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[5] endure, experience, feel, have, know, see, suffer, taste, undergo—more at EXPERIENCE

sus·tain·able adjective : capable of being sustained

Synonyms

defensible, justifiable, maintainable, supportable, tenable—more at TENABLE

bearable, endurable, sufferable, tolerable—more at BEARABLE

sus·te·nance noun 1 : FOOD, NOURISHMENT

2 : a supplying with the necessities of life

3 : something that sustains or supports

su·ture noun 1 : material or a stitch for sewing a wound together

2 : a seam or line along which two things or parts are joined by or as if by sewing

SUV noun [ORIGIN: sport-utility vehicle]

: a vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis

su·zer·ain noun [ORIGIN: F]

1 : a feudal lord

2 : a nation that has political control over the foreign relations of another nation

— su·zer·ain·ty noun

svc or svce abbreviation service

svelte adjective svelt·er; svelt·est [ORIGIN: F, fr. It svelto, fr. pp. of svellere to pluck out, modif. of L evellere, fr. e- out + vellere to pluck]

: SLENDER, LITHE

svgs abbreviation savings

SW abbreviation 1 shortwave

2 southwest

1swab noun 1 : MOP

2 : a wad of absorbent material esp. for applying medicine or for cleaning; also : a sample taken with a swab

3 : a member of a ship's crew : SAILOR

Synonyms

gob, jack, jack-tar, mariner, sailor, seaman, tar—more at SAILOR

2swab verb swabbed; swab·bing : to use a swab on : MOP

swad·dle verb swad·dled; swad·dling 1 : to bind (an infant) in bands of cloth

2 : to wrap up : SWATHE

swaddling clothes noun plural : bands of cloth wrapped around an infant

swag noun : stolen goods : LOOT

Synonyms

booty, loot, plunder, spoil—more at LOOT

swag·ger verb 1 : to walk with a conceited swing or strut

2 : to puff oneself up in speech : BOAST

— swagger noun

Synonyms

[1] stalk, strut—more at STRUT

[2] boast, brag, crow, plume—more at BOAST

Swa·hi·li noun : a language that is a trade and governmental language over much of eastern Africa and the Congo region

swain noun [ORIGIN: ME swein boy, servant, fr. ON sveinn]

1 : RUSTIC; especially : SHEPHERD

2 : a male admirer or suitor

Synonyms

beau, boyfriend, fellow, man—more at BOYFRIEND

gallant, suitor, wooer—more at SUITOR

SWAK abbreviation sealed with a kiss

1swallow noun : any of numerous small long-winged migratory birds that often have a deeply forked tail

2swallow verb 1 : to take into the stomach through the throat

2 : to envelop or take in as if by swallowing

3 : to accept or believe without question, protest, or anger

4 : to keep from expressing or showing

Synonyms

[3] accept, believe, credit, trust—more at BELIEVE

[4] choke, pocket, repress, smother, stifle, strangle, suppress—more at SUPPRESS

3swallow noun 1 : an act of swallowing

2 : an amount that can be swallowed at one time

Synonyms

draft, drag, drink, nip, quaff, shot, slug, snort, swig—more at DRINK

swal·low·tail noun 1 : a deeply forked and tapering tail like that of a swallow

2 : TAILCOAT

3 : any of various large butterflies with the border of each hind wing usu. drawn out into a process resembling a tail

— swal·low–tailed adjective

swam past of SWIM

swa·mi noun [ORIGIN: Hindi svāmī, fr. Skt svāmin owner, lord]

: a Hindu ascetic or religious teacher

1swamp noun : a spongy wetland

— swamp adjective

— swampy adjective

Synonyms

bog, fen, marsh, mire, morass, slough; also quagmire; muck, mud, ooze, slime, slop, sludge, slush

2swamp verb 1 : to fill or become filled with or as if with water

2 : to overwhelm numerically or by an excess of something

Synonyms

[1] deluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge—more at FLOOD

[2] carry away, crush, devastate, floor, oppress, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, snow under—more at OVERWHELM

swamp·land noun : a spongy wetland : SWAMP

swan noun, plural swans