Words that start with S

Six slippery snakes sailed southward on a silver ship to Sydney.

Scientific name: fragaria ananassa
The strawberry is the fruit of a small, low growing plant. Strawberries are red and very sweet. They are unusual because their seeds are on the outside, and most fruits have seeds on the inside. Strawberries are related to roses.

Sis forStray

A stray animal is any domestic animal that is wandering around with no owner. In the city stray animals are usually cats or dog but larger animals like cows can also go astray.
A streak is a long, narrow band of something. A streak might be a dirty mark, a patch of color, or even a cloud formation.
A group of tigers is called a streak, or an ambush.

Sis forStream

A stream is a kind of small river. Another word for stream is a creek.

Sis forStreet

A street, or road in a city or town is a place that people live on, or that has shops on. There are buildings on either side of the street and people walk or drive on the street. A very narrow street like the one in the picture is sometimes called a lane.

Sis forStretch

You stretch something when you pull it so it becomes longer and thinner. When you do warm-up excercises you stretch the muscles in your body, so people call them stretching exercises. The cat in the picture is having a good stretch.
Stretch marks are small lines that appear on the skin of people whose bodies have gone through a rapid change, such as growth, pregnancy or weight gain. Stretch marks are usually pink or purple when they appear and fade to silver or white after time passes.

Sis forStrew

You strew something if you scatter it around, for example "she strew hay in the stables". Once you strew something, it is strewn.

Sis forStrewn

Strewn is a similar word to scattered. Things are strewn if they have been spread around with no particular pattern. The toys in the picture are strewn.