All English words - page 3437

Meanings of Sixtes:

noun

The sixth of the eight parrying positions.

Meanings of Sixth:

ordinal number

Constituting number six in a sequence; 6th.

Usage examples:

Her sixth novel

adjective

(in the position of) the number 6 in a series; 6th

Usage examples:

This skater is ranked sixth in the world., [ c ] we leave on the sixth of june.

Meanings of Sixth-sense:

noun

An ability to know something without using the ordinary five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste

Usage examples:

My sixth sense told me something awful was going to happen.

Meanings of Sixths:

ordinal number

Constituting number six in a sequence; 6th.

Usage examples:

Her sixth novel

adjective

(in the position of) the number 6 in a series; 6th

Usage examples:

This skater is ranked sixth in the world., [ c ] we leave on the sixth of june.

Meanings of Sixtieth:

ordinal number

Constituting number sixty in a sequence; 60th.

Usage examples:

The sixtieth anniversary of the company's founding

adjective

(in the position of) the number 60 in a series; 60th

Usage examples:

He finished sixtieth in the marathon.

Meanings of Sixtine:

adjective

Relating to any of the popes called sixtus, especially sixtus iv.

Usage examples:

The two-and-a-half hour mass began with the vatican's sistine choir singing the gregorian chant, gr…

Meanings of Sixty:

cardinal number

The number equivalent to the product of six and ten; ten more than fifty; 60.

Usage examples:

A crew of sixty

number

60

Usage examples:

My uncle is sixty., a sixty-foot boat

Meanings of Sizable:

adjective

Fairly large.

Usage examples:

A sizeable proportion of the population

Meanings of Sizar:

noun

An undergraduate at cambridge university or at trinity college, dublin, receiving financial help from the college and formerly having certain menial duties.

Usage examples:

At first he was a sizar but from his second year onwards he received a full scholarship.

Meanings of Sizars:

noun

An undergraduate at cambridge university or at trinity college, dublin, receiving financial help from the college and formerly having certain menial duties.

Usage examples:

At first he was a sizar but from his second year onwards he received a full scholarship.

Meanings of Size:

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

Meanings of Size up:

idiom

Look at closely in order to form an opinion about

phrasal verb

To examine something in order to make a judgment or form an opinion

Usage examples:

After sizing up the opposition, abe suggested a strategy.

Meanings of Sizeable:

adjective

Fairly large.

Usage examples:

A sizeable proportion of the population

Meanings of Sizeably:

adverb

Very much, or in a large way

Usage examples:

The organization's goals include sizeably reducing government., the likelihood of readmission to ho…

Meanings of Sizes:

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

Meanings of Sizing:

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

Meanings of Sizing-up:

phrasal verb

To examine something in order to make a judgment or form an opinion

Usage examples:

After sizing up the opposition, abe suggested a strategy.

Meanings of Sizzle:

verb

(of food) make a hissing sound when frying or cooking.

Usage examples:

The bacon began to sizzle in the pan

noun

A hissing sound, as of food frying or cooking.

Usage examples:

The sizzle of hot dogs

Meanings of Sizzlers:

noun

A very hot day

Meanings of Sjambok:

noun

(in south africa) a long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hide.

Usage examples:

The police used tear gas and sjamboks to break up the crowd.

verb

Flog with a sjambok.

Usage examples:

She was sjambokked because she was thought to have been involved in witchcraft

Meanings of Sk:

abbreviation

Saskatchewan (in official postal use).

Meanings of Skag:

noun

Heroin.

Meanings of Skags:

noun

Heroin.

Meanings of Skanda:

proper noun

The hindu war god, first son of shiva and parvati and brother of ganesha. he is depicted as a boy or youth, sometimes with six heads and often with his mount, a peacock.

Meanings of Skate:

noun

An ice skate or roller skate.

Usage examples:

Everyone was on skates

verb

Move on ice skates or roller skates in a gliding fashion.

Usage examples:

The boys were skating on the ice