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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slue

/sluː/ verb, noun

Also a form of slough

Forms slues sluing slueing slued slew

  1. verb (transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
  2. verb (transitive) To turn something sharply.
  3. verb (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
  4. verb (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.
  5. noun The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.

Synonyms

swerve sheer curve trend veer slew cut skid slip slide

Etymology

Unknown. Attested from the late 18th century.

Variant of slough (which is dialectally pronounced /slu/).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
  2. verb To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; --used also of any heavy body.
  3. verb In general, to turn about; to twist; --often used reflexively and followed by round. [Colloq.]
  4. verb To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; --often followed by round.

Etymology [Prov. E. slew to turn round, Scot. to lean or incline to a side; cf. Icel. sn to turn, bend.]

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