Words that start with S

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

Sis forShoe

A shoe is a piece of clothing that is worn on your feet. Shoes come in all different styles. Shoes protect your feet from getting hurt by the hard ground.

Sis forShoot

You shoot when you fire a projectile from a weapon such as a gun or bow.

Sis forShop

A shop is a place that sells things. Most shops sell one particular kind of things - the shop in the picture sells clothes. You go into a shop when you want to buy the things that they sell in that shop.

Sis forShore

The shore is where the land meets the sea. There are lots of words you can use instead of shore, like coast or beach.

Sis forShorn

An animal or a person is shorn if they had all their hair, fur or wool removed. A person whose job is to shear animals is called a shearer.

Sis forShort

Something is short if the highest part of it is much lower than the top of similar things. The woman in the picture is much shorter than the man in the picture. The opposite of short is tall.

Sis forShorts

A pair of shorts is a garment that covers you from your waist down, but doesn't cover your legs completely. Shorts usually stop above your knees. Shorts used to only be worn by schoolboys, but are now worn by anybody.

Sis forShot

Something has been shot, if it was damaged by someone shooting at it. The glass in the picture has been shot, and has a bullet hole in it. Shot is the past tense of shoot.

Sis forShoulder

Your shoulder is the joint between your arm and your body. People sometimes tap you on the shoulder to get your attention. The woman in the picture has a rat on her shoulder.

Sis forShout

You shout, or yell, by raising your voice and being as loud as you can. People sometimes shout when they are angry, or when they are trying to get someone a long way away from them to hear them. Children sometimes shout when they are excited.