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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fuller

UK /ˈfʊ.lə/ · US /ˈfʊ.ləɹ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Also a form of full

Forms fullers fullering fullered

  1. noun One who fulls cloth.
  2. noun A convex, rounded or grooved tool, used by blacksmiths for shaping metal.
  3. noun A groove made by such a tool (in the blade of a sword etc.).
  4. verb (transitive) To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer.
  5. proper noun A surname originating as an occupation, originally for someone who fulls cloth.
  6. proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname.
  7. proper noun An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
  8. proper noun A former community in Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  9. proper noun An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

Synonyms

tucker walker waulker feltmaker felter Melville W. Fuller Melville Weston Fuller Buckminster Fuller R. Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster Fuller

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fullere, from Old English fullere, from Latin fullō (“fuller”) + -ere; equivalent to full (“to densen cloth”) + -er.

Unknown.

From full.

From fuller.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease.
  2. noun A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; --called also a creaser.
  3. verb To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.

Etymology [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See Full, v. t.]

Etymology [From Full, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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