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

“beasts” is a form of

beast

/biːst/ noun, verb, adjective, proper noun

Forms beasts beasting beasted the Beast beest

  1. noun Any four-footed land mammal.
  2. noun (often collective) All non-human animals seen as a group. “Language is what separates man and beast.”
  3. noun A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
  4. noun (chiefly UK) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
  5. noun A monstrously unusual and dangerous animal.
  6. noun (slang) Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength. “That is a beast of a stadium.”
  7. noun (slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
  8. noun (prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
  9. verb (UK, military, transitive) To impose arduous exercise upon, either as training or as punishment.
  10. verb (UK, prison slang, transitive) To bully or harass.
  11. verb (Scotland, slang, transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with, particularly in an illicit context. “That teacher is under investigation for beasting wee 'uns.”
  12. adjective (slang, chiefly Midwestern and Northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
  13. proper noun (biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
  14. proper noun A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos. “the Beast of Bodmin Moor”
  15. proper noun (US, military, slang) A cadet's basic training at West Point.

Synonyms

monster animal animate being brute creature fauna wolf savage wildcat

Etymology

From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Any living creature; an animal; --including man, insects, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. noun Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.

Etymology [OE. best, beste, OF. beste, F. bête, fr. L. bestia.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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