Words that start with S

Photo of an olive in the bottom of a martini glass

Sis forSink

Something is said to sink in a liquid if it falls to the bottom. The olives in the martini in the picture have sunk to the bottom of the glass. Things sink because they have a higher density than the liquid they are in. The opposite of sink is float.

Science

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Sis forSip

You sip a drink when you drink only a very small amount at a time. When you sip your drink, you tend to drink it very slowly.

Verbs

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Sis forSipped

Sipped is the past tense of sip.

Past tense

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Sis forSis

Sis is short for sister.

Family & friends, Abbreviations

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Sis forSister

Your sister is a girl who has the same mother or father as you do.

Family & friends, Female

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Sis forSit

You sit down when you put most of your weight on your bottom, on a surface like a chair or sofa. Sitting down is usually more comfortable than standing up.

List of action and motion words, Verbs

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Sis forSix

There are six coloured eggs in the picture. The number before six is five. The number that comes after six is seven.

Numbers

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Sis forSixth

Something is sixth if it is the number sixth item in a list. Sixth comes after fifth and before seventh.

Ordinal numbers

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Sis forSize

Size is a measure of how big something is. You can measure size in defined units like inches, or you can use descriptive words like big, small, tiny or huge.

Forms & measures

Generated photo of a frying pan on a campfire

Photographic Dictionary / Generated Illustration

Sis forSizzle

Sizzling is the sound of cooking something in fat or oil at fairly high temperatures, like cooking bacon or sausages.

Sounds