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Slaving
- verb - work very hard, like a slave
Slaying
- verb - kill intentionally and with premeditation;
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Snaking
- verb - form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley"
- move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"
- move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
Snaring
- verb - catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
- entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
Soaking
- verb - beat severely
- become drunk or drink excessively
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
- extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet"
- fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"
- heat a metal prior to working it
- leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
- the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); "a good soak put life back in the wagon"
- washing something by allowing it to soak
Soaping
- verb - rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
Soaring
- verb - ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices"
- fly a plane without an engine
- fly by means of a hang glider
- fly upwards or high in the sky
- go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"
- of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"
- rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"
- the activity of flying a glider
Spacing
- verb - place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"
- the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
- the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some women do not control the spacing of their children"
Spading
- verb - dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds"
Sparing
- verb - avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
- give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
- refrain from harming
- save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
- use frugally or carefully