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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breed

/ˈbɹiːd/ verb, noun, proper noun

Forms breeds breeding bred breede

  1. verb To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
  2. verb (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of. “A pond breeds fish.”
  3. verb (of animals) To mate.
  4. verb (transitive) To keep (animals) and have (them) reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities.
  5. verb (transitive, often with to or with) To arrange the mating of (specific animals). “She wanted to breed her cow to the neighbor's registered bull.”
  6. verb To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities. “He tries to breed blue roses.”
  7. verb To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up. “born and bred”
  8. verb To yield or result in. “disaster breeds famine”
  9. noun All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies. “a breed of tulip”
  10. noun A race or lineage; offspring or issue.
  11. noun (informal) A group of people with shared characteristics. “People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed.”
  12. proper noun A surname.
  13. proper noun A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States, named after postmaster George M. Breed.

Synonyms

raise bring up rear creampie cream strain stock engender spawn cover multiply

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English breden, from Old English brēdan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną (“to brood”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“warm”). Cognate with Scots brede, breid, Saterland Frisian briede, West Frisian briede, Low German bröden, Dutch broeden, German brüten.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
  2. verb To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.
  3. verb To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply itself; to be pregnant.
  4. verb To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth.

Etymology [OE. breden, AS. bredan to nourish, cherish, keep warm, from brod brood; akin to D. broeden to brood, OHG. bruoten, G. brüten. See Brood.]

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “breed” (best matches first).

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