| shriek | (verb) utter a shrill cry | Synonyms: pipe, pipe up, shrill |
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| shrill | (verb) utter a shrill cry | Synonyms: pipe, pipe up, shriek |
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| shrimp | (verb) fish for shrimp | - |
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| shrine | (verb) enclose in a shrine | Synonyms: enshrine |
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| shrink | (verb) become smaller or draw together | Synonyms: contract |
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| (verb) reduce in size; reduce physically | Synonyms: reduce |
| (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, wither |
| (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent | Synonyms: shrivel |
| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, squinch, wince |
| shrinkwrap | (verb) wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling | - |
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| shrive | (verb) grant remission of a sin to | Synonyms: absolve |
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| shrivel | (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrink, shrivel up, wither |
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| (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent | Synonyms: shrink |
| shroud | (verb) wrap in a shroud | - |
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| (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: cover, enshroud, hide |
| (verb) form a cover like a shroud | - |
| shrug | (verb) raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation | - |
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| shuck | (verb) remove the shucks from | - |
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| (verb) remove from the shell | - |
| shudder | (verb) shake, as from cold | Synonyms: shiver |
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| (verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | Synonyms: shiver, thrill, throb |
| shuffle | (verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | Synonyms: mix, ruffle |
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| (verb) walk by dragging one's feet | Synonyms: scuffle, shamble |
| (verb) move about, move back and forth | - |
| shun | (verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of | Synonyms: eschew |
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| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize |
| shunt | (verb) transfer to another track, of trains | - |
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| (verb) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt | - |
| shush | (verb) silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' | - |
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| shut | (verb) move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut | Synonyms: close |
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| (verb) become closed | Synonyms: close |
| (verb) prevent from entering; shut out | Synonyms: exclude, keep out, shut out |
| shutter | (verb) close with shutters | - |
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| shuttle | (verb) travel back and forth between two points | - |
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| shuttlecock | (verb) send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock | - |
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| shy | (verb) throw quickly | - |
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| (verb) start suddenly, as from fright | - |
| sibilate | (verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval | Synonyms: hiss, siss, sizz |
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| (verb) express or utter with a hiss | Synonyms: hiss, siss, sizz |
| (verb) utter a sibilant | - |
| (verb) pronounce with an initial sibilant | - |
| sic | (verb) urge to attack someone | Synonyms: set |
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| sick | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| sicken | (verb) get sick | Synonyms: come down |
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| (verb) make sick or ill | - |
| (verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt |
| (verb) upset and make nauseated | Synonyms: nauseate, turn one's stomach |
| side | (verb) take sides for or against | - |
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| sideline | (verb) remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position | - |
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| sidestep | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt |
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| sideswipe | (verb) strike from the side | - |
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| sidetrack | (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, digress, straggle |
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| sidle | (verb) move sideways | Synonyms: sashay |
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| (verb) move unobtrusively or furtively | - |
| sieve | (verb) distinguish and separate out | Synonyms: sift |
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| (verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | Synonyms: sift, strain |
| (verb) check and sort carefully | Synonyms: sift |
| (verb) examine in order to test suitability | Synonyms: screen, screen out, sort |
| sift | (verb) distinguish and separate out | Synonyms: sieve |
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| (verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | Synonyms: sieve, strain |
| (verb) check and sort carefully | Synonyms: sieve |
| (verb) move as if through a sieve | - |
| sigh | (verb) heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily | Synonyms: suspire |
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| (verb) utter with a sigh | - |
| sight | (verb) catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes | Synonyms: spy |
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| (verb) take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) | - |
| sightread | (verb) perform music from a score without having seen the score before | Synonyms: sight-read |
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| sightsee | (verb) visit famous or interesting sights | - |
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| sightsing | (verb) sing from a score without having seen it before | Synonyms: sight-sing |
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| sign | (verb) be engaged by a written agreement | - |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: signal, signalise, signalize |
| (verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: subscribe |
| (verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: bless |
| (verb) communicate in sign language | - |
| (verb) place signs, as along a road | - |
| (verb) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation | Synonyms: ratify |
| (verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: contract, sign on, sign up |
| signal | (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signalise, signalize |
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| (verb) be a signal for or a symptom of | Synonyms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point |
| signalise | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalize |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalize |
| (verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalize |
| (verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalize |
| signalize | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalise |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalise |
| (verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalise |
| (verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalise |
| signify | (verb) convey or express a meaning | - |
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| (verb) make known with a word or signal | - |
| (verb) denote or connote | Synonyms: intend, mean, stand for |
| signpost | (verb) mark with a signpost, as of a path | - |
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| silence | (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still |
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| (verb) keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure | - |
| silhouette | (verb) represent by a silhouette | - |
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| (verb) project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette | - |
| silkscreen | (verb) print by silkscreen | - |
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| silt | (verb) become chocked with silt | Synonyms: silt up |
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| silver | (verb) make silver in color | - |
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| (verb) turn silver | - |
| (verb) coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam | - |
| silverplate | (verb) plate with silver | Synonyms: silver-plate |
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| simmer | (verb) boil slowly at low temperature | - |
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| simper | (verb) smile affectedly or derisively | Synonyms: smirk |
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| simplify | (verb) make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent | - |
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| simulate | (verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: assume, feign, sham |
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| (verb) create a representation or simulation of | Synonyms: model |
| (verb) reproduce someone's behavior or looks | Synonyms: copy, imitate |
| sin | (verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: transgress, trespass |
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| (verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof |
| sing | (verb) make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound | Synonyms: whistle |
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| (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, talk, tattle |
| (verb) to make melodious sounds | - |
| (verb) produce tones with the voice | - |
| (verb) deliver by singing | - |
| singe | (verb) burn superficially or lightly | Synonyms: swinge |
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| (verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: scorch, sear |
| single | (verb) hit a single | - |
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| singsong | (verb) speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong | - |
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| (verb) move as if accompanied by a singsong | - |
| singularise | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularize |
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| singularize | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularise |
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| sink | (verb) fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly | Synonyms: fall off, slump |
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| (verb) embed deeply | Synonyms: bury |
| (verb) go under | Synonyms: go down, go under, settle |
| (verb) fall or descend to a lower place or level | Synonyms: drop, drop down |
| (verb) cause to sink | - |
| (verb) fall or sink heavily | Synonyms: slide down, slump |
| (verb) appear to move downward | Synonyms: dip |
| (verb) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | Synonyms: subside |
| (verb) pass into a specified state or condition; sink into | Synonyms: lapse, pass |
| sinter | (verb) cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting | - |
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| sip | (verb) drink in sips | - |
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| siphon | (verb) move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action | - |
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| (verb) convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon | Synonyms: siphon off, syphon |
| sire | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother |
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| siss | (verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval | Synonyms: hiss, sibilate, sizz |
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| (verb) express or utter with a hiss | Synonyms: hiss, sibilate, sizz |
| sit | (verb) serve in a specific professional capacity | - |
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| (verb) be in a position in which one's upper body is largely upright and supported by one's backside | Synonyms: sit down |
| (verb) show to a seat; assign a seat for | Synonyms: seat, sit down |
| (verb) take a seat | Synonyms: sit down |
| (verb) be in session | - |
| (verb) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions | Synonyms: ride |
| (verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: model, pose, posture |
| (verb) work or act as a baby-sitter | Synonyms: baby-sit, babysit |
| (verb) be around, often idly or without specific purpose | Synonyms: sit around |
| (verb) be located or situated somewhere | - |
| site | (verb) assign a location to | Synonyms: locate, place |
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| situate | (verb) put (something somewhere) firmly | Synonyms: deposit, fix, posit |
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| (verb) determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey | Synonyms: locate |
| size | (verb) make to a size; bring to a suitable size | - |
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| (verb) sort according to size | - |
| (verb) cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) | - |
| sizz | (verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval | Synonyms: hiss, sibilate, siss |
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| (verb) express or utter with a hiss | Synonyms: hiss, sibilate, siss |
| sizzle | (verb) burn or sear with a sizzling sound | - |
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| (verb) make a sound like frying fat | - |
| (verb) seethe with deep anger or resentment | - |
| skank | (verb) dance the skank | - |
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| skate | (verb) move along on skates | - |
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| skateboard | (verb) ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom | - |
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| skedaddle | (verb) run away, as if in a panic | - |
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| sketch | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: adumbrate, outline |
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| (verb) make a sketch of | Synonyms: chalk out |
| skew | (verb) turn or place at an angle | - |
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| skewer | (verb) drive a skewer through | Synonyms: spit |
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| ski | (verb) move along on skis | - |
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| skid | (verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: slew, slide, slip, slue |
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| (verb) apply a brake or skid to | - |
| (verb) elevate onto skids | - |
| (verb) slide without control | - |
| skim | (verb) read superficially | Synonyms: skim over |
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| (verb) move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of | Synonyms: skim over |
| (verb) remove from the surface | Synonyms: cream, cream off, skim off |
| (verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skip, skitter |
| (verb) coat (a liquid) with a layer | - |
| (verb) travel on the surface of water | Synonyms: plane |
| (verb) examine hastily | Synonyms: glance over, rake, run down, scan |
| skimcoat | (verb) coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle | - |
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| skimp | (verb) subsist on a meager allowance | Synonyms: scrimp, stint |
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| (verb) supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | Synonyms: scant, stint |
| (verb) work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially | Synonyms: scant |
| (verb) limit in quality or quantity | Synonyms: scant |
| skin | (verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: pare, peel |
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| (verb) remove the bark of a tree | Synonyms: bark |
| (verb) bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of | Synonyms: scrape |
| (verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle |
| skip | (verb) bypass | Synonyms: jump, pass over, skip over |
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| (verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skim, skitter |
| (verb) jump lightly | Synonyms: hop-skip, hop |
| (verb) leave suddenly | Synonyms: decamp, vamoose |
| (verb) bound off one point after another | Synonyms: bound off |
| (verb) intentionally fail to attend | Synonyms: cut |
| skipper | (verb) work as the skipper on a vessel | - |
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| skirl | (verb) play the bagpipes | - |
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| (verb) make a shrill, wailing sound | - |
| skirmish | (verb) engage in a skirmish | - |
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| skirt | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep |
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| (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, environ, ring, surround |
| (verb) pass around or about; move along the border | - |
| (verb) form the edge of | - |
| skitter | (verb) twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water | - |
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| (verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skim, skip |
| (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scamper, scurry, scuttle |
| (verb) glide easily along a surface | - |
| skittle | (verb) play skittles | - |
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| skive | (verb) remove the surface of | - |
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| skreak | (verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screak, screech, skreigh, squawk |
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| (verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screak, screech, squeak, whine |
| skreigh | (verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screak, screech, skreak, squawk |
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| skulk | (verb) move furtively | - |
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| (verb) avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill | Synonyms: malinger |
| (verb) lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner | Synonyms: lurk |
| skunk | (verb) defeat by a lurch | Synonyms: lurch |
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| sky | (verb) throw or toss with a light motion | Synonyms: flip, pitch, toss |
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| skydive | (verb) jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute | Synonyms: sky dive |
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