| show |
When you show something to someone, you let them look at it. [4 definitions] |
| shower1 |
When you take a shower, you wash yourself with water that comes out of a thing that is above your head. As you stand, the water sprays down over your head and body. [3 definitions] |
| shrimp |
A shrimp is a small animal that lives in water. It has a thin, hard shell and five pairs of thin legs. Most kinds of shrimp live in the ocean. [2 definitions] |
| shut |
When you shut something, you move it so that it covers an opening. When you shut a door, you close it. |
| shy1 |
When someone is shy, they feel a little afraid of talking with other people or letting other people look at them. Some people are always shy, but other people only feel shy sometimes. |
| sibling |
A sibling is a brother or a sister. |
| sick |
When someone is sick, they don't feel well. They have something wrong with their body. Maybe they have a cold or a disease. When people are very sick, they often have to stay in bed. [2 definitions] |
| sickness |
A sickness is a disease. The flu is an example of a sickness. [2 definitions] |
| side |
A side is one of the surfaces of a thing. A box has six sides. [7 definitions] |
| side dish |
A side dish is a small dish of food that sometimes comes with a meal. It is served on the side of the main dish. |
| sidewalk |
A sidewalk is a path for walking along the side of a street or road. Sidewalks are usually made of concrete. |
| sideways |
When you move sideways, you move toward the side and not toward the front or back. |
| Sierra Leone |
Sierra Leone is a country in Africa. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean between the countries of Guinea and Liberia. Sierra Leone has a tropical climate, and it has both rainforest and flat lands covered with grass. There are also some high mountains. Many people in Sierra Leone do farming or mining. |
| sight |
When you have sight, you can see. Sight is one of the five senses that humans have. The others are hearing, taste, touch, and smell. [3 definitions] |
| sign |
A sign is something with words or pictures that people put up somewhere so that other people can read it or look at it. A sign gives people some information or a warning. Sometimes signs are used for advertising things too. [4 definitions] |
| signal |
A signal is a movement or a thing that gives directions, a warning, or other information. |
| signature |
A signature is a special way that a person writes his or her name. A signature is a person's special mark. You often see a signature at the bottom of a painting or at the end of a letter. The signature shows who made the painting or wrote the letter. Sometimes it's hard to read people's signatures. The letters are not always clear. |
| silence |
When there is silence, it means that there is no sound. It is quiet. |
| silent |
When something is silent, it makes no sound. |
| silk |
Silk is a soft, shiny fiber made by certain insects, especially by an insect called a silkworm. |
| silly |
When something is silly, it does not make sense. [2 definitions] |