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sit up
  • v  not go to bed
  • v  change to an upright sitting position
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situate
  • v  determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
  • v  put (something somewhere) firmly
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size up
  • v  to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
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sizz
  • v  express or utter with a hiss
  • v  make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
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skim off
  • v  remove from the surface
  • v  pick the best
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skim over
  • v  read superficially
  • v  move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
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skimcoat
  • v  coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle
    he skimcoated the drywall
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skimp
  • v  work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
  • v  limit in quality or quantity
  • v  subsist on a meager allowance
  • v  supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
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skitter
  • v  to move about or proceed hurriedly
  • v  glide easily along a surface
  • v  cause to skip over a surface
  • v  twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
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skive
  • v  remove the surface of
    skive leather
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skreak
  • v  make a high-pitched, screeching noise
  • v  utter a harsh abrupt scream
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