| snatch | (verb) to grasp hastily or eagerly | Synonyms: snap, snatch up |
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| (verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: abduct, kidnap, nobble |
| (verb) to make grasping motions | - |
| sneak | (verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: creep, mouse, pussyfoot |
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| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, swipe |
| (verb) pass on stealthily | Synonyms: slip |
| (verb) put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner | - |
| sneer | (verb) smile contemptuously | - |
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| (verb) express through a scornful smile | - |
| sneeze | (verb) exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose | - |
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| snick | (verb) cut slightly, with a razor | Synonyms: nick |
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| (verb) hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat | - |
| snicker | (verb) laugh quietly | Synonyms: snigger |
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| sniff | (verb) inhale audibly through the nose | Synonyms: sniffle |
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| (verb) perceive by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: whiff |
| sniffle | (verb) inhale audibly through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
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| (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, blubber, snivel, snuffle |
| snigger | (verb) laugh quietly | Synonyms: snicker |
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| snip | (verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, trim |
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| (verb) sever or remove by pinching or snipping | Synonyms: clip, nip, nip off, snip off |
| 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 | - |
| snitch | (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, stag, tell on |
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| (verb) take by theft | Synonyms: cop, glom, hook, knock off, thieve |
| snivel | (verb) snuff up mucus through the nose | Synonyms: snuffle |
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| (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, blubber, sniffle, snuffle |
| (verb) talk in a tearful manner | Synonyms: whine |
| snog | (verb) touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. | Synonyms: buss, kiss, osculate |
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| snooker | (verb) leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot | - |
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| (verb) fool or dupe | - |
| snoop | (verb) watch, observe, or inquire secretly | Synonyms: sleuth, spy, stag |
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| snooze | (verb) sleep lightly or for a short period of time | Synonyms: doze, drowse |
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| snore | (verb) breathe noisily during one's sleep | Synonyms: saw logs, saw wood |
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| snorkel | (verb) dive with a snorkel | - |
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| snort | (verb) make a snorting sound by exhaling hard | - |
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| (verb) indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose | - |
| (verb) inhale through the nose | Synonyms: take a hit |
| (verb) inhale recreational drugs | Synonyms: huff |
| snow | (verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | Synonyms: bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes |
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| (verb) fall as snow | - |
| snowball | (verb) increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate | - |
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| (verb) throw snowballs at | - |
| snowboard | (verb) glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board | - |
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| snowmobile | (verb) ride a snowmobile | - |
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| snowshoe | (verb) travel on snowshoes | - |
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| snub | (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: rebuff, repel |
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| (verb) refuse to acknowledge | Synonyms: cut, disregard, ignore |
| snuff | (verb) inhale (something) through the nose | - |
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| (verb) sniff or smell inquiringly | Synonyms: snuffle |
| snuffle | (verb) snuff up mucus through the nose | Synonyms: snivel |
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| (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, blubber, sniffle, snivel |
| (verb) sniff or smell inquiringly | Synonyms: snuff |
| snuggle | (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle |
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| (verb) position comfortably | Synonyms: nestle |
| soak | (verb) fill, soak, or imbue totally | Synonyms: imbue |
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| (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, sop, souse |
| (verb) heat a metal prior to working it | - |
| (verb) become drunk or drink excessively | Synonyms: hit it up, inebriate, souse |
| (verb) make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | Synonyms: inebriate, intoxicate |
| (verb) beat severely | - |
| (verb) submerge in a liquid | - |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, surcharge |
| (verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money | Synonyms: hock, pawn |
| soap | (verb) rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning | Synonyms: lather |
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| soar | (verb) go or move upward | - |
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| (verb) fly upwards or high in the sky | - |
| (verb) rise rapidly | Synonyms: soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom |
| (verb) fly a plane without an engine | Synonyms: sailplane |
| (verb) fly by means of a hang glider | Synonyms: hang glide |
| sob | (verb) weep convulsively | - |
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| sober | (verb) become sober after excessive alcohol consumption | Synonyms: sober up |
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| (verb) become more realistic | Synonyms: sober up |
| (verb) cause to become sober | - |
| socialise | (verb) make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies | Synonyms: socialize |
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| (verb) prepare for social life | Synonyms: socialize |
| (verb) train for a social environment | Synonyms: socialize |
| (verb) take part in social activities; interact with others | Synonyms: socialize |
| socialize | (verb) make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies | Synonyms: socialise |
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| (verb) prepare for social life | Synonyms: socialise |
| (verb) train for a social environment | Synonyms: socialise |
| (verb) take part in social activities; interact with others | Synonyms: socialise |
| sock | (verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bash, bonk, bop, whap, whop |
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| sod | (verb) cover with sod | - |
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| sodomise | (verb) practice anal sex upon | Synonyms: bugger, sodomize |
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| (verb) copulate with an animal | Synonyms: sodomize |
| sodomize | (verb) practice anal sex upon | Synonyms: bugger, sodomise |
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| (verb) copulate with an animal | Synonyms: sodomise |
| soften | (verb) become soft or softer | - |
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| (verb) make soft or softer | - |
| (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, weaken |
| (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, moderate |
| (verb) protect from impact | Synonyms: buffer, cushion |
| (verb) make (images or sounds) soft or softer | - |
| (verb) give in, as to influence or pressure | Synonyms: relent, yield |
| soil | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime |
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| sojourn | (verb) spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily | - |
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| solace | (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: comfort, console, soothe |
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| solarise | (verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarize, sun |
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| (verb) overexpose to sunlight | Synonyms: solarize |
| (verb) become overexposed | Synonyms: solarize |
| (verb) reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it | Synonyms: solarize |
| solarize | (verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarise, sun |
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| (verb) overexpose to sunlight | Synonyms: solarise |
| (verb) become overexposed | Synonyms: solarise |
| (verb) reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it | Synonyms: solarise |
| solder | (verb) join or fuse with solder | - |
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| soldier | (verb) serve as a soldier in the military | - |
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| sole | (verb) put a new sole on | Synonyms: resole |
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| solemnise | (verb) make solemn and grave | Synonyms: solemnize |
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| (verb) observe or perform with dignity or gravity | Synonyms: solemnize |
| (verb) perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies | Synonyms: solemnize |
| solemnize | (verb) make solemn and grave | Synonyms: solemnise |
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| (verb) observe or perform with dignity or gravity | Synonyms: solemnise |
| (verb) perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies | Synonyms: solemnise |
| solicit | (verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | Synonyms: beg, tap |
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| (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: accost, hook |
| (verb) incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination | - |
| (verb) make a solicitation or petition for something desired | - |
| (verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: court, romance, woo |
| solidify | (verb) become solid | - |
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| (verb) make solid or more solid; cause to solidify | - |
| soliloquise | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuise, monologuize, soliloquize |
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| soliloquize | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuise, monologuize, soliloquise |
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| solmizate | (verb) sing using syllables like `do', `re' and `mi' to represent the tones of the scale | - |
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| (verb) sing by the syllables of solmization | - |
| solo | (verb) perform a piece written for a single instrument | - |
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| (verb) fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers | - |
| solvate | (verb) undergo solvation or convert into a solvate | - |
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| (verb) cause a solvation in (a substance) | - |
| solve | (verb) find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of | Synonyms: figure out, lick, puzzle out, work, work out |
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| (verb) find the solution | Synonyms: resolve |
| (verb) settle, as of a debt | Synonyms: clear |
| somersault | (verb) do a somersault | - |
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| somnambulate | (verb) walk in one's sleep | Synonyms: sleepwalk |
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| sonnet | (verb) compose a sonnet | - |
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| (verb) praise in a sonnet | - |
| soot | (verb) coat with soot | - |
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| soothe | (verb) cause to feel better | - |
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| (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: comfort, console, solace |
| sop | (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, soak, souse |
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| (verb) dip into liquid | - |
| (verb) be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid | Synonyms: soak through |
| (verb) give a conciliatory gift or bribe to | - |
| sophisticate | (verb) make more complex or refined | - |
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| (verb) alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive | Synonyms: doctor, doctor up |
| (verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | Synonyms: convolute, pervert, twist, twist around |
| (verb) make less natural or innocent | - |
| sorb | (verb) take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption | Synonyms: take up |
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| sorcerise | (verb) transform or change by means of sorcery | Synonyms: sorcerize |
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| sorcerize | (verb) transform or change by means of sorcery | Synonyms: sorcerise |
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| sorrow | (verb) feel grief | Synonyms: grieve |
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| sort | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, class, classify, separate, sort out |
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| (verb) examine in order to test suitability | Synonyms: screen, screen out, sieve |
| sough | (verb) make a murmuring sound | Synonyms: purl |
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| sound | (verb) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line | Synonyms: fathom |
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| (verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords | Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize, voice |
| (verb) make a certain noise or sound | Synonyms: go |
| (verb) cause to sound | - |
| (verb) announce by means of a sound | - |
| (verb) give off a certain sound or sounds | - |
| (verb) appear in a certain way | - |
| soundproof | (verb) insulate against noise | - |
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| soup | (verb) dope (a racehorse) | - |
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| sour | (verb) go sour or spoil | Synonyms: ferment, turn, work |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, acidulate |
| source | (verb) specify the origin of | - |
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| (verb) get (a product) from another country or business | - |
| souse | (verb) cook in a marinade | - |
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| (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop |
| (verb) become drunk or drink excessively | Synonyms: hit it up, inebriate, soak |
| (verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | Synonyms: dip, douse, dunk, plunge |
| sovietise | (verb) model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | Synonyms: sovietize |
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| (verb) bring under Soviet control, of a country | Synonyms: sovietize |
| sovietize | (verb) model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | Synonyms: sovietise |
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| (verb) bring under Soviet control, of a country | Synonyms: sovietise |
| sow | (verb) introduce into an environment | - |
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| (verb) place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth | Synonyms: seed |
| (verb) place seeds in or on (the ground) | Synonyms: inseminate, sow in |
| space | (verb) place at intervals | - |
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| spacewalk | (verb) move in space outside a space craft | - |
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| spade | (verb) dig (up) with a spade | - |
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| spam | (verb) send unwanted or junk e-mail | - |
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| span | (verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: cross, sweep, traverse |
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| spang | (verb) leap, jerk, bang | Synonyms: bang |
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| spangle | (verb) decorate with spangles | Synonyms: bespangle |
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| (verb) glitter as if covered with spangles | - |
| spank | (verb) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | Synonyms: larrup, paddle |
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| spar | (verb) fight verbally | - |
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| (verb) box lightly | - |
| (verb) fight with spurs | - |
| (verb) furnish with spars | - |
| spare | (verb) use frugally or carefully | - |
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| (verb) give up what is not strictly needed | Synonyms: dispense with, give up, part with |
| (verb) refrain from harming | Synonyms: save |
| (verb) save or relieve from an experience or action | - |
| sparge | (verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: besprinkle, sprinkle |
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| (verb) agitate by introducing air or compressed gas | - |
| spark | (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
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| (verb) emit or produce sparks | Synonyms: sparkle |
| sparkle | (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth |
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| (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate |
| (verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate |
| (verb) emit or produce sparks | Synonyms: spark |
| spat | (verb) clap one's hands together | Synonyms: clap |
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| (verb) spawn | - |
| (verb) engage in a brief and petty quarrel | - |
| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, clap |
| (verb) strike with a sound like that of falling rain | - |
| (verb) become permanently attached | - |
| (verb) come down like raindrops | - |
| spatchcock | (verb) interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story | - |
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| (verb) prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock | - |
| spatter | (verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: plash, splash, splatter, splosh, swash |
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| (verb) spot, splash, or soil | Synonyms: bespatter |
| (verb) rain gently | Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spit, sprinkle |
| spawn | (verb) lay spawn | - |
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| (verb) call forth | Synonyms: breed, engender |
| spay | (verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, castrate, neuter |
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| spaz | (verb) to act insanely | - |
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