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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seal

/siːl/ noun, verb, proper noun

Also a form of seel

Forms seals sealing sealed

  1. noun A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal. “The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To hunt seals. “They're organizing a protest against sealing.”
  3. noun A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
  4. noun An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
  5. noun A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation. “The front of the podium bore the presidential seal.”
  6. noun Anything that secures or authenticates.
  7. noun Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design. “The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.”
  8. noun (figurative) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this. “Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.”
  9. noun Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint. “The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.”
  10. noun A tight closure, secure against leakage. “Close the lid tightly to get a good seal.”
  11. verb (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
  12. verb To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality. “to seal weights and measures”
  13. verb (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage. “The cover is sealed. If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.”
  14. verb (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something). “The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.”
  15. verb (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage. “I've sealed the bottle to keep the contents fresh.”
  16. verb (transitive) To place in a sealed container. “I've sealed the documents in this envelope.”
  17. verb (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment. “After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.”
  18. verb (transitive) To guarantee. “The last-minute goal sealed United’s win.”
  19. verb (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
  20. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

sea puppy pinniped block block off close close off obstruct seal off enclose sealing wax stamp sealskin Navy SEAL cachet seal of approval varnish

Antonyms

unseal

Etymology

From Middle English sel, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare Scots selch,selkie, North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, zēle, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale, Icelandic selur), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare dialectal English sullow (“plough”)) or from early Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes).

Inherited from Middle English sel, sele, from Anglo-Norman seel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum (“sign”).
Doublet of sigil and sigillum.

From Middle English *selen (suggested by Middle English sele (“harness; hame”)), perhaps from Old English sǣlan (“to bind”).

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Sale.
* As an occupational English surname, related to seal.
* As an occupational English surname, from Old French sele (“saddle”).
* As an English nickname-derived surname, from seal (the animal).
* As a Jewish surname, spelling variant or semantic loan of Siegel.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidæ and Otariidæ.
  2. noun An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.
  3. noun Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.
  4. verb To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.

Etymology [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG. selah, Dan. sæl, Sw. själ, Icel. selr.]

Etymology [OE. seel, OF. seel, F. sceau, fr. L. sigillum a little figure or image, a seal, dim. of signum a mark, sign, figure, or image. See Sign, n., and cf. Sigil.]

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

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