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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boot

UK /buːt/ · US /but/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms boots booting booted

  1. noun (footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  2. noun (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
  3. noun (uncountable) A blow with the foot; a kick.
  4. noun (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  5. noun (figurative, with definite article) Oppression, an oppressor.
  6. noun (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
  7. noun (US, transport) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  8. noun (aviation) A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
  9. verb (transitive) To kick. “I booted the ball toward my teammate.”
  10. verb To put boots on, especially for riding.
  11. verb (colloquial, Canada, US, usually with it) To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual. “The storm is coming fast! Boot it!”
  12. verb (informal) To eject; kick out. “We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible.”
  13. verb (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
  14. verb (slang) To vomit. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.”
  15. verb (MLE, criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
  16. noun (archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.
  17. noun (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
  18. noun (countable, uncountable) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
  19. noun (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
  20. noun (obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.

Synonyms

kick wheel clamp butt heel ender outsider trunk dicky firing layoff buskin mukluk hoof bootstrap boot up start bang charge rush flush thrill the boot iron boot iron heel kicking reboot bring up

Antonyms

shut down stop turn off

Etymology

From Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Of obscure origin, but probably related to Old French bot (“club-foot”), bot (“fat, short, blunt”), from Old Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewt-, *bʰewd- (“to strike, push, shock”); if so, a doublet of butt. Compare Old Norse butt (“stump”), Low German butt (“blunt, plump”), Old English bytt (“small piece of land”), buttuc (“end”). More at buttock and debut.

From Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“atonement, improvement”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).
Akin to Old Norse bót (“bettering, remedy”) (Danish bod), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta), German Buße. Doublet of bote (a borrowing from Middle English).

Clipping of bootstrap.

From bootleg (“to make or sell illegally”), by shortening.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
  2. noun That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
  3. verb To profit; to advantage; to avail; --generally followed by it; as, what boots it What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them Hooker.
  4. verb To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]

Etymology [OE. bot, bote, adbantage, amends, cure, AS. b; akin to Icel. b, Sw. bot, Dan. bod, Goth. b, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E. better, adj. 1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief. He gaf the sike man his boote. Chaucer. Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound. Sir W. Scott. Next her Son, our soul's best boot. Wordsworth. 2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged. I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one. Shak. 3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.]

Etymology [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of uncertain origin.]

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

Sanskrit

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