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Subdues
- verb - correct by punishment or discipline
- get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
- hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
- put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
- to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
Suckles
- verb - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
- suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"
Sudates
- verb - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
Sulkies
- noun - a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
Sullies
- verb - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
Sundaes
- noun - ice cream served with a topping
Supples
- verb - make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"
Suttees
- noun - the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
Sutures
- noun - a seam used in surgery
- an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
- join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"
- thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
Swamies
- noun - a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect