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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crave

/kɹeɪv/ verb, noun

Forms craves craving craved

  1. verb (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. “to crave for peace”
  2. verb (transitive, archaic or literary) To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority. “I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.”
  3. verb (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.
  4. noun (Scots law) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

Synonyms

hunger thirst starve lust

Etymology

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
  2. verb To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
  3. verb To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.

Etymology [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefia, Sw. kr, Dan. kr.]

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

Sanskrit

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