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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gear

UK /ɡɪə/ · US /ɡɪɚ/ noun, verb, adjective, proper noun

Forms gears gearing geared

  1. noun (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
  2. noun Clothing; garments.
  3. noun (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
  4. noun (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
  5. noun (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
  6. noun (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
  7. noun (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids. “getting on gear”
  8. noun (uncountable, archaic) Stuff.
  9. verb (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
  10. verb (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
  11. verb To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
  12. verb (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose). “This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.”
  13. verb (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
  14. adjective (chiefly Liverpool) great or fantastic
  15. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

cog cogwheel gear wheel gearwheel geared wheel gearing geartrain power train train gear mechanism paraphernalia appurtenance pitch

Etymology

From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Clothing; garments; ornaments.
  2. noun Goods; property; household stuff. Chaucer.
  3. verb To be in, or come into, gear.

Etymology [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garawi, garwi ornament, dress. See Yare, and cf. Garb dress.]

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

Sanskrit

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