Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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smart
adjective
1 quick and intelligent.
A smart idea.
2 well-dressed.

He looked very
smart in his
new suit.
N comparisons smarter smartest

smash
smashes smashing
smashed verb

to break something
into pieces.

The plates
smashed
on the
ground.

smear
smears smearing smeared verb
to spread something
sticky or messy.

He smeared glue onto the back
of the picture.
N say smeer
smear noun

smell

smells smelling smelled

verb

1 to use

your nose

to notice

odors.

Smelling a rose.

2 to have an odor.

The barn smelled of hay.

smell

smells noun

1 the sense you use to notice

odors through your nose.

Smell is one of the five senses.

2 the odor of something,

usually unpleasant.

What a smell!

smile

smiles smiling smiled verb

to show you are happy by

widening your mouth and

turning up the corners of

your lips.

smile noun

smoke

noun

the cloud of gas and small

ash particles that rises

from a fire.

smoke verb

smolder

smolders smoldering smoldered

verb

to burn very slowly, without

any flames.

N say smole-dur

smooth

adjective

having an even surface,

without sharp edges or

lumps.

As smooth as glass.

N opposite rough

smudge

smudges noun

a dirty mark made by

rubbing or smearing

something onto a surface.

She had a smudge of chalk

on her cheek.

smudge verb

smuggle

smuggles smuggling smuggled

verb

to take something into

a place secretly and illegally.

They smuggled their cargo

into the country under cover

of darkness.

snack

snacks noun

a small amount of food eaten

between meals or instead of

a meal.

snake

snakes noun

a long, thin reptile with no

legs. Snakes eat insects,

eggs, fish, or animals. Some

snakes are poisonous, while

others kill by

squeezing their

prey tightly.

snap

snaps snapping snapped verb

1 to make a sudden

cracking noise.

Snap your fingers.

2 to break

suddenly.

She snapped

the stick in half.

3 to talk in

a quick, angry way.

“Why haven’t you done your

homework?” he snapped.

snarl

snarls snarling snarled verb

to growl fiercely, showing

the teeth.

The guard dog snarled

at the burglar.

snarl

snail

snails noun

a slow-moving animal

with a spiral shell. Snails live

on land or in water and eat

mainly plants. When in danger,

snails pull their soft bodies

back into their shells.

vine snake

smuggler