cared

• (US) IPA^(key): /kɛɹd/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɛəd/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /keːd/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /keəd/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /kiəd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /keɹd/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /kɜː(ɹ)d/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
• Homophones: curd, Kurd (both fair–fur merger)

cared

1. simple past and past participle of care

• Cedar, arced, cedar, cadre, Cerda, Dacre, Cerdà, acred, ecard, e-card, CADRe, cader, decar, raced

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɛd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrɛd/, /ˈkarɛd/

cared

1. (literary) third-person singular imperative of caru