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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tuck in

verb

Forms tucks in tucking in tucked in

  1. verb (transitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed. “She tucked in her young son and turned out the light.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over oneself; to get in bed.
  3. verb (transitive) To push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants.
  4. verb (finance) To acquire something tiny
  5. verb (transitive, soccer) To score from with a casual motion
  6. verb To place in a small space. “"Tuck it in that corner."”
  7. verb (intransitive) To eat heartily. “Tuck in, before the food goes cold.”

Synonyms

tuck away put away

Etymology

See tuck (1).

See tuck (4).

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