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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throb

UK /θɹɒb/ · US /θɹɑb/ verb, noun

Forms throbs throbbing throbbed

  1. verb (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently. “Her heart began to throb faster as the moment approached.”
  2. verb (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood. “I have a throbbing headache.”
  3. verb (figurative, with "with") To exhibit an attitude, trait, or affect powerfully and profoundly. “The bass in the song made the entire room throb with energy.”
  4. noun A beating, vibration or palpitation. “He could feel a dull throb in his head from the tension.”

Synonyms

throbbing pounding pulsate pulse shudder shiver thrill

Etymology

From Middle English throbben; possibly of imitative origin. Cognate with Scots thrab (“to throb”). Compare also drub.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; --said of the heart, pulse, etc. My heart Throbs to know one thing. Shak.
  2. noun A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation: The IMPATIENT throbs and longings of a soul That pants and reaches after distant good. Addison.

Etymology [OE. ; of uncertain origin; cf. Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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