| second2 |
A second is a very, very short amount of time. It takes about one second to touch your finger to your nose. In one minute, there are sixty seconds. [2 definitions] |
| secret |
When you have a secret place, you have a place that no one else knows about or can see. [2 definitions] |
| secretary |
A secretary is a person who works in an office. A secretary does many things in the office such as writing emails or letters, answering the telephone, organizing things for the office, and keeping important information. |
| see1 |
People use their eyes to see things. If there is light when you open your eyes, you can see what is around you. [5 definitions] |
| seed |
A seed is the small part of a plant that can grow into a new plant. Plants that grow from seeds have flowers. Sometimes, seeds fall from a plant into the ground near it, or sometimes the wind blows the seeds to some other place where they fall to the ground. When seeds are in the ground, the new plants can start to grow. Of course, people can pick seeds too and put them into the ground themselves. Some seeds are used for food by animals and people. |
| seem |
When your mom seems tired, it means that she looks or acts tired. Maybe she is sitting in a chair with her eyes closed, or maybe she doesn't want to talk or do her usual things. |
| seesaw |
A seesaw is something to play on, and you sometimes see it at a park. One person sits on one end of the seesaw and another person sits on the other. The two people have fun going up and down as the seesaw moves. A seesaw is made of a long piece of wood or other material. It is attached to something in the middle that holds it off the ground, but one end can move up when the other end moves down. |
| selfish |
When someone is selfish, they care much more about themselves than other people. |
| sell |
When you sell something, you give it to someone and they give you money for it. [2 definitions] |
| send |
When you send something, you make it go from one place to another. People often send things like letters, messages, and packages. [2 definitions] |
| Senegal |
Senegal is a country in Africa. It lies on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and it is between the countries of Guinea and Mauritania. Fishing and farming are important in Senegal. Many fish are sold to other countries. People grow a lot of cotton, rice, corn, and peanuts on farms. Mining for minerals is important in Senegal too. |
| sense |
A sense is a way your body and brain get information about the world outside your body. Human beings have five senses. They are touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing. [5 definitions] |
| sentence |
A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea. A sentence always has two parts. One is the subject part, and the other is the verb part. The subject tells us who or what we are talking about, and the verb tells us things like what the subject does or did. "My sister" is not a sentence, and "laughs like a monkey" is not a sentence, but "My sister laughs like a monkey" is a sentence because it has a subject part, "my sister," and a verb part, "laughs like a monkey." |
| sepal |
Sepals are the parts of a plant that a flower sits on. Sepals look like small leaves but they do something different and important. Before a flower opens, the flower is a bud, and its sepals are wrapped all around it. Their job is to hold and protect the bud. |
| separate |
When you separate things that are together, you take some of the things away from the other things, or you take one thing away from the other thing. Sometimes we separate things because we want all the similar things to be in one group and all the different things in another. Sometimes separating things means not mixing different things together. [3 definitions] |
| September |
September is the ninth month of the year. |
| Serbia |
Serbia is a country in Europe. Some of its neighbors are Hungary, Macedonia, and Croatia. Serbia has mountains, hills, and plains. There are forests and lands for farming. Serbia grows many strawberries and other berries. There are also many factories in Serbia that make things like clothes and things made from metals. |
| serious |
If your dad has a serious look on his face, he is not laughing or smiling. If someone says something serious, they are not joking. When a time is serious, it is a time when people are not laughing or smiling. [2 definitions] |
| serve |
When someone serves you in a restaurant, they bring you food and things to drink. [4 definitions] |
| service |
When someone gives you service, they help you in some way or do things for you. A waiter in a restaurant is someone who gives service. In a store, you get service from people who work there. Their service is to help you find things and help you pay for them. [3 definitions] |
| set |
A set is a group of things that go together or are used together. [5 definitions] |