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

tease

/tiːz/ verb, noun

Forms teases teasing teased teaze teize tieze

  1. verb (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
  2. verb (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
  3. verb (transitive) To backcomb.
  4. verb (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
  5. verb (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
  6. verb (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
  7. verb (transitive) To entice, tempt.
  8. verb (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
  9. noun One who teases.
  10. noun A single act of teasing.
  11. noun One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.

Synonyms

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Etymology

From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To comb or card, as wool or flax. "Teasing matted wool." Wordsworth.
  2. verb To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
  3. noun One who teases or plagues. [Colloq.]

Etymology [AS. t to pluck, tease; akin to OD. teesen, MHG. zeisen, Dan. tæse, tæsse. *58. Cf. Touse.]

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

Sanskrit

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