Squeeze the lemons and add the juice to the mixture. She squeezed his hand.
to go into a small space; to push too much into a small space
Fifty people squeezed into the small room. Can you squeeze another person into your car? ►squeeze noun [ count ]
She gave my arm a squeeze.
squash
squeeze
squeeze
press crush
squid / skwid / noun [ count ] ( plural squid or squids )
an animal that lives in the ocean. It has a soft body and ten long parts (called tentacles ). — Look at the picture at octopus .
squint / skwint / verb ( squints , squint ing , squint . ed )
to look at something with your eyes almost closed to squint in bright sunlight
squir • rel / ' skwaral /
noun [ count ]
a small gray, brown, or black animal with a big, thick tail. Squirrels live in trees and eat nuts.
squirt / skwart/ verb ( squirts , squirt . ing , squirt . ed )
(used about a liquid) to suddenly come out and go onto something or toward something; to make this happen I bit into the orange and juice squirted out. He squirted me with water.
Sr.
abbreviation of Senior John Brown, Sr.
St.
abbreviation of saint
abbreviation of street
stab / streb / verb ( stabs , stab . bing , stabbed )
to push a knife or another sharp thing into someone or something
He was stabbed in the back.
sta • bil • i • ty АШИ / sta' bilati/ noun [ noncount ]
being steady and not changing
After so many changes, we need a period of stability.
sta • bi • lize AWL / ' steibbaiz / verb ( sta . bi liz . es , sta . bi . liz ing , sta bi . lized )
to become or to make something firm, steady, or not likely to change
The patient's condition has stabilized.
sta • ble 1 AWL / ' steibl / adjective
not likely to move, fall, or change
Don't stand on that chair — it's not very stable.
—ANTONYM unstable
sta • ble2AWL / ' steibl / noun [count]
a building where you keep horses
stack1 / strek / noun [ count ]
a lot of things on top of one another a stack of books
—SYNONYM pile
stack 2 / strek / verb ( stacks , stack . ing , stacked )
to put things on top of one another I stacked up the chairs after the concert.
sta • di • um / ' steidiam / noun [ count ]
( SPORTS ) a place with seats around it where you can watch sports
a football stadium Thesaurus
field an area of land used for playing team sports such as baseball, football, and soccer: a baseball/football field ♦ The team ran out on the field. ♦ The school has its own playing field .
court an area where certain ball games are played: a basketball/tennis/squash court ♦ He won after only 52 minutes on the court.
stadium a large place with seats around the sides where you can watch sports: a football/sports stadium ballpark an area where baseball is played: The batter hit one right out of the ballpark.
track an area with a special surface for people or cars to have races on: a running/racing track ♦ track and field events (= which involve running, jumping, and throwing )
staff / stffif / noun [ plural ]
the people who work in a place The hotel staff were very friendly.
stage О / steid3 / noun [ count ]
a particular time in a longer set of things that happen The first stage of the project lasts for two weeks.
At this stage , I don't know what I'll do when I leave school.
