| sleaze | (noun) tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | Synonyms: cheapness, tackiness, tat |
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| sleaziness | (noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: manginess, seediness, shabbiness |
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| (noun) morally dishonorable | - |
| sleazy | (adjective) morally degraded | Synonyms: seamy, seedy, sordid, squalid |
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| (adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, tinny |
| (adjective) of cloth; thin and loosely woven | - |
| sled | (noun) a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow | Synonyms: sledge, sleigh |
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| (verb) ride (on) a sled | Synonyms: sleigh |
| sledder | (noun) someone who rides a sled | - |
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| sledding | (noun) the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh | - |
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| (noun) advancing toward a goal | Synonyms: going |
| sledge | (noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges | Synonyms: maul, sledgehammer |
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| (noun) a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow | Synonyms: sled, sleigh |
| (verb) beat with a sledgehammer | Synonyms: sledgehammer |
| (verb) transport in a sleigh | - |
| (verb) ride in or travel with a sledge | - |
| sledgehammer | (noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges | Synonyms: maul, sledge |
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| (verb) beat with a sledgehammer | Synonyms: sledge |
| sleek | (adjective) having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk | Synonyms: satiny, silken, silklike, silky, slick |
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| (adjective) well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed | - |
| (adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: aerodynamic, flowing, streamlined |
| (verb) make slick or smooth | Synonyms: slick |
| sleekly | (adverb) in a sleek glossy manner | - |
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| sleekness | (noun) the smooth feel of silk fabric | Synonyms: silkiness |
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| (noun) the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored | - |
| sleep | (noun) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended | Synonyms: slumber |
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| (noun) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) | Synonyms: eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest |
| (noun) a torpid state resembling deep sleep | Synonyms: sopor |
| (noun) a period of time spent sleeping | Synonyms: nap |
| (verb) be asleep | Synonyms: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, slumber |
| (verb) be able to accommodate for sleeping | - |
| sleeper | (noun) an unexpected hit | - |
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| (noun) tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water | Synonyms: sleeper goby |
| (noun) a passenger car that has berths for sleeping | Synonyms: sleeping car, wagon-lit |
| (noun) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track | Synonyms: crosstie, railroad tie, tie |
| (noun) a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed | - |
| (noun) pajamas with feet; worn by children | - |
| (noun) a rester who is sleeping | Synonyms: slumberer |
| (noun) an unexpected achiever of success | - |
| (noun) a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal | - |
| sleepily | (adverb) in a sleepy manner | - |
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| sleepiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: drowsiness, somnolence |
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| sleeping | (adjective) lying with head on paws as if sleeping | Synonyms: dormant |
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| (noun) the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate | - |
| (noun) quiet and inactive restfulness | Synonyms: dormancy, quiescence, quiescency |
| (noun) the state of being asleep | - |
| sleepless | (adjective) always watchful | Synonyms: lidless |
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| (adjective) experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness | Synonyms: insomniac, watchful |
| sleeplessly | (adverb) without sleep; in a sleepless manner | - |
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| sleeplessness | (noun) a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep | Synonyms: wakefulness |
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| sleepover | (noun) an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) | - |
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| sleepwalk | (verb) walk in one's sleep | Synonyms: somnambulate |
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| sleepwalker | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: noctambulist, somnambulist |
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| sleepwalking | (noun) walking by a person who is asleep | Synonyms: noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulation, somnambulism |
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| sleepwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, nightwear |
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| sleepy | (adjective) ready to fall asleep | Synonyms: sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded |
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| sleepyhead | (noun) a sleepy person | - |
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| sleepyheaded | (adjective) ready to fall asleep | Synonyms: sleepy-eyed, sleepy |
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| sleet | (noun) partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) | - |
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| (verb) precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow | - |
| sleety | (adjective) consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain | - |
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| sleeve | (noun) the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm | Synonyms: arm |
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| (noun) small case into which an object fits | - |
| sleeved | (adjective) made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified; often used in combination | - |
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| sleeveless | (adjective) having no sleeves | - |
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| (adjective) unproductive of success | Synonyms: bootless, fruitless, futile, vain |
| sleigh | (noun) a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow | Synonyms: sled, sledge |
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| (verb) ride (on) a sled | Synonyms: sled |
| sleight | (noun) adroitness in using the hands | Synonyms: dexterity, manual dexterity |
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| slender | (adjective) very narrow | Synonyms: thin |
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| (adjective) small in quantity | Synonyms: slim |
| (adjective) having little width in proportion to the length or height | - |
| (adjective) being of delicate or slender build | Synonyms: slight, slim, svelte |
| slenderise | (verb) make slender or appear to be slender | Synonyms: slenderize |
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| slenderize | (verb) take off weight | Synonyms: melt off, reduce, slim, slim down, thin |
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| (verb) make slender or appear to be slender | Synonyms: slenderise |
| slenderly | (adverb) in a slim or slender manner | Synonyms: slightly, slimly |
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| (adverb) to a meager degree or in a meager manner | Synonyms: meagerly, meagrely, sparingly |
| slenderness | (noun) the quality of being slight or inadequate | - |
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| (noun) the property of an attractively thin person | Synonyms: slightness, slimness |
| (noun) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width | Synonyms: tenuity, thinness |
| sleuth | (noun) a detective who follows a trail | Synonyms: sleuthhound |
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| (verb) watch, observe, or inquire secretly | Synonyms: snoop, spy, stag |
| sleuthhound | (noun) a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking | Synonyms: bloodhound |
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| (noun) a detective who follows a trail | Synonyms: sleuth |
| sleuthing | (noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | Synonyms: detecting, detection, detective work |
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| slew | (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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| (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
| (verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: skid, slide, slip, slue |
| slews | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, stacks, tons, wads |
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