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screw • dri • ver / ' skrudraivar / noun [ count ] a tool for turning screws . —Look at the picture at screw .

scrib • ble / skribl / verb ( scrib bles , scrib - bling , scrib - bled )

to write something or make marks on paper quickly and without care

The children scribbled in my book.

script / skript/ noun [ count ]

the written words that actors speak in a play or movie

scrip • ture ( also Scrip - ture ) / ' skriptjar / noun

[noncount]

( RELIGION ) the book or books that a particular religion is based on

scroll / skroul / verb ( scrolls , scroll - ing , scrolled )

( COMPUTERS ) to move what you can see on a computer screen up or down so that you can look at different parts of it

Scroll down to the bottom of the document.

scrub / skrAb / verb ( scrubs , scrub - bing , scrubbed )

to rub something hard to clean it, usually with a brush and soap and water He scrubbed the floor.

scruff • y / skrAfi / adjective ( scruff - i - er , scruff -i - est )

messy and perhaps dirty She was wearing scruffy jeans.

scu • ba div • ing / ' skuba |daivig / noun

[noncount]

swimming underwater using special equipment for breathing

You should never go scuba diving alone.

sculp • tor / 'skAlptar / noun [ count ]

( ART ) a person who makes shapes from materials like stone or wood

sculp • ture / ' skAlptfar / noun

[ count, noncount ]

( ART ) the art of making shapes from stone, wood, or other material; a work of art that has been made in this way He's studying sculpture at college. a marble sculpture of the goddess Venus

sea / si / noun

(GEOGRAPHY)

Sea [ count ] a big area of salt water the Black Sea

—Look at ocean .

[ noncount ] the ocean

The pieces of wood floated out to sea .

at sea

traveling on the ocean We spent three weeks at sea.

sea • food / sifud / noun [ noncount ]

fish and small animals from the ocean that we eat, especially shellfish (= animals with shells that live in water )

sea • gull / ' sigAl / noun [ count ]

a big, gray or white bird that lives near the ocean and makes a loud sound

sea l1 / sii / noun [ count ]

an animal with short fur that lives in and near the ocean, and that eats fish

a piece of paper or plastic on a package or bottle, which you have to break before you can open it

seal 2 / sil / verb ( seals , seal ing , sealed )

to close something by sticking two parts together She sealed the envelope.

seam / sim / noun

[count]

a line where two pieces of cloth are joined together

search 1 Ф / _S3rtj/ verb

( search es , search - ing , searched )

to look carefully because you are trying to find someone or something

I searched everywhere for my pen. I searched the document to find the names.

search 2Ф / sort// noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural search . es )

when you try to find someone or something I found my key after a long search.

We drove around the town in search of a cheap restaurant.

The search for the murder weapon goes on.

search en • gine / 'sartj ^nd3an / noun

[ count ]

( COMPUTERS ) a computer program that searches the Internet for information

sea .shell/ sijd/ seashell

noun [ count ] the empty shell of a small animal that lives in the

sea • shore / ' sijor / noun the seashore

[ singular ]

( GEOGRAPHY ) the land next to the ocean We were looking for seashells on the seashore .

sea • sick / sisik / adjective

( HEALTH ) If you are seasick , you feel sick because the boat you are on is moving a lot.

sea .son О / '_Sizn/ noun

[count]

one of the four parts of the year

(called spring , summer , fall , and winter )