English words: S

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2316 words under S; 501–600 on this page.

sensual adjectiveJewish tradition
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…everyday · Jewish tradition
A sentence is a group of words that makes a complete statement, question or command; in writing it starts with a capital letter and ends…
sententiously adverb
Sententiously means in a way that speaks in heavy, wise-sounding words, as if giving a lesson.
sentest verb, old form used with thou
«sentest» means «you sent», a form of «send»: To send is to make something go to another place or person, like a letter, a parcel or a…
sentiment noun (sentiment, sentiments)
A feeling or opinion about something: «I share your sentiment».
sentimental adjective (sentimental, more sentimental, most sentimental)
Full of tender feelings like love, sadness or longing, especially about the past: a sentimental person is easily moved.
sentinel noun (a sentinel, sentinels)
A soldier or guard whose job is to watch for danger; a sentry.
sentry noun (a sentry, sentries)
A soldier who stands guard at a gate, building or camp to check who comes and to watch for danger.
sep abbreviation (Sep, Sep.); fragment
Sep or Sep.
sepal noun (a sepal, sepals)
A sepal is one of the small, usually green, leaf-like parts under the petals of a flower that protect the bud before it opens.
separable adjectiveJewish tradition
able to be separated or divided.
separate adjective (separate — pronounced SEP-rut); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
As an adjective, not joined or together; apart or different: two separate rooms, separate piles.
separated adjective (separated); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
Separated means apart, not together any more.
separately adverb
Separately means apart, not together; one at a time or each on its own.
separation noun (separation, separations)everyday · Jewish tradition
Separation is moving things apart or keeping them apart.
separator noun (a separator, separators)
Something that keeps two things apart or divides one thing into parts, such as a line, a wall or a sheet.
sepsis noun (sepsis — usually uncountable)
A very serious illness that happens when the body's fight against an infection goes wrong and starts to harm its own organs.
sept noun (a sept, septs); abbreviation (Sept)
«Sept» (with a capital S and often a full stop) is a short form of September, the ninth month.
september noun (September)everyday · Jewish tradition
September is the ninth month of the year.
septic adjective (septic); noun…
Infected with germs so it becomes red, swollen, painful and full of pus.
sepulchre noun (sepulchre, sepulchres) (old use, in fairy tales)everyday · Jewish tradition
A sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body.
sequel noun (a sequel, sequels)
A sequel is a book, film or game that continues the story of an earlier one.
sequence noun (a sequence, sequences); verb…
A set of things that come one after another in a certain order.
sequential adjective (sequential); adverb sequentially
Coming one after another in a fixed order.
sequin noun (sequin, sequins)
A sequin is a small, flat, shiny disc sewn onto clothes to sparkle.
sequoia noun (a sequoia, sequoias)
A sequoia is a huge evergreen tree from California; it includes the giant sequoia and the coast redwood.
seraph nounJewish tradition
A kind of fiery angel with wings, found in visions of heaven; "seraphim" is the plural.
serbian adjective (Serbian); noun…
From or to do with Serbia, a country in south-east Europe in the Balkans, whose capital is Belgrade.
serenade noun (serenade, serenades); verb…
A serenade is a song sung softly at night, often under a loved one's window.
serene adjective (serener, serenest)everyday · Jewish tradition
Serene means calm and peaceful, with no worry or fear showing.
serf noun (serf, serfs)everyday · Jewish tradition
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.
serfdom noun (serfdom, uncountable)
Serfdom was a system, mainly in the Middle Ages, in which poor farm workers called serfs were tied to a lord's land and could not leave it.
sergeant noun (a sergeant, sergeants)
A soldier of middle rank, above a corporal, who is in charge of a group of soldiers.
series noun (series, series)everyday · Jewish tradition
A series is a group of things that come one after another, like books about the same characters.
serious adjective (serious, more serious, most serious); adverb…
Serious means bad or dangerous enough to worry about: a serious illness, a serious accident.
seriously adverb (seriously)
Seriously means in a serious way, not joking: Take your homework seriously.
sermon noun (a sermon, sermons)
A sermon is a talk given by a priest, minister or preacher during a religious service, explaining the Bible or teaching how to live.
serpent noun (a serpent, serpents)everyday · Jewish tradition
A snake, especially a big one.
serval noun (a serval, servals)
A slim wild cat of African grasslands, with long legs, very large ears and a golden coat with black spots and stripes.
servant noun (a servant, servants)everyday · Jewish tradition
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)everyday · Jewish tradition
To serve is to give food or drink to people.
server noun (a server, servers)
A server is a powerful computer that stores websites, files, games or emails and sends them to other computers over the internet or a…
service noun (a service, services); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
A service is work that someone does for other people, like a shop serving customers or a doctor helping patients.
serviceable adjective (serviceable, more serviceable, most serviceable)
Good enough to be used; working well, even if not new or beautiful.
services noun, plural (services; singular a service)
Work done for people by someone, rather than goods made (cleaning, hairdressing, banking).
servile adjectiveJewish tradition
Fit for a slave or servant; having to do with hard, ordinary labor.
serving noun (a serving, servings); verb, -ing form of serve…everyday · Jewish tradition
A serving is an amount of food for one person; a portion.
servitude noun (servitude)everyday · Jewish tradition
Servitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave.
servo noun (a servo, servos)
A servo (short for servomotor) is a small motor that can turn to an exact position and hold it, used in robots, remote-control cars and…
sesame noun (sesame, sesame seeds — the plant and seeds)…
A plant grown in warm countries for its small flat seeds.
session noun (a session, sessions)
A period of time spent doing one activity, such as a lesson, practice or meeting.
set noun, verb, adjective (set, sets, set, setting)everyday · Jewish tradition
A set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set.
setback noun (a setback, setbacks)
Something that stops progress or makes things worse for a while; a problem that sets you back.
sett noun (a sett, setts); also spelt seteveryday · Jewish tradition
A sett is the home of a badger: a set of underground tunnels and rooms dug into the earth.
setteth verb, old form of «sets» (he, she, it)
«setteth» means «sets», a form of «set»: A set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set.
setting noun (a setting, settings); verb form (setting — from "set")everyday · Jewish tradition
The place and time where a story happens.
settle verb (settle, settles, settled, settling)everyday · Jewish tradition
To come to rest and stay in one place: dust settles on shelves, the bird settled on a branch.
settlement noun (a settlement, settlements)
A place where people have come to live and built homes, such as a village or small town: an early farming settlement.
settler noun (a settler, settlers)everyday · Jewish tradition
A settler is a person who moves to a new place, often far away, to live there for good and make a home.
setup noun (a setup, setups; also set-up); verb as two words «set…
A setup is the way things are arranged or organised: a gaming setup, the classroom setup.
seven number (seven)everyday · Jewish tradition
Seven is the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight.
sevenfold adjective (sevenfold); adverb (sevenfold)everyday · Jewish tradition
Seven times as big or as many.
seventeen number (seventeen)everyday · Jewish tradition
Seventeen is the number 17, one more than sixteen.
seventeenth ordinal number (seventeenth, 17th); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
Coming next after the sixteenth in order; number 17 in a line or list: the seventeenth runner.
seventh adjective, noun (seventh, sevenths)everyday · Jewish tradition
Seventh means number 7 in order, after the sixth.
seventieth ordinal number / adjective (seventieth); noun…
Seventieth means number 70 in order, coming after the sixty-ninth: her seventieth birthday.
seventy number (seventy)everyday · Jewish tradition
Seventy is the number 70, which is seven tens.
sever verb (sever, severs, severed, severing)everyday · Jewish tradition
To cut right through something, separating it.
several determiner, pronoun, adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
Several means more than two, but not very many: several friends.
severance noun (severance); often «severance pay»
Money paid to a worker when their job ends because the company no longer needs them; also called severance pay or redundancy pay.
severe adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
Very bad, serious or harmful.
severely adverb (severely)
Very badly or seriously: The house was severely damaged.
severity noun (severity, uncountable; severities rare)
Severity is how serious, strong or bad something is, such as the severity of an illness, an injury, a storm or a punishment.
sew verb (sew, sews, sewed, sewn or sewed, sewing)everyday · Jewish tradition
To sew is to join cloth or attach things like buttons with a needle and thread.
sewage noun (sewage — uncountable)
Sewage is the dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and drains that flows through pipes called sewers.
sewer noun (a sewer, sewers); noun (a sewer — person who sews)
A sewer is a large underground pipe or tunnel that carries away dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and streets.
sewerage noun (sewerage — uncountable)
The system of underground pipes and drains that carries dirty water and toilet waste away from homes and buildings.
sewn verb, past participle of sew…
Joined or fixed with a needle and thread: My name is sewn into my coat.
sex noun (sex — uncountable; a sex, sexes)everyday · Jewish tradition
Sex is being male or female; people and most animals are born one sex or the other, decided by their body.
sexagesimal adjectiveJewish tradition
Based on the number sixty, as in counting with a base of sixty.
sexist adjective (sexist); noun (a sexist, sexists)
Treating people unfairly or badly because they are a boy or a girl, a man or a woman.
sexton noun (sexton, sextons)
A sexton is a church helper who looks after the church and its churchyard, digs graves and rings the bells.
sexual adjectiveJewish tradition
Having to do with sex, the body's way of making babies.
shabbily adverb (shabbily)
In a worn-out, old and untidy way: shabbily dressed means wearing old, faded, worn clothes.
shabby adjective (shabby, shabbier, shabbiest)
Shabby means old, worn and untidy from a lot of use.
shade noun (shade, uncountable; a shade, shades); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
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…everyday · Jewish tradition
A shadow is a dark shape made on a surface when something blocks the light.
shadowy adjective (shadowy, shadowier, shadowiest)
Full of shadows; dark and hard to see in: «a shadowy corner».
shady adjective (shady, shadier, shadiest)
A shady place is out of the sun, cool and partly dark, because trees or buildings block the light.
shaft noun (a shaft, shafts)everyday · Jewish tradition
A shaft is a long, narrow hole that goes straight down or up, such as a mine shaft or a lift shaft.
shaggy adjective (shaggy, shaggier, shaggiest)
Shaggy means having long, thick, untidy hair or fur.
shah noun (a shah, shahs; the Shah)
The title of the king of Iran (Persia) in the past.
shake verb (shake, shakes, shook, shaken, shaking); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
To shake is to move something quickly up and down or side to side.
shaken verb form: past participle of shake…everyday · Jewish tradition
Shaken is a form of "shake": moved quickly up and down or side to side.
shaker noun (a shaker, shakers); Shaker…
A container with small holes in the lid for shaking out salt, pepper, sugar or other powder.
shaky adjective (shaky, shakier, shakiest); adverb: shakily
Shaking or trembling, often because of fear, cold, illness or weakness (shaky hands, a shaky voice).
shale noun (shale — usually uncountable)
Shale is a soft grey or dark rock made of hardened mud or clay that splits easily into thin flat layers.
shallow adjective (shallow, shallower, shallowest); noun…
Shallow means not deep: there is only a short distance from the top to the bottom.
shalt auxiliary verb, form of shall used with thou
You will, or you must (used as a command or promise).
sham noun (shams); adjective (sham); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
A sham is something fake or pretended, made to look real.

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