Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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weedy

/ˈwiːdi/ adjective

Forms weedier weediest

  1. adjective Abounding with weeds. “weedy grounds”
  2. adjective Of, relating to or resembling weeds.
  3. adjective Consisting of weeds.
  4. adjective (botany) Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas. “a weedy species”
  5. adjective (figurative, of a person or animal) Small and weak. “a weedy lad”
  6. adjective (figurative, UK, Ireland, informal) Lacking power or effectiveness. “a weedy excuse”

Synonyms

weedlike scraggy ungainly angular anorexic carrion emaciated gangling gangly gaunt haggard stringy macilent lank lanky leptosome pencil-necked puny rangy rawboned boney scrawny skinny underweight

Antonyms

weedless

Etymology

From weed + -y.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds. "Weedy trophies." Shak.
  2. adjective Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.
  3. adjective Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “weedy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details