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si de-splitting ADJ Something that is side-splitting is very funny and makes you laugh a lot. [INFORMAL ] □  …a side-splitting joke.

side|step /sa I dstep/ (sidesteps , sidestepping , sidestepped ) also side-step

1 VERB If you sidestep a problem, you avoid discussing it or dealing with it. □ [V n] Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question. □ [V n] He was trying to sidestep responsibility. [Also V ]

2 VERB If you sidestep , you step sideways in order to avoid something or someone that is coming towards you or going to hit you. □ [V ] As I sidestepped, the bottle hit me on the left hip. □ [V n] He made a grab for her but she sidestepped him.

si de street (side streets ) N‑COUNT A side street is a quiet, often narrow street which leads off a busier street.

side|swipe /sa I dswa I p/ (sideswipes ) also side-swipe N‑COUNT If you take a sideswipe at someone, you make an unexpected critical remark about them while you are talking about something else. □ [+ at ] He sulks at setbacks, can't accept blame for failure, and makes gratuitous sideswipes at other golfers.

side|track /sa I dtræk/ (sidetracks , sidetracking , sidetracked ) also side-track VERB If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about a different thing. □ [be V -ed] He'd managed to avoid being sidetracked by Schneider's problems. □ [V n] The leadership moved to sidetrack the proposal. □ [V n + from ] They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task.

side|walk /sa I dwɔːk/ (sidewalks ) N‑COUNT A sidewalk is a path with a hard surface by the side of a road. [AM ] □  Two men and a woman were walking briskly down the sidewalk toward him. in BRIT, use pavement

side|ways /sa I dwe I z/

1 ADV [ADV after v] Sideways means from or towards the side of something or someone. □  Piercey glanced sideways at her. □  The ladder blew sideways. □  He was facing sideways. ● ADJ [ADJ n] Sideways is also an adjective. □  Alfred shot him a sideways glance.

2 ADV [ADV after v] If you are moved sideways at work, you move to another job at the same level as your old job. □  He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted. ● ADJ [ADJ n] Sideways is also an adjective. □  …her recent sideways move.

sid|ing /sa I d I ŋ/ (sidings )

1 N‑COUNT A siding is a short railway track beside the main tracks, where engines and carriages are left when they are not being used.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Siding is a wooden or metal covering on the outside walls of a building. [AM ]

si|dle /sa I d ^ə l/ (sidles , sidling , sidled ) VERB If you sidle somewhere, you walk there in a quiet or cautious way, as if you do not want anyone to notice you. □ [V prep/adv] A young man sidled up to me and said, 'May I help you?'

SIDS /s I dz/ N‑UNCOUNT SIDS is used to talk about the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, when it had not previously been ill. SIDS is an abbreviation for 'sudden infant death syndrome'.

siè|cle → see fin de siècle

siege /siː dʒ/ (sieges )

1 N‑COUNT [oft under N ] A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. □  We must do everything possible to lift the siege. □  The journalists found a city virtually under siege.

2 → see also state of siege

3 PHRASE If police, soldiers, or journalists lay siege to a place, they surround it in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. □  The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence.