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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cruise

UK /kɹuːz/ · US /kɹuz/ noun, verb, proper noun

Also a form of cruse

Forms cruises cruising cruised cruize Cruce Cruse

  1. noun A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
  2. noun (aeronautics) Portion of aircraft travel at a constant airspeed and altitude between ascent and descent phases.
  3. noun (US, military, informal) A period spent in the Marine Corps.
  4. noun A car enthusiasts' event where they drive their vehicles in a group.
  5. noun (bodybuilding, slang) A period of reducing the dosage of PEDs instead of cycling them off as opposed to a full-dosed cycle (blast).
  6. verb (intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure. “the romance of cruising down the Nile”
  7. verb (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
  8. verb (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
  9. verb (ambitransitive, forestry) To inspect (forest land) for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
  10. verb (ambitransitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.
  11. verb (transitive, colloquial) To attempt to pick up as a casual sexual partner; hit on
  12. verb (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occurring at 10 months).
  13. verb (intransitive, sports) To win easily and convincingly. “Germany cruised to a World Cup victory over the short-handed Australians.”
  14. noun A small cup; cruse.
  15. proper noun A surname from Anglo-Norman.

Synonyms

car show sail

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kruisen (“cross, sail around”), from kruis (“cross”), from Middle Dutch cruce, from Latin crux.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun See Cruse, a small bottle.
  2. verb To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure.
  3. verb To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.]
  4. noun A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure.

Etymology [D. kruisen to move crosswise or in a zigzag, to cruise, fr. kruis cross, fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, or directly fr. OF. croisier, F. croiser, to cross, cruise, fr. crois a cross. See Cross.]

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