Words that start with S

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

Sis forScar

A scar is a mark on your skin that shows where it has healed after it was damaged. Scar tissue can also form inside you if you have an internal injury. The man in the picture has a scar from donating a kidney.

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You scare someone when you make them scared or frightened. The man in the picture is trying to scare his cat.
A scarecrow is a human-shaped device that people put near crops to scare off birds. The idea is that the birds think the scarecrow is a real person and will stay away from it.

Sis forScared

You are scared or frightened when you are afraid of something. Children are often scared of big dogs or the dark. Many adults are scared of spiders. The boy in the picture is scared and hiding. Not to be confused with scarred.

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A scarf is a long piece of cloth, usually knitted, that you wear around your neck to keep you warm.

Sis forScarlet

Scarlet is a bright, intense red, tending towards the orange end of the red spectrum not the blue end.

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Something is scarred if it has one or more scars on it. When you have some hurt inside that hasn't gone away, you might say you are scarred too, for example "the experience left him badly scarred". Not to be confused with scared.

Sis forScatter

You scatter something if you spread them around at roughly even spacing but with no real order. People often scatter seeds to feed birds. The acorns in the picture are scattered all over the ground.
Schnauzers are dogs from Germany with a distinctive hairy moustache - 'schnauzer' is the German word for moustache. They are usually a salt-and-pepper colour, with white and black hairs mixed together. They were originally bred as a rat catcher and guard dog, but there are now three different size breeds - large, standard and miniature. They are friendly, loving dogs and are good with children. They are protective and make excellent guard dogs.