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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shelter

UK /ˈʃɛltə/ · US /ˈʃɛltɚ/ noun, verb

Forms shelters sheltering sheltered

  1. noun A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave). “The band of explorers found a shelter behind the waterfall, which they rested at for three days.”
  2. noun (usually as the head in compounds) A bare-bones above-ground structure meant to provide temporary cover from the elements; usually small and with no door to close. “bus shelter”
  3. noun A place for protection from deadly conditions outside, including military assault; usually partly or fully underground. “tornado shelter”
  4. noun A refuge, sanctuary, or (by metonymy) institution that provides temporary housing or a place to sleep for those in need or in danger. “women's shelter”
  5. noun (often with the definite article) An animal shelter. “I wish more people would look for pets at the shelter before turning to breeders!”
  6. noun (uncountable) That which provides protection or cover. “Along with air, water, and food, shelter is often recognized as a human necessity.”
  7. noun (uncountable, abstract) The state of being protected or shielded.
  8. verb (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
  9. verb (intransitive) To take cover. “During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.”

Synonyms

home harbor protection tax shelter

Etymology

From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English sċildtruma, sċyldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from sċyld, sċield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.
Doublet of sheltron (a kind of military formation), which is the more conservative of the two.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
  2. noun One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
  3. verb To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
  4. verb To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.

Etymology [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See Shield, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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