Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

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

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)

-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.

childproof

adjective, verb

Forms childproofs childproofing childproofed

adjective Designed to be unable for a child to use, operate, or open. “Because of her arthritis, she always asked not to have childproof caps on her medicine bottles.”
adjective Made safe for children. “They attempted to make the house childproof by covering all sharp corners with soft foam.”
adjective Made safe from children; resistant to damage by children. “After several visits from his darling nephews, Mike's bookshelves were childproof; all breakables and valuable books had been moved out of reach.”
verb To make something childproof (in any sense). “I debated childproofing my house, but decided against, on the basis that any scars or burns would serve as object lessons in restraint.”

Synonyms

From child + -proof.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “childproof”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details