Homonyms (part 6 S, T, U, V, W, X, Y) |

| sachet | a small bag containing perfumed powder | |
| sashay | to strut or flounce | |
| sacks | bags | |
| sax | short for saxophone | |
| sail | wind powered water travel | |
| sale | the act of selling | |
| sane | mentally normal | |
| seine | fishing net | |
| saner | more mentally normal than others | |
| seiner | one who fishes with a net | |
| saver | one who saves | |
| savor | to relish a taste | |
| sawed | cut timber | |
| sod | turf | |
| scene | visual location | |
| seen | past tense of saw | |
scent, see: cent
| scull | rowing motion | |
| skull | head bone | |
| sea | ocean | |
| see | to look | |
| seal | to close | |
| seel | to close someone's eyes | |
| seam | row of stitches | |
| seem | appears | |
| seamen | sailors | |
| semen | male discharge | |
| seams | more than one rows of stitching | |
| seems | it appears to be | |
| sear | scorched | |
| seer | a person who sees | |
| seas | oceans | |
| sees | looks | |
| seize | to grab | |
| sects | religious factions | |
| sex | if you have to ask, you're too young | |
| seek | to look for | |
| Sikh | Hindu religious sect | |
| serf | slave | |
| surf | breaking waves | |
| serge | strong twilled fabric | |
| surge | forceful push | |
| sew | needle and thread | |
| so | in the manner shown | |
| sol | musical note | |
| sow | broadcasting seeds | |
| sewer | one who sews | |
| sower | one who sows | |
| sewer | waste drain | |
| suer | one who sues | |
| shake | vibrate | |
| sheik | Arab prince | |
| shall | is allowed | |
| shell | aquatic exoskeleton | |
| she'll | contraction of "she will" | |
| shill | a decoy | |
| shear | to cut or wrench | |
| sheer | thin; abrupt turn | |
| shears | cuts or wrenches; scissors | |
| sheers | abruptly turns | |
| sheave | pulley | |
| shiv | knife | |
| shoe | footwear | |
| shoo | "go away" | |
| shoes | more than one shoe | |
| shoos | sends away | |
| sic | to set upon | |
| sick | ill | |
| sics | sets upon | |
| six | whole number | |
| side | lateral | |
| sighed | breathed sorrowfully | |
| sighs | multiple sad and weary breaths | |
| size | magnitude | |
| sign | displayed board bearing information | |
| sine | reciprocal of the cosecant | |
| sink | to submerge | |
| synch | together in time | |
| Sioux | tribe of native Americans | |
| sou | French coin worth five centimes | |
| sough | soft sound | |
| sue | bring civil action | |
| slay | kill | |
| sleigh | snow carriage | |
| sleight | cunning skill | |
| slight | not much | |
| slew | past tense of slay | |
| slough | bog | |
| slue | to swing around | |
| sloe | blackthorn berries | |
| slow | not fast | |
| soar | fly | |
| sore | hurt | |
| soared | to have sailed through the air | |
| sword | long fighting blade | |
| solace | comfort | |
| soulless | lacking a soul | |
| sole | only | |
| soul | immortal part of a person | |
| some | a few | |
| sum | result of addition | |
| son | male child | |
| sun | star | |
| sonny | diminutive for male child | |
| sunny | lit by the sun | |
| soot | black residue of burning | |
| suit | clothes | |
| sordid | squalid | |
| sorted | arranged | |
| spade | shovel | |
| spayed | to sterilize a female animal | |
| spoor | trail of an animal | |
| spore | single cell reproductive body | |
| staid | reserved | |
| stayed | remained | |
| stair | a step | |
| stare | look intently | |
| stake | wooden pole | |
| steak | slice of meat | |
| statice | an astringent herb | |
| status | position with regard to law | |
| stationary | not moving | |
| stationery | writing paper | |
| steal | take unlawfully | |
| steel | iron alloy | |
| step | a measure taken | |
| steppe | a level, grassy, unforested plain | |
| stile | narrow passage | |
| style | mode | |
| stoop | a small porch | |
| stoup | a drinking cup | |
| storey | the horizontal divisions of a building | |
| story | a narrative tale | |
| straight | not crooked | |
| strait | narrow waterway | |
| succor | relief | |
| sucker | one who sucks | |
| suede | split leather | |
| swayed | curved; convinced | |
| suite | ensemble | |
| sweet | sugary | |
| summary | precis | |
| summery | like summer | |
| sundae | ice cream with syrup on it | |
| Sunday | first day of the week | |
| tach | short for tachometer | |
| tack | small nail | |
| tacks | small nails | |
| tax | governmental tithe | |
| tail | spinal appendage | |
| tale | story | |
| tailer | one who hauls in on a ship's line | |
| tailor | one who makes clothes | |
| taper | wedge-shaped | |
| tapir | hoglike, Malaysian mammal | |
| tare | allowance for the weight of packing materials | |
| tear | to rip | |
| taught | past tense of teach | |
| taut | stretched tight | |
| tea | herbal infusion | |
| tee | golfball prop | |
| ti | musical note | |
| team | a group working together | |
| teem | to swarm | |
| teaming | a fortuitous pairing | |
| teeming | a swarming | |
| tear | eyeball lubricant | |
| tier | a horizontal row | |
| teas | more than one herbal infusion | |
| tease | tantalize | |
| tees | more than one tee | |
| tenner | English slang for a ten pound note | |
| tenor | tendency | |
| tense | nervous | |
| tents | more than one temporary shelter | |
| tern | a shorebird | |
| terne | alloy of lead and tin | |
| turn | rotate | |
| Thai | from Thailand | |
| tie | a draw | |
| the | denoting persons already mentioned | |
| thee | objective case of thou | |
| their | belonging to them | |
| there | a place | |
| they're | contraction of "they are" | |
| threw | to propel by hand | |
| through | from end to end | |
| throe | a spasm of pain | |
| throw | to discharge through the air | |
| throes | spasms of pain | |
| throws | discharging through the air | |
| throne | the royal seat | |
| thrown | was hurled | |
| thyme | herb | |
| time | natures way of keeping everything from happening at once | |
| tic | twitch | |
| tick | small noise; parasitic bug | |
| ticks | the sounds of a clock | |
| tics | more than one twitch | |
| tide | periodic ebb and flow of oceans | |
| tied | passed tense of tie | |
| tighten | to make tighter | |
| titan | a giant | |
| timber | wood for building | |
| timbre | musical quality | |
| tire | round, rubber things on your car | |
| tyer | one who ties | |
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