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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

steaming

/ˈstiː.mɪŋ/ noun, adjective

Also a form of steam

Forms steamings

  1. noun The action of steam on something. “Steaming is fine for this fabric, as long as you keep the iron moving.”
  2. noun The method of cooking by immersion in steam. “Their favorite way to cook clams is steaming.”
  3. noun The act or process of seafaring under steam power. “Steaming was their preferred way to travel until airliners came along.”
  4. noun The raising of steam by a steam locomotive etc; the maintenance of a head of steam during operation; (metonymic) operation under load. “Two 4-4-0s were steaming through the scenic foothills, giving rides to tourists.”
  5. noun (UK, informal) A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus or train.
  6. adjective Giving off steam. “We were served with steaming bowls of soup.”
  7. adjective Extremely hot
  8. adjective (slang) Very angry. “I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal.”
  9. adjective (slang, UK) Extremely drunk.

Synonyms

steamy apoplectic paralytic enraged furious sloshed wasted piping

Etymology

By surface analysis, steam + -ing.

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

Sanskrit

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