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Studying
- verb - be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
- give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"
- learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
- reading carefully with intent to remember
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "
Stuffing
- verb - a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"
- fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
- fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
- obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
- padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture
- press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
- treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin"
Stumping
- verb - campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches)
- cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"
- remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"
- travel through a district and make political speeches; "the candidate stumped the Northeast"
- walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"
Stunning
- verb - causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat"
- causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke"
- commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"
- hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
- make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
- overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"
- strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
Stunting
- verb - check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
- perform a stunt or stunts
- the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
Stymying
- verb - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
Suasions
- noun - the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
Subagent
- - A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter.
Subduing
- 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"
Suberone
- - The hypothetical ketone of suberic acid. (b) A colorless liquid, analogous suberone proper, having a pleasant peppermint odor. It is obtained by the distillation of calcium suberate.