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n.NounWord that expresses an action or state
He used a new verb to tell me what he does at work
v.t.Transitive VerbTo convert a word into a verb.
Let's verb this document to make it more active.
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Improve your Vocabulary: 50 adjectives to describe what you see, hear, feel, smell, and taste
- "He chuckled." So, there it's a noun: "a chuckle",
but you can also use it as a verb: "to chuckle".
"He chuckled." So, there it's a noun: "a chuckle", but you can also use it as a verb: "to chuckle".
- So, there - it's a noun, a chuckle, but you can also use it as a verb.
So, there - it's a noun, a chuckle, but you can also use it as a verb.
Knight
- in the heavy cavalry emerges only in the Hundred Years' War. The verb \"to knight\" appears around
in the heavy cavalry emerges only in the Hundred Years' War. The verb \"to knight\" appears around
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- The most common use is the verb form that means 'creating a picture or image'.
The most common use is the verb form that means 'creating a picture or image'.
- We can also use the verb 'draw' to mean 'attracting attention' - someone wanting to look at something.
We can also use the verb 'draw' to mean 'attracting attention' - someone wanting to look at something.
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- Now we're looking at 'repelled' and the verb is 'repel'.
Now we're looking at 'repelled' and the verb is 'repel'.
- Yes. And 'to repel', the verb, means to force something away from you and the headline writer is asking whether these alien species can be forced away.
Yes. And 'to repel', the verb, means to force something away from you and the headline writer is asking whether these alien species can be forced away.
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- We also have another verb to tug.
We also have another verb to tug.
- That would be how you use the verb to slip.
That would be how you use the verb to slip.
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- Yes. So, stage in the headline is a verb and it does mean to put on a performance like you do in the theatre, but it doesn't just have to be related to the theatre.
Yes. So, stage in the headline is a verb and it does mean to put on a performance like you do in the theatre, but it doesn't just have to be related to the theatre.
- 'Gain' is the word that we are looking at and you probably already know this as a verb which means to get something useful or positive.
'Gain' is the word that we are looking at and you probably already know this as a verb which means to get something useful or positive.
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- When someone asks you if something can be done by a certain time, don't use the phrase, "I'll try." I mean, of course you'll try and trying is great but in English, if you use the verb try, you're not really committing to anything.
When someone asks you if something can be done by a certain time, don't use the phrase, "I'll try." I mean, of course you'll try and trying is great but in English, if you use the verb try, you're not really committing to anything.
- But in English, if you use the verb 'try',
But in English, if you use the verb 'try',
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- And there's another use of 'slap' as a phrasal verb with 'down' and it means to criticise someone's suggestion.
And there's another use of 'slap' as a phrasal verb with 'down' and it means to criticise someone's suggestion.
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- That's the verb we use.
That's the verb we use.
- That's the verb you use when you use this tool.
That's the verb you use when you use this tool.
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- But Georgie, how do we use it as a verb?
But Georgie, how do we use it as a verb?