English words: S

2316 words under S; 1101–1200 on this page.

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• smilingly adverb
  Smilingly means while smiling, in a smiling and friendly way.
• smirk verb (smirk, smirks, smirked, smirking); noun…
  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 bad…
• smite verb (smite, smites, smote, smitten, smiting) (old use)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To smite is to hit hard with a blow.
• smith noun (a smith, smiths); also a common family name (Smith)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who makes and shapes things out of metal, especially iron (a blacksmith) or gold (a goldsmith).
• smithy noun (smithy, smithies)
  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 smiteeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Smitten means hit hard or struck down.
• 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)
  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)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The grey, black or white cloud that rises from something burning.
• smokehouse noun (a smokehouse, smokehouses)
  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)
  Smoky means full of smoke («a smoky room»).
• smooth adjective (smooth, smoother, smoothest); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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 adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Smoothly means in an even way, with no bumps or sudden stops, like a car moving smoothly.
• smoothness noun (smoothness — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Smoothness is being smooth: flat and even, with no bumps or rough parts.
• smoothy noun (a smoothy, smoothies) — a less common spelling of…
  A thick cold drink made by blending fruit, often with yoghurt, milk or ice; usually spelled «smoothie».
• smote verb, past tense of smite
  Hit hard or struck down, in the past.
• 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…
  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…
  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)
  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)
  A snack is a small amount of food eaten between meals.
• 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)everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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)
  Snaky means like a snake: long, winding, or twisting.
• snap verb (snap, snaps, snapped, snapping); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To grab something quickly and roughly: "He snatched the ball from me.".
• sneak verb (sneak, sneaks, sneaked/snuck, sneaking); noun…
  To sneak is to go somewhere quietly and secretly so nobody sees or hears you.
• sneaker noun (a sneaker, sneakers — usually plural)
  A soft sports shoe with a rubber sole, called a trainer in the UK.
• 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…
  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…
  Sneering describes a voice, look or remark that is mocking and shows someone thinks others are worthless.
• sneeze verb (sneeze, sneezes, sneezed, sneezing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To sneeze means to suddenly blow air out through your nose and mouth with a loud noise, because something tickles inside your nose.
• sneezing nounJewish tradition
  The act of sneezing, blowing air suddenly out through the nose.
• sniff verb (sniff, sniffs, sniffed, sniffing); noun…
  To sniff means to breathe in quickly through your nose, so that you make a small sound.
• sniffle verb (sniffle, sniffles, sniffled, sniffling); noun…
  verb: To sniff again and again, because you have a cold or because you are crying quietly.
• snigger verb (snigger, sniggers, sniggered, sniggering); noun…
  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…
  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)…
  Cutting something with quick, short cuts, usually with scissors.
• snips noun, plural of snip (a snip, snips); also present tense of…
  Verb: he/she snips — cuts something with small quick cuts of scissors.
• snitch verb (snitch, snitches, snitched, snitching); noun…
  To tell a teacher, parent or other adult that someone has done something wrong (informal and often unkind).
• snob noun (a snob, snobs)
  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 think…
• snobbish adjective (snobbish, more snobbish, most snobbish); noun…
  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…
  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)
  «Cock a snook» (UK, old-fashioned) — to make a rude, mocking sign by putting your thumb on your nose and spreading your fingers; also to…
• snooker noun…
  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…
  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…
  verb (informal): To have a short, light sleep, especially in the daytime.
• snore verb (snore, snores, snored, snoring); noun…
  To breathe noisily while asleep, with a rough sound in the nose or throat.
• snoring noun (snoring, uncountable); verb, -ing form of snore…
  Snoring is the loud, rough sound some people and animals make when they breathe while asleep.
• snorkel noun (a snorkel, snorkels); verb…
  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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To snort is to push air out loudly through your nose, making a rough sound.
• snot noun (snot, uncountable — informal); also a snot…
  Snot is the slimy stuff (mucus) that comes out of your nose, especially when you have a cold.
• snout noun (a snout, snouts)everyday · Jewish tradition
  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)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Soft white flakes of frozen water that fall from clouds when it is very cold.
• snowball noun (a snowball, snowballs); verb…
  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)
  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 winter…
• 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)
  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 carrot…
• snowplough noun (a snowplough, snowploughs; US snowplow); verb…
  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…
  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)
  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)
  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)
  Snowy means having a lot of snow or with snow falling.
• snp abbreviation (SNP)
  The SNP is the Scottish National Party, a political party in Scotland that wants Scotland to become an independent country, separate from…
• snub verb (snub, snubs, snubbed, snubbing); noun…
  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…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To snuff (or snuff out) a candle is to put out its flame, often by pressing it or covering it.
• snuffers nounJewish tradition
  Small tools for trimming the wick of a lamp or candle so it burns well.
• snuffle verb (snuffle, snuffles, snuffled, snuffling); noun…
  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)…
  Breathing noisily through the nose, as when you have a cold or are crying.
• snug adjective (snug, snugger, snuggest); noun…
  Snug means warm, comfortable and safe («snug in bed»).
• snuggle verb (snuggle, snuggles, snuggled, snuggling); noun…
  To get into a warm, comfortable position, often close to someone or under a blanket.
• snugly adverb (from the adjective «snug»)
  In a warm, comfortable and cosy way.
• so conjunction, adverb; interjection (So, what now?)everyday · Jewish tradition
  So means and that is why: It rained, so we stayed in.
• soak verb (soak, soaks, soaked, soaking); noun (a soak, soaks)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To soak something is to leave it in water or another liquid for a time, so it becomes completely wet.
• soap noun (soap, soaps; a bar of soap); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Soap is what you use with water to wash and clean your body or things.
• soapy adjective (soapy, soapier, soapiest)
  Full of soap or covered with soap (soapy water, soapy hands).
• soar verb (soar, soars, soared, soaring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To soar is to fly high in the air, often gliding without flapping much: eagles soar.
• soaring verb, -ing form of «soar» (soar, soars, soared, soaring)…
  Flying high in the air, often gliding without flapping wings.
• sob verb (sob, sobs, sobbed, sobbing); noun (a sob, sobs)…
  verb: To cry noisily, with short sharp breaths.
• sobbing noun (sobbing — uncountable); verb form…
  Sobbing is crying loudly with short, noisy breaths, because you are very sad or upset.

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