n.
pronunciation
1) to affect, assume, imitate, put on; cultivate an ~
2) to speak with an ~
3) to get rid of an ~
4) a foreign; heavy, noticeable. pronounced, strong, thick; slight ~
stress
5) to place, put the ~ on (to place the ~ on a syllable)
6) ( ling. ) an acute; grave; pitch, tonic ~ ( see also stress )