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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lag

/læɡ/ adjective, noun, verb

Forms lags lagging lagged

  1. adjective Late.
  2. adjective (obsolete) Last; long-delayed.
  3. adjective Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
  4. noun (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
  5. noun (uncountable) Delay; latency.
  6. noun (UK, Ireland, slang, archaic) One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
  7. noun (UK, Ireland, slang) A prisoner, a criminal.
  8. noun (slang) A period of imprisonment.
  9. noun (snooker) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
  10. noun One who lags; that which comes in last.
  11. noun The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
  12. verb To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
  13. verb To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material.
  14. verb (computing, informal, video games) To respond slowly. “My phone is starting to lag.”
  15. verb (UK, slang, archaic) To transport as a punishment for crime.
  16. verb (slang) To arrest or apprehend.
  17. verb (transitive) To slacken “Interest in the scandal will never lag.”
  18. adjective (poker) Loose (inclined to play many starting hands, including weak ones) and aggressive (inclined to raise often).

Synonyms

latency slowdown retardation interim meantime meanwhile stave dawdle fall back fall behind imprison incarcerate immure put behind bars jail jug gaol put away remand

Antonyms

TAG

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.

Acronym of loose-aggressive.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy. [Obs.]
  2. adjective Last; long-delayed; --obsolete, except in the phrase lag end. "The lag end of my life." Shak.
  3. noun One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] "The lag of all the flock." Pope.
  4. noun The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

Etymology [Of Celtic origin: cf. Gael. & Ir. lagweak, feeble, faint, W. llag, llac, slack, loose, remiss, sluggish; prob. akin to E. lax, languid.]

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

Sanskrit

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