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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congeal

/kənˈd͡ʒiːl/ verb

Forms congeals congealing congealed

  1. verb (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
  2. verb (transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
  3. verb (transitive) To make rigid or immobile. “We must act before opposition to our plans congeals.”
  4. verb (intransitive) To become congealed, solidify.

Synonyms

clot jell set

Etymology

From Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish congelar.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
  2. verb To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.
  3. verb To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.

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

Sanskrit

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