Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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snatch

snatches snatching snatched

verb

to take hold of

something suddenly.

I snatched my coat and ran

out of the house.

sneak

sneaks sneaking sneaked verb

to move or act in a quiet

or secret way.

He sneaked out of the room

when no one was looking.

sneaky adjective

sneer

sneers sneering sneered verb

to show scorn about

something or someone.

“My bike is better than yours,”

she sneered.

sneer noun

sneeze

sneezes sneezing sneezed verb

to force air out of your nose in

a sudden, uncontrolled way.

sneeze noun

sniff

sniffs sniffing sniffed verb

1 to breathe in noisily

through your nose.

Stop sniffing and blow

your nose!

2 to breathe in through

your nose, trying to

smell something.

Dogs find out about things

by sniffing them.

snip

snips snipping snipped verb

to cut something

with scissors in one,

quick movement.

Snipping the top off the box.

snore

snores snoring snored verb

to breathe noisily

as you sleep.

snorkel

snorkels noun

a short tube that a swimmer

holds in his or her mouth in

order to breathe underwater.

snorkel

snorkels snorkeling snorkeled

verb

to swim using a snorkel.

snout

snouts noun

an animal’s long nose and

jaws (see dinosaur on page

61, mammal on page 124,

and reptile on page 168).

snow

noun

soft, white flakes of ice

that fall from the clouds

in cold weather.

snow verb

snowy adjective

snowball

snowballs noun

a ball shape made

by pressing

snow together.

snowdrift

snowdrifts noun

snow that has been blown

into a pile by the wind.

snowflake

snowflakes noun

a group of ice

crystals that

falls as a tiny

piece of snow.

snowman

snowmen noun

a figure that

you build

with snow.

snowplow

snowplows noun

a machine used to clear

snow off the roads or off

other surfaces.

snowstorm

snowstorms noun

a storm during

which a lot of snow falls.

snug

adjective

comfortable

and warm.

The cat looked very snug

curled up inside the basket.

snuggle

snuggles snuggling snuggled verb

to lie close together in order to

keep warm.

soak

soaks soaking

soaked verb

to make

or become

thoroughly wet.

The rain had

soaked her hair.

soap

soaps noun

a substance used for washing.

soar

soars soaring soared verb

to fly high in the air.

The eagle soared over

the valley.

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