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Verbs that start with S

Verbs are things you do. Action words!

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Sis forSalute

A salute is a formal gesture of respect. Salutes are most often used by the military, but are also used by organisations like the Scouts.

Sis forScare

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

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.

Sis forScold

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

Sis forScoop

A scoop is a kind of spoon that is deep and shaped like a hemisphere.

A scoop might also mean something made with a scoop, for example a scoop of icecream.

Sis forScrape

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.

Sis forScrub

You scrub something when you use something stiff and scratchy like a scrubbing brush to clean it with. When you scrub something you do it vigorously, not gently.

Sis forSearch

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

Sis forSedate

Sedate is another word for calm. If you are sedated, you have been given a drug to make you calm.

Sis forSee

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.

Sis forSell

You sell something when you give it to someone else in exchange for some money. The man in the picture is in a shop selling some goods to a customer.
The opposite of sell is buy. The past tense of sell is sold.

Sis forSend

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.

Sis forSent

Sent is the past tense of send. For example, "I sent you a parcel in the post".

Sis forShake

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.

Sis forShave

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.

Sis forShear

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.

Sis forShelve

You shelve something when you store it away on a shelf. The man in the picture has a stack of books he is going to shelve.

Sis forShine

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.

Sis forShoot

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

Sis forShove

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