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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runaway

/ˈɹʌnəweɪ/ noun, adjective

Forms runaways run-away

  1. noun A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions. “Runaways are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.”
  2. noun A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
  3. noun (figurative, usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium. “A trim runaway can make an airplane almost impossible to fly.”
  4. noun The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.
  5. noun (figurative) An overwhelming victory. “The home side won in a runaway.”
  6. adjective Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting. “a runaway thief”
  7. adjective (of a horse or other animal) Having escaped from the control of the rider or driver. “a runaway donkey”
  8. adjective Pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping. “a runaway marriage”
  9. adjective Easily won, as a contest. “a runaway victory at the polls”
  10. adjective Accelerating out of control. “a runaway train”
  11. adjective Unchecked; rampant. “runaway prices”
  12. adjective (informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc. “The runaway delegates nominated their own candidate.”

Synonyms

blowout romp laugher shoo-in walkaway fugitive fleer

Etymology

Deverbal from run away.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.
  2. noun The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.
  3. adjective Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.
  4. adjective Accomplished by running away or elopment, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage. 3.

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

Sanskrit

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