Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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supply
supplies noun
a quantity of something that
may be needed.

The farmer kept a supply
of grain in the barn.
supply verb

support
supports supporting supported
verb

to hold something or someone
up to stop it, or them,
from falling.

She supported her friend
who had hurt his leg.
support noun

suppose
supposes supposing supposed
verb

to think that something is
true or likely.
I suppose you are right.

sure
adjective

certain, or with no doubt.
I am sure you will enjoy your
stay here.
N say shoor

surf

surfs surfing surfed verb

1 to balance on a special

board while riding on waves

as they begin to break near

the seashore.

2 to explore the internet.

surface

surfaces noun

the outside or top

of something.

These buttons have

shiny surfaces.

N say sur-fus

surgeon

surgeons noun

a doctor

who treats

patients by

doing operations.

N say sur-jun

surgery

surgeries noun

1 a medical operation that

involves cutting open part

of a patient’s body.

2 a place where you go

to see a doctor or dentist

for treatment.

N say sur-juh-ee

surname

surnames noun

the last part of someone’s

name that shows which

family they belong to.

surprise

surprises noun

something that happens

when you do not expect it.

She got a surprise when

she received the package!

surprise verb

surprising adjective

surrender

surrenders surrendering

surrendered verb

to give yourself up.

The kidnappers finally

surrendered to the police.

surround

surrounds surrounding

surrounded verb

to be or to go on all sides

of something.

The bench

surrounded

the tree trunk.

survive

survives surviving survived verb

to continue to live after an

event in which you might

have died.

They all survived the crash.

survivor

survivors noun

a person who is still alive

after experiencing an event

that might have killed them.

He was one of three survivors

of the shipwreck.

N say sur-vy-vur

suspect

suspects suspecting suspected

verb

1 to think that someone

is guilty of something.

I suspect her of being a thief.

suspect noun

2 to suppose that something

is likely.

I suspect it will rain.

suspend

suspends suspending

suspended verb

to attach something

by its top so that it

hangs down.

The baskets are

suspended from

a hook.

suspense

noun

the feeling of being anxious

or excited about what might

happen next.

This movie is full of suspense.

suspicious

adjective

1 suspecting something bad.

I became suspicious when

my friends didn’t answer

the telephone for a week.

2 behaving in a way that

makes people

suspect you.

A suspicious character

was climbing into the house.

N say su-spish-us

suspicious

surfer

surfboard