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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.