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Sheen
- noun - the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
Sheep
- noun - a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"
- a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
- woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
Sheer
- adjective - cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
- directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
- not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
- so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
- straight up or down without a break
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
- very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
Sheet
- noun - (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
- a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
- bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
- come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
- cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
- newspaper with half-size pages
- paper used for writing or printing
Skeel
- - A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
Skeet
- noun - the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
Sleek
- adjective - designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow; "a streamlined convertible"
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"
- make slick or smooth
- well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed; "sleek figures in expensive clothes"
Sleep
- noun - a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
- a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"
- a torpid state resembling deep sleep
- be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
- be asleep
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"