| scamper | (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scurry, scuttle, skitter |
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| scarper | (verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
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| scrape | (verb) scratch repeatedly | Synonyms: grate |
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| (verb) bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of | Synonyms: skin |
| (verb) cut the surface of; wear away the surface of | Synonyms: scratch, scratch up |
| (verb) gather (money or other resources) together over time | Synonyms: come up, scrape up, scratch |
| (verb) make by scraping | - |
| (verb) bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | Synonyms: genuflect, kowtow |
| scupper | (verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, queer |
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| (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, waylay |
| sellotape | (verb) fasten or attach with sellotape | Synonyms: scotch tape |
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| shape | (verb) give shape or form to | Synonyms: form |
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| (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, influence, mold, mould, regulate |
| (verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, form, mold, mould, work |
| sharpen | (verb) become sharp or sharper | - |
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| (verb) make crisp or more crisp and precise | - |
| (verb) raise the pitch of (musical notes) | - |
| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, focus |
| (verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: heighten |
| (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, taper |
| (verb) make sharp or sharper | - |
| (verb) make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper | - |
| sideswipe | (verb) strike from the side | - |
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| simper | (verb) smile affectedly or derisively | Synonyms: smirk |
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| skipper | (verb) work as the skipper on a vessel | - |
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| skype | (verb) to communicate using Skype or similar web conference software | - |
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| slope | (verb) be at an angle | Synonyms: incline, pitch |
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| snipe | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, assault, attack, lash out, round |
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| (verb) aim and shoot with great precision | Synonyms: sharpshoot |
| (verb) hunt or shoot snipe | - |
| speak | (verb) express in speech | Synonyms: mouth, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
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| (verb) exchange thoughts; talk with | Synonyms: talk |
| (verb) use language | Synonyms: talk |
| (verb) give a speech to | Synonyms: address |
| (verb) make a characteristic or natural sound | - |
| spear | (verb) pierce with a spear | - |
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| (verb) thrust up like a spear | Synonyms: spear up |
| spearhead | (verb) be the leader of | - |
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| specialise | (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow, narrow down, specialize |
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| (verb) suit to a special purpose | Synonyms: specialize |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialize, speciate |
| (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialize, specify |
| (verb) devote oneself to a special area of work | Synonyms: specialize |
| specialize | (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow, narrow down, specialise |
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| (verb) suit to a special purpose | Synonyms: specialise |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialise, speciate |
| (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialise, specify |
| (verb) devote oneself to a special area of work | Synonyms: specialise |
| speciate | (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialise, specialize |
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| specify | (verb) design or destine | Synonyms: designate, destine, intend |
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| (verb) define clearly | Synonyms: nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down |
| (verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose | Synonyms: assign, set apart |
| (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, determine, fix, limit, set |
| (verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: condition, qualify, stipulate |
| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, delineate |
| speck | (verb) produce specks in or on | - |
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| speckle | (verb) mark with small spots | Synonyms: bespeckle |
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| (verb) produce a mottled effect | Synonyms: stipple |
| spectate | (verb) be a spectator in a sports event | - |
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| speculate | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over |
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| (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, suppose, theorise, theorize |
| (verb) talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion | - |
| (verb) invest at a risk | Synonyms: job |
| speechify | (verb) make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality | - |
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| speed | (verb) move faster | Synonyms: accelerate, quicken, speed up |
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| (verb) cause to move faster | Synonyms: accelerate, speed up |
| (verb) move very fast | Synonyms: hurry, travel rapidly, zip |
| (verb) travel at an excessive or illegal velocity | - |
| (verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, step on it |
| spell | (verb) take turns working | - |
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| (verb) orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of | Synonyms: spell out |
| (verb) indicate or signify | Synonyms: import |
| (verb) place under a spell | - |
| (verb) write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word) | Synonyms: write |
| (verb) relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn | - |
| spellbind | (verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: entrance |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize |
| (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, grip, transfix |
| spelunk | (verb) explore natural caves | Synonyms: cave |
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| spend | (verb) pay out | Synonyms: drop, expend |
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| (verb) spend completely | - |
| (verb) use up a period of time in a specific way | Synonyms: pass |
| spew | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| (verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth | Synonyms: ptyalise, ptyalize, spit, spue |
| (verb) eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical | Synonyms: eruct, spew out |
| stampede | (verb) run away in a stampede | - |
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| (verb) cause to run in panic | - |
| (verb) act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse | - |
| (verb) cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively | - |
| steepen | (verb) make steeper | - |
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| (verb) become steeper | - |
| stereotype | (verb) treat or classify according to a mental stereotype | Synonyms: pigeonhole, stamp |
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| stopper | (verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper | Synonyms: stopple |
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| stripe | (verb) mark with stripes | - |
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| stupefy | (verb) make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow | Synonyms: stun |
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| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, vex |
| (verb) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation | Synonyms: besot |
| superannuate | (verb) retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity | - |
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| (verb) become obsolete | - |
| (verb) declare to be obsolete | - |
| (verb) retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability | - |
| supercharge | (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, pressurize |
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| (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, boost |
| superfetate | (verb) conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus | - |
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| superimpose | (verb) place on top of | Synonyms: lay over, superpose |
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| superinfect | (verb) infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms | - |
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| superintend | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, supervise |
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| superordinate | (verb) place in a superior order or rank | - |
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| superpose | (verb) place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide | - |
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| (verb) place on top of | Synonyms: lay over, superimpose |
| superscribe | (verb) write on the outside or upper part of | - |
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| (verb) write on the top or outside | - |
| supersede | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supervene upon, supplant |
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| supervene | (verb) take place as an additional or unexpected development | - |
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| supervise | (verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance | Synonyms: monitor |
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| (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, superintend |
| suspect | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, mistrust |
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| (verb) imagine to be the case or true or probable | Synonyms: surmise |
| (verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty | - |
| suspend | (verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it | Synonyms: freeze |
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| (verb) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid | - |
| (verb) make inoperative or stop | Synonyms: set aside |
| (verb) hang freely | - |
| (verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. | Synonyms: debar |
| (verb) render temporarily ineffective | - |
| swipe | (verb) strike with a swiping motion | - |
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| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak |
| tamper | (verb) play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | Synonyms: fiddle, monkey |
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| (verb) intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly | Synonyms: meddle |
| tape | (verb) register electronically | Synonyms: record |
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| (verb) record on videotape | Synonyms: videotape |
| (verb) fasten or attach with tape | - |
| taper | (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, sharpen |
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| (verb) diminish gradually | - |
| telescope | (verb) make smaller or shorter | - |
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| (verb) crush together or collapse | - |
| temper | (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, mollify, season |
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| (verb) adjust the pitch (of pianos) | - |
| (verb) harden by reheating and cooling in oil | Synonyms: harden |
| (verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: chasten |
| (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: anneal, normalize |
| tope | (verb) drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic | Synonyms: drink |
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| torpedo | (verb) attack or hit with torpedoes | - |
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| trumpet | (verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet | - |
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| (verb) utter in trumpet-like sounds | - |
| (verb) play or blow on the trumpet | - |
| type | (verb) identify as belonging to a certain type | Synonyms: typecast |
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| (verb) write by means of a keyboard with types | Synonyms: typewrite |
| typecast | (verb) identify as belonging to a certain type | Synonyms: type |
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| (verb) cast repeatedly in the same kind of role | - |
| typeset | (verb) set in type | Synonyms: set |
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| typewrite | (verb) write by means of a keyboard with types | Synonyms: type |
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| underperform | (verb) perform too rarely | - |
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| (verb) perform less well or with less success than expected | Synonyms: underachieve |
| underspend | (verb) spend at less than the normal rate | - |
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| (verb) spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example) | - |
| undrape | (verb) strip something of drapery | - |
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| unspell | (verb) release from a spell | - |
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| upend | (verb) set, turn, or stand on end | - |
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| (verb) become turned or set on end | - |
| vape | (verb) to use an electronic cigarette | - |
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| videotape | (verb) record on videotape | Synonyms: tape |
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| vilipend | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, depreciate |
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| vituperate | (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: rail, revile, vilify |
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| wallpaper | (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: paper |
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| whimper | (verb) cry weakly or softly | Synonyms: mewl, pule, wail |
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| whisper | (verb) speak softly; in a low voice | - |
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| wipe | (verb) rub with a circular motion | Synonyms: pass over |
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| zipper | (verb) close with a zipper | Synonyms: zip, zip up |
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