Verbs that start with S

You scare someone when you make them scared or frightened.
The man in the picture is trying to scare his cat.

Scold means to angrily lecture or chide someone, especially a child, for doing something wrong.

You scrape something when you rub a rough object along it and remove some of the top layer. When you fall over on asphalt you scrape your knees.
The car in the picture has a big scrape down its side.

You search for something when you look for it very carefully.

You see something if you can tell it is there, using your eyes. Being able to see means you have the sense of sight. Someone who cannot see is blind.

You send something when you make it go somewhere. You send a parcel by taking it to a post office. You send out your troops by ordering them to go.

lan You shake something when you move it vigorously up and down or from side to side. The dog in the photo is shaking water out of its coat. People shake drinks like milk to make them frothy.
Shaking can be used to communciate too. People shake their heads from side to side to mean "no", and two people will shake hands as a greeting.

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.

Something shines when a bright light comes from it.

Something can shine from a reflection or it may be the source of the light, like the sun in the picture.

You shove something when you push it roughly. The man in the picture is shoving another man into a swimming pool.