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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put away

verb

Forms puts away putting away

  1. verb (transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up. “Please put away the tools when you are finished.”
  2. verb (transitive) To store, add to one's stores for later use. “putting a little away for a rainy day”
  3. verb (transitive, colloquial) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities. “You wouldn't think such a small person could put away so much food.”
  4. verb (transitive) To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum. “After he was convicted, they put him away for 10 years.”
  5. verb (transitive) To kill someone.
  6. verb (transitive, combat sports, by extension) To knock out an opponent. “He put away his opponent in the first round.”
  7. verb (transitive, now formal or literary) To discard, divest oneself of.
  8. verb (obsolete, transitive) To fend off, deflect; to dismiss.

Synonyms

store stow lock in lock away lock shut up shut away lock up discard fling toss toss out toss away chuck out cast aside dispose throw out cast out throw away cast away imprison incarcerate lag immure put behind bars jail jug gaol remand put aside

Antonyms

take out

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