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.

forearm

/ˈfɔːˌɹɑːm/ noun, verb

Forms forearms forearming forearmed

noun (anatomy) The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow.
noun (firearms) A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.
verb (transitive, sometimes figurative) To arm in preparation.

Synonyms

From fore- + arm. Compare Dutch voorarm (“forearm”), Danish forarm (“forearm”), German Vorderarm (“forearm”).

verb To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need. South.
noun That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.

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