| 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 | - |