Verbs that start with S

Strumming is a way of playing a stringed musical instrument, particularly a guitar. You strum a guitar by moving your fingers or a pick across the strings. You usually strum a guitar in a kind of rhythm.

Something is stuck to something else if it attached somehow. You can make things stick together by using glue. The picture is of some leaves stuck to a car tire.

You support something by holding it up, bearing its weight. If you are supporting a person, you are helping them.
The building in the picture is being supported by the mushroom-shaped structures underneath it.

You surrender when you stop fighting back, and give in to your enemy or opponent. It may also mean you surrender something you own.
For example, "she knew she was going to lose, so she surrendered", or "he surrendered his place on the sofa to his cat".
The opposite of surrender is resist.

You swallow something when you put it in your mouth and use the muscles in your throat to pull it down into your stomach. The bird in the picture is swallowing a fish.
You might also be interested in the bird by the same name.

Sway means to move from side to side or back and forth, often in a rhythmic fashion. The woman in the picture is swaying to the music.

lan Swimming is a way of moving when you are in the water, using your arms and legs to push you forwards. There are many different ways of swimming, with names like breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly and the one that most children start with - dog paddle!
You can use the word swim as a noun, as in "I am going for a swim".

You synchronize two or more actions when you do them at exactly the same time. The two women in the photo are practicing synchronized swimming.

People will also synchronize their watches to make sure they will all get to the same event at the same time.