Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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scoop
scoops scooping scooped verb
to lift something up using your
hand or a tool shaped like
a deep spoon.

Scooping pasta out of a jar.

score
scores scoring scored verb
to win points in a game.

scorn
scorns scorning scorned verb
to show by words or your
expression that you do not
think much of something
or someone.
The journalist scorned the
plans for the power plant.
scornful adjective

scorpion
scorpions noun

a small, nocturnal animal
that is part of the same
animal group as spiders.
Scorpions usually live in hot
regions. They eat insects and
spiders that they kill with
the poisonous
stingers on
their tails.

scowl
scowls scowling scowled verb
to frown in an angry
or bad-tempered way.
She scowled when she was
given extra homework.
scowl noun

scramble

scrambles scrambling scrambled

verb

1 to crawl or climb fast,

using your hands.

He scrambled back up

the riverbank.

2 to mix together.

Scrambling an egg.

scrap

noun

1 a small piece of something.

scraps

of paper

2 anything that is worn out

or no longer of any use.

The cars were sold as scrap.

scrap verb

scrape

scrapes scraping scraped verb

to drag an object across

something, often removing

part of the surface.

Scraping wallpaper

off the walls.

scratch

scratches scratching scratched

verb

1 to make a mark

on the surface of something

with a sharp object.

The cat scratched the tree.

2 to rub skin with fingernails

or claws to stop it from

itching.

scratch noun

scream

screams screaming screamed

verb

to cry out in a loud, high

voice because you are

frightened or in pain.

scream noun

screen

screens noun

1 a flat surface onto which

moving images are projected.

Some movie theaters have

six screens.

2 a barrier that is used

to hide, separate, or

protect something.

She dressed behind a screen.

3 the part of a computer

or television on which

the picture or text appears.

screw

screws noun

a metal pin used for

fastening things together.

screwdriver

screwdrivers noun

a tool for turning screws.

script

scripts noun

1 a written version of a play,

film, radio, or television show.

2 handwriting.

scrub

scrubs scrubbing scrubbed verb

to clean by rubbing hard.

Scrubbing a rabbit hutch.

sculpture

sculptures noun

a piece of

art made

from wood,

stone, metal,

or another

solid material.

sea

seas noun

the salt water that

covers two-thirds of

the Earth’s surface.

sea

scoop

imperial scorpion