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# S

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1. [**services**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/services.md) noun, plural (services; singular a service) Work done for people by someone, rather than goods made (cleaning, hairdressing, banking).
2. [**serving**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/serving.md) noun (a serving, servings); verb, -ing form of serve (serve, serves, served, serving); adjective (serving) A serving is an amount of food for one person; a portion.
3. [**servitude**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/servitude.md) noun (servitude) 1) Servitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave.
4. [**servo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/servo.md) noun (a servo, servos) 1) A servo (short for servomotor) is a small motor that can turn to an exact position and hold it, used in robots, remote-control cars and…
5. [**sesame**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sesame.md) noun (sesame, sesame seeds — the plant and seeds); exclamation (open sesame) A plant grown in warm countries for its small flat seeds.
6. [**session**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/session.md) noun (a session, sessions) A period of time spent doing one activity, such as a lesson, practice or meeting.
7. [**set**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/set.md) noun, verb, adjective (set, sets, set, setting) A set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set.
8. [**setback**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/setback.md) noun (a setback, setbacks) 1) Something that stops progress or makes things worse for a while; a problem that sets you back.
9. [**sett**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sett.md) noun (a sett, setts); also spelt set A sett is the home of a badger: a set of underground tunnels and rooms dug into the earth.
10. [**setting**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/setting.md) noun (a setting, settings); verb form (setting — from "set") 1) The place and time where a story happens. 2) A position of a control on a machine, such as the heat on an oven or the volume on a…
11. [**settle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/settle.md) verb (settle, settles, settled, settling) To come to rest and stay in one place: dust settles on shelves, the bird settled on a branch.
12. [**settlement**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/settlement.md) noun (a settlement, settlements) A place where people have come to live and built homes, such as a village or small town: an early farming settlement.
13. [**settler**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/settler.md) noun (a settler, settlers) A settler is a person who moves to a new place, often far away, to live there for good and make a home.
14. [**setup**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/setup.md) noun (a setup, setups; also set-up); verb as two words «set up» (set up, sets up, set up, setting up) A setup is the way things are arranged or organised: a gaming setup, the classroom setup.
15. [**seven**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seven.md) number (seven) 1) Seven is the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight. 2) A week is 7 days. 3) Seven o'clock is a time on the clock.
16. [**sevenfold**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sevenfold.md) adjective (sevenfold); adverb (sevenfold) 1) Seven times as big or as many. 2) Having seven parts. 3) (Bible) Seven times over, a lot: «avenged sevenfold».
17. [**seventeen**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seventeen.md) number (seventeen) 1) Seventeen is the number 17, one more than sixteen. 2) Seventeen is ten and seven.
18. [**seventeenth**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seventeenth.md) ordinal number (seventeenth, 17th); noun (a seventeenth — a fraction) Coming next after the sixteenth in order; number 17 in a line or list: the seventeenth runner.
19. [**seventh**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seventh.md) adjective, noun (seventh, sevenths) 1) Seventh means number 7 in order, after the sixth. 2) A seventh is one of seven equal parts of a whole, written 1/7.
20. [**seventieth**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seventieth.md) ordinal number / adjective (seventieth); noun (a seventieth, seventieths) Seventieth means number 70 in order, coming after the sixty-ninth: her seventieth birthday.
21. [**seventy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seventy.md) number (seventy) 1) Seventy is the number 70, which is seven tens. 2) The seventies are the numbers from 70 to 79, or a person's age from 70 to 79.
22. [**sever**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sever.md) verb (sever, severs, severed, severing) 1) To cut right through something, separating it. 2) To end a relationship or connection completely: «sever ties».
23. [**several**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/several.md) determiner, pronoun, adjective Several means more than two, but not very many: several friends.
24. [**severance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/severance.md) noun (severance); often «severance pay» Money paid to a worker when their job ends because the company no longer needs them; also called severance pay or redundancy pay.
25. [**severe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/severe.md) adjective (severe, more severe, most severe; also severer, severest) 1) Very bad, serious or harmful. 2) Very strict and harsh. 3) Very plain, with no decoration.
26. [**severely**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/severely.md) adverb (severely) Very badly or seriously: The house was severely damaged.
27. [**severity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/severity.md) noun (severity, uncountable; severities rare) Severity is how serious, strong or bad something is, such as the severity of an illness, an injury, a storm or a punishment.
28. [**sew**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sew.md) verb (sew, sews, sewed, sewn or sewed, sewing) To sew is to join cloth or attach things like buttons with a needle and thread.
29. [**sewage**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sewage.md) noun (sewage — uncountable) Sewage is the dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and drains that flows through pipes called sewers.
30. [**sewer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sewer.md) noun (a sewer, sewers); noun (a sewer — person who sews) A sewer is a large underground pipe or tunnel that carries away dirty water and waste from toilets, sinks and streets.
31. [**sewerage**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sewerage.md) noun (sewerage — uncountable) The system of underground pipes and drains that carries dirty water and toilet waste away from homes and buildings.
32. [**sewn**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sewn.md) verb, past participle of sew (sew, sews, sewed, sewn/sewed, sewing) Joined or fixed with a needle and thread: My name is sewn into my coat.
33. [**sex**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sex.md) noun (sex — uncountable; a sex, sexes) Sex is being male or female; people and most animals are born one sex or the other, decided by their body.
34. [**sexist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sexist.md) adjective (sexist); noun (a sexist, sexists) Treating people unfairly or badly because they are a boy or a girl, a man or a woman.
35. [**sexton**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sexton.md) noun (sexton, sextons) 1) A sexton is a church helper who looks after the church and its churchyard, digs graves and rings the bells.
36. [**shabbily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shabbily.md) adverb (shabbily) In a worn-out, old and untidy way: shabbily dressed means wearing old, faded, worn clothes.
37. [**shabby**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shabby.md) adjective (shabby, shabbier, shabbiest) Shabby means old, worn and untidy from a lot of use.
38. [**shade**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shade.md) noun (shade, uncountable; a shade, shades); verb (shade, shades, shaded, shading) Shade is an area where the sunlight is blocked, so it is cooler and darker: sit in the shade.
39. [**shadow**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shadow.md) noun (a shadow, shadows); verb (shadow, shadows, shadowed, shadowing) A shadow is a dark shape made on a surface when something blocks the light.
40. [**shadowy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shadowy.md) adjective (shadowy, shadowier, shadowiest) Full of shadows; dark and hard to see in: «a shadowy corner».
41. [**shady**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shady.md) adjective (shady, shadier, shadiest) A shady place is out of the sun, cool and partly dark, because trees or buildings block the light.
42. [**shaft**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaft.md) noun (a shaft, shafts) A shaft is a long, narrow hole that goes straight down or up, such as a mine shaft or a lift shaft.
43. [**shaggy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaggy.md) adjective (shaggy, shaggier, shaggiest) Shaggy means having long, thick, untidy hair or fur.
44. [**shah**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shah.md) noun (a shah, shahs; the Shah) The title of the king of Iran (Persia) in the past.
45. [**shake**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shake.md) verb (shake, shakes, shook, shaken, shaking); noun (a shake, shakes) To shake is to move something quickly up and down or side to side.
46. [**shaken**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaken.md) verb form: past participle of shake (shake, shakes, shook, shaken, shaking); adjective (shaken) Shaken is a form of "shake": moved quickly up and down or side to side.
47. [**shaker**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaker.md) noun (a shaker, shakers); Shaker (a member of a religious group) A container with small holes in the lid for shaking out salt, pepper, sugar or other powder.
48. [**shaky**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaky.md) adjective (shaky, shakier, shakiest); adverb: shakily Shaking or trembling, often because of fear, cold, illness or weakness (shaky hands, a shaky voice).
49. [**shale**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shale.md) noun (shale — usually uncountable) Shale is a soft grey or dark rock made of hardened mud or clay that splits easily into thin flat layers.
50. [**shallow**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shallow.md) adjective (shallow, shallower, shallowest); noun (the shallows) Shallow means not deep: there is only a short distance from the top to the bottom.
51. [**sham**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sham.md) noun (shams); adjective (sham); verb (sham, shams, shammed, shamming) A sham is something fake or pretended, made to look real.
52. [**shame**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shame.md) noun (shame, uncountable; a shame); verb (shame, shames, shamed, shaming) Shame is the bad, hot feeling you have when you know you did something wrong or silly and others may know.
53. [**shamefaced**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shamefaced.md) adjective 1) Shamefaced means feeling ashamed and embarrassed, and showing it in the face or manner.
54. [**shameful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shameful.md) adjective (shameful, more shameful, most shameful); adverb «shamefully» 1) Causing shame; so bad or wrong that people should feel ashamed of it. 2) Disgraceful; shocking in a bad way.
55. [**shamefully**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shamefully.md) adverb (shamefully; more shamefully, most shamefully) 1) In a way that should make someone feel ashamed; very badly or unfairly: «They were shamefully treated.» 2) Showing shame.
56. [**shameless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shameless.md) adjective (shameless, more shameless, most shameless) Shameless describes someone who behaves badly and does not feel embarrassed about it.
57. [**shampoo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shampoo.md) noun (shampoo, shampoos); verb (shampoo, shampoos, shampooed, shampooing) 1) A liquid soap for washing hair. 2) A liquid for washing carpets, cars or pets. 3) To wash hair or a carpet with shampoo.
58. [**shamrock**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shamrock.md) noun (a shamrock, shamrocks) A shamrock is a small green plant with three round leaves on each stem, like clover.
59. [**shan**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shan.md) fragment (shan, from shan't); also Shan — a name A piece of the word «shan't», which means «shall not», as in «I shan't go».
60. [**shang**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shang.md) word (Mandarin, pinyin: shàng; also Shang, a name in Chinese history) 1) (Mandarin, pinyin) «Shàng» means «up», «on» or «above», and also «to go up» or «to go to», as in «shàng xué» (go to school); to an…
61. [**shanghai**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shanghai.md) proper noun (Shanghai — a city); verb (shanghai, shanghais, shanghaied, shanghaiing — old, informal) Shanghai is a huge city on the east coast of China, one of the biggest cities in the world, with a famous river front and tall towers.
62. [**shank**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shank.md) noun (shank, shanks) The shank is the lower part of a leg, between the knee and the ankle.
63. [**shanty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shanty.md) noun (a shanty, shanties) A small, roughly built hut or shack made from scrap materials.
64. [**shape**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shape.md) noun, verb (shape, shapes, shaped, shaping) A shape is the outline or form of something, like a circle, square or triangle.
65. [**shaped**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaped.md) adjective, verb form (shaped; from shape) 1) Shaped means having a certain form, like a heart-shaped cookie. 2) Shaped is the past form of shape: she shaped the dough into balls.
66. [**shapeless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shapeless.md) adjective (shapeless, more shapeless, most shapeless) 1) Having no clear or definite shape. 2) (clothes) Loose and baggy, not fitting the body. 3) Not well organised: a shapeless story.
67. [**shapely**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shapely.md) adjective (shapely, shapelier, shapeliest) 1) Shapely means having a pleasing, well-balanced shape or form.
68. [**shard**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shard.md) noun (a shard, shards) A sharp, broken piece of glass, pottery, metal or ice.
69. [**share**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/share.md) verb (share, shares, shared, sharing); noun (a share, shares) To share is to give parts of something to others so each person has some: share the pizza.
70. [**shareholder**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shareholder.md) noun (a shareholder, shareholders) A person or organisation that owns shares (small parts) in a company, and so owns a small part of it.
71. [**sharer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sharer.md) noun (a sharer, sharers) 1) A sharer is a person who shares something with others. 2) A sharer is someone who shares a flat or house (UK: house sharer).
72. [**shark**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shark.md) noun (a shark, sharks) A shark is a large fish with a long body, fins, rows of sharp teeth and a skeleton made of cartilage instead of bone.
73. [**sharp**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sharp.md) adjective (sharp, sharper, sharpest); adverb (sharp) Sharp means having a thin edge or fine point that can cut or pierce: a sharp knife.
74. [**sharpen**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sharpen.md) verb (sharpen, sharpens, sharpened, sharpening) To sharpen something is to make its edge or point sharper, like sharpening a pencil or a knife.
75. [**sharpened**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sharpened.md) verb form (past of sharpen: sharpen, sharpens, sharpened, sharpening); adjective (sharpened) Sharpened is the past form of «sharpen»: to make a point or edge sharper, like a pencil or a knife.
76. [**sharply**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sharply.md) adverb Sharply means suddenly and by a lot, like a road that turns sharply or prices that rise sharply.
77. [**sharpness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sharpness.md) noun (sharpness; uncountable) Sharpness is how sharp something is, how well its edge or point can cut or pierce.
78. [**shatter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shatter.md) verb (shatter, shatters, shattered, shattering) To shatter is to break suddenly into many small pieces.
79. [**shattered**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shattered.md) adjective (shattered); past form of shatter (shatter, shatters, shattered, shattering) Shattered means broken into many small pieces.
80. [**shave**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shave.md) verb (shave, shaves, shaved, shaving); noun (a shave, shaves) To cut hair off very close to the skin with a razor, as men do on their face.
81. [**shaven**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaven.md) adjective (shaven; past participle of shave) 1) Shaven means cut very close, with hair or fur shaved off, so the skin shows.
82. [**shaver**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaver.md) noun (a shaver, shavers) An electric tool with small moving blades for cutting hair close to the skin, usually on the face or legs.
83. [**shaving**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaving.md) verb (-ing form of shave); noun (shaving, shavings) The act of cutting hair off close to the skin with a razor.
84. [**shavuot**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shavuot.md) noun (Shavuot) A Jewish festival celebrating the giving of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai, and the wheat harvest; also called the Feast of Weeks.
85. [**shawl**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shawl.md) noun (a shawl, shawls) 1) A large piece of soft cloth, often wool or silk, worn over the shoulders or head, or wrapped around a baby.
86. [**shay**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shay.md) noun (a shay, shays — old); a name (Shay) Shay is a first name, used for boys and girls, from the Irish name Séamus or Séaghdha; it is also a surname.
87. [**she**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/she.md) pronoun (she — subject; her — object and possessive; hers; herself); noun (a she — a female, informal) A word used instead of the name of a girl, woman or female animal already talked about.
88. [**sheaf**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sheaf.md) noun (a sheaf, sheaves) A sheaf is a bundle of stalks of wheat, barley or other grain, tied together after cutting at harvest.
89. [**shear**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shear.md) verb (shear, shears, sheared, shorn or sheared, shearing); noun (shears = big scissors; shear in science) 1) To shear a sheep is to cut off its wool. 2) To shear can mean to cut or break something off, often by a strong sideways force: the bolt…
90. [**sheared**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sheared.md) verb past form of shear (shear, shears, sheared, shearing; also past participle shorn) Sheared means had the wool cut off: the sheep were sheared.
91. [**shearer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shearer.md) noun (a shearer, shearers) 1) A shearer is a person whose job is to cut the wool off sheep. 2) A shearer can be any person or machine that shears or cuts.
92. [**shearing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shearing.md) noun (shearing; uncountable); verb form (present participle of «shear»: shearing); adjective (shearing shed) Shearing is cutting the wool off a sheep, usually once a year.
93. [**shears**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shears.md) noun (shears — plural); verb form (shears — of shear: shear, shears, sheared, shearing/shorn) Shears are a large cutting tool like big, strong scissors, used for cutting hedges, grass, metal or sheep's wool.
94. [**sheath**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sheath.md) noun (a sheath, sheaths — say «sheeths» or «sheethz»); verb related: sheathe A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife, sword or dagger.
95. [**sheathe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sheathe.md) verb (sheathe, sheathes, sheathed, sheathing) 1) To sheathe is to put a sword or knife back into its case, called a sheath.
96. [**sheathed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sheathed.md) verb (sheathe, sheathes, sheathed, sheathing — past form); adjective (sheathed) Past form of «sheathe»: put a knife or sword back into its cover.
97. [**shed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shed.md) noun (shed, sheds); verb (shed, sheds, shed, shedding) A shed is a small simple building, often of wood, in a garden or yard for keeping tools, bikes or animals.
98. [**shedding**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shedding.md) verb form (shed, sheds, shed, shedding); noun (shedding — uncountable) Present participle of «shed»: losing hair, skin or leaves naturally.
99. [**sheen**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sheen.md) noun (sheen, sheens) 1) Sheen is a soft shine or gloss on a surface, such as silk, fur or feathers.
100. [**sheep**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sheep.md) noun (sheep, sheep) A sheep is a farm animal with a thick woolly coat.

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