken from ore.
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