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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

cramp

/kɹæmp/ noun, verb, adjective, proper noun

Forms cramps cramping cramped

  1. noun A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction. “He retired hurt at 31 due to a leg cramp.”
  2. noun That which confines or contracts.
  3. noun A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
  4. noun A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
  5. verb (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
  6. verb (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
  7. verb (transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of. “You're cramping my style.”
  8. verb (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp. “You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.”
  9. verb To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
  10. verb (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
  11. verb To form on a cramp. “to cramp boot legs”
  12. adjective (archaic) cramped; narrow
  13. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

restraint shackle hindrance spasm muscle spasm cramp iron hamper halter strangle

Etymology

From Middle English crampe, from Old French crampe (“cramp”), from Frankish *krampa (“cramp”), from Proto-West Germanic *krampu, from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”). Distant relative of English crop.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shakle; a hindrance.
  2. noun A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
  3. verb To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
  4. verb To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.

Etymology [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. & Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel. krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram. See Grape.]

Etymology [See Cramp, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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