| skill |
When you have a skill, you have the ability to do something well. You improve a skill by practicing. |
| skin |
Your skin is the part of your body that covers the whole outside of it. When you touch something with your fingers, it is really the skin of your fingers that touches it. [2 definitions] |
| skip |
When you skip, you move forward by sliding and jumping a little on one foot and then on the other. When you skip, you usually move along faster than walking but not as fast as running. [2 definitions] |
| skirt |
A skirt is a piece of clothing that hangs from the waist and is open all around the bottom. |
| skull |
Your skull is the structure of bone that is inside your head. The skull supports your face and protects your brain. |
| skunk |
A skunk is a small animal with black and white fur and a thick tail. Skunks are awake at night, and that is when they hunt for food. When a skunk needs to protect itself from another animal, it sprays something that smells very bad at it. [2 definitions] |
| sky |
The sky is the air or space above the earth. During the day, the sky usually looks blue or gray. At night the sky looks mostly black. |
| skyscraper |
A skyscraper is a very tall building. |
| slant |
When something slants, it leans or is at an angle. If the roof of a building is not flat, it slants. If a road goes up a hill, then the road must slant. |
| sled |
A sled is something people use to slide or travel over snow and ice. A sled is made of a flat piece of wood or other material with long blades attached under it. When you use a sled, you usually lie or sit on it. There is also a kind of sled that you stand on. That kind of sled is usually pulled by dogs. [2 definitions] |
| sleep |
When you sleep, you rest your body and mind. When you are sleeping, your eyes are closed, and you don't know what is happening around you. [3 definitions] |
| sleeping bag |
A sleeping bag is something that is made for sleeping on the ground or on the floor. It is a long bag made with soft and warm material, and it has a zipper along one side and at one end. |
| sleepy |
When you are sleepy, you need sleep or you are starting to go to sleep. |
| sleet |
Sleet is rain that turns into ice as it comes down from the sky. |
| sleeve |
A sleeve is the part of a shirt or other piece of clothing that covers your arm. |
| slice |
When you slice something, you make straight cuts through it and make pieces that are usually about the same size. When you slice meat, you make long, flat pieces. When you slice pie, you make pieces that look like the shape of triangles. [2 definitions] |
| slide |
When someone or something slides, they moves easily over a smooth surface. It is sometimes hard to stop or control something that is sliding. [3 definitions] |
| slight |
Slight means very small. When there is a slight change in the weather it means that there is a very small change in the weather. |
| slightly |
Slightly means by a small amount or to a very small degree. When something is slightly dirty, it means that it is just a little dirty. |
| slip1 |
When you slip, you slide suddenly or by accident on a very smooth surface. [2 definitions] |
| slipper |
Slippers are things that you wear on your feet only in the house. Many people wear slippers before they go to bed and when they get up in the morning. Slippers are comfortable and keep your feet warm. |