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

“befriending” is a form of

befriend

UK /bɪˈfɹɛnd/ · US /bəˈfɹɛnd/ verb

Forms befriends befriending befriended befriendest befriendedst befriendeth

  1. verb (also figurative) To become a friend of (someone), to make friends with (someone).
  2. verb (dated except social work) To act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support; to assist, to help.
  3. verb (figurative) To benefit or favour (someone or something); also, to advocate or promote (someone or something).

Antonyms

alienate befoe defriend unfriend

Etymology

From be- (intensifying prefix) + friend (verb).
* Saterland Frisian befrüündje (“to befriend”)

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.

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

Sanskrit

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