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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pick up

verb

Also a form of pickup

Forms picks up picking up picked up pick ups

  1. verb (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise. “When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.”
  2. verb (transitive) To collect or purchase an object, especially in passing. “Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?”
  3. verb (transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease). “I picked up a cold on my trip last week.”
  4. verb (transitive) To be caught or accused of wrongdoing, usually criminal charges. “He picked up a parole violation last month.”
  5. verb (transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state. “You made a mess, aren't you going to pick up after yourself?”
  6. verb (transitive) To collect a passenger. “I'll pick you up outside the library.”
  7. verb (transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect). “The cops have picked up the man they were looking for.”
  8. verb (transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc. “The story does not seem to have been widely picked up.”

Synonyms

learn blag hit on rizz up take up pick up the phone lift up gather up collect call for hear get word get wind find out get a line discover see collar nail apprehend arrest nab cop receive elate uplift intoxicate turn around catch peck

Antonyms

put down drop off mess up

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “pick up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details