Words that start with S

S is for Shard

A shard is a broken fragment of something, particularly broken glass or earthenware.

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S is for Share

Sharing is when you take something and you break it up so several people can have some too. You can share time as well as things like food. The two girls in the picture are sharing a smoothie.

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S is for Shark

Fish

Sharks are a type of large fish that live in the sea. There are many different varieties of shark. Some eat smaller fish, some eat penguins and seals, and others eat the same way as large whales, by sifting out tiny sea animals from the water.
Sharks constantly grow new teeth, and can lose thousands in their lifetime. Their skeleton is not made of bone, unlike most fish and animals, but is made from something softer and more flexible called cartilage. In people, cartilage is found around the ends of our bones to make our joints easier to move.

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S is for Sharp

Adjectives

Something is sharp if it has a thin edge or point. Knives are usually sharp, as are the thorns on roses. You have to be careful around things that are sharp so that you do not cut and hurt yourself. Broken glass has very sharp edges. The opposite of sharp is blunt.

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S is for Shave

Verbs

Shaving is removing your hair with a very sharp blade down to the level of your skin so you can't see the hair anymore. Most men shave their chins, some people shave their heads, and other people shave anywhere they don't want hair.

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S is for Shawl

Clothing

A shawl is a simple garment that is worn draped over your shoulders, or sometimes worn over your head like a kind of hood.
Most shawls are either triangular or are folded into a triangle.

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S is for Sheaf

Collective nouns

A sheaf is a bundle of a freshly harvested cereal crop like rice or wheat. When harvesting was done by hand, the harvest was bundled up into sheafs that were just big enough for one person to carry.

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S is for Shear

Verbs

Shearing is the process of removing the fleece from an animal like a sheep or alpaca. When the animal's wool gets too long, it needs to be removed by shearing it. Most wild animals that grow wool shed their fleeces themselves once a year, but domestic animals don't and need to be shorn.

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S is for Shearer

Jobs

A shearer is someone who clips the wool, called a fleece, from sheep or other wooly animals.

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S is for Sheath

Containers

A sheath is a covering for the blade of a knife. Sheaths are often made of leather, and can be quite decorative.

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S is for Shed

List of structures

Sheds are usually found in backyards or on farms for storing tools, machinery or just things the owner isn't using. Sheds are not meant to live in, and often don't have windows or more than a dirt floor. Sheds are usually made out of wood or metal.

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S is for Sheep

Farm animals

Sheep are closely related to goats. People keep sheep for their wool and their meat. Every year the wool must be cut off the sheep so it can be used to make clothes - people who do this are called shearers.
Male sheep are called rams, female sheep are called ewes and baby sheep are called lambs. Rams grow big, curled horns as they get older.

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Generated image of a cat behind a sheer curtain

S is for Sheer

Adjectives

Something is sheer if it is very thin and you can see through it. It is usually used to describe stockings or drapes.

It might also mean a long vertical drop, like a sheer cliff.

The cat in the picture is behind a sheer curtain.

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S is for Sheet

List of bedroom items

Sheets are large, thin pieces of fabric that you put on your bed. Usually there is one sheet covering the mattress and another over the top of that one. You sleep between the sheets.

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S is for Sheik

Ranks & titles

Sheik is an Arabic word used to describe a male leader. Sheik can be used to describe the leader of a government, community, or family. Sheik is also commonly spelled sheikh.

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S is for Shelf

List of home decor

A shelf is a horizontal piece of wood or metal that is attached to a wall so you can put things on it.
The plural of shelf is shelves.

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S is for Shell

Natural structures, Body parts

A shell is the hard outside coating found on many animals. Snails have shells that form a spiral that was built up as the snail grew bigger. crabs and turtles have a hard shell that perfectly fits the animal inside. Most animals that have shells can hide inside them if they are scared.

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