verb

verb

noun

{bc}a word that characteristically is the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being, that in various languages is inflected for agreement with the subject, for tense, for voice, for mood, or for aspect, and that typically has rather full descriptive meaning and characterizing quality but is sometimes nearly devoid of these especially when used as an auxiliary or linking verb

verb

verb

{bc}to use (a word and especially a noun) as a {d_link|verb|verb:1} {bc}to make (a word) into a verb

verb sap

Latin phrase

{bc}{sx|verbum sap||}

helping verb

noun

{bc}{sx|auxiliary verb|auxiliary:2|}

linking verb

noun

{bc}a word or expression (such as a form of {it}be, become, feel{/it}, or {it}seem{/it}) that links a subject with its predicate

phrasal verb

noun

{bc}a phrase (such as {it}take off{/it} or {it}look down on{/it}) that combines a verb with a preposition or adverb or both and that functions as a verb whose meaning is different from the combined meanings of the individual words

pro-verb

noun

{bc}a form of the verb {it}do{/it} used to avoid repetition of a verb (such as {it}do{/it} in u0022act as I dou0022)

action verb

noun

{bc}a verb that expresses action

modal auxiliary verb

noun

{bc}a verb (such as {it}can, could, shall, should, ought to, will{/it}, or {it}would{/it}) that is usually used with another verb to express ideas such as possibility, necessity, and permission

modal verb

noun

{bc}a verb (such as {it}can, could, shall, should, ought to, will{/it}, or {it}would{/it}) that is usually used with another verb to express ideas such as possibility, necessity, and permission