to turn a noun, adjective etc into a verbThe history of English, however, suggests that the language is remarkably flexible in terms of what can be verbed.

late 14c., from Old French verbe "word; word of God; saying; part of speech that expresses action or being" (12c.) and directly from Latin verbum "verb," originally "a word,&q [..]

A word that "does" the subject's action in a sentence or shows a state of being or equation. For instance, "He sang to her." The word sang is the verb. Typical [..]

A doing or action word. A word that tells what is happening or what is. eg running, dance, is, am, are, was, were

Usually a word which describes an action (such as 'he reads poems', 'she excels at cricket'). More technically 'That part of speech by which an assertion is made, or which ser [..]

The verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. A verb states what is happening in the sentence. Finite verbs locate the condition or action of the verb in a specific time frame: past, pr [..]

Internet Glossary The act of entering into a computer system, e.g. Login to the WELL and then go to the GBN conference. See Also: Password

A verb is a word expressing an action or a condition of a subject. There are three properties which characterize verbs in English--tense, voice, and mood. In English the fourteen verb tenses express t [..]

A word describing an action or state: what a person or thing does or experiences. Click here for verb forms.

(n) the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence(n) a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence

A word that expresses physical or mental action or a state of being.

(verb - ordklasse): one of the lexical word classes. A 'doing' word, which refers to an action, a process, an event, or a state. E.g. walk, think, discuss, live, die, be, stay, have, sit, mu [..]

a word or phrase denoting an action.

One of the two major lexical categories — the other is that of nouns — which is used to express a state or an action. The set of inflectional forms of a verb is termed a conjugation (parallel to decle [..]

(part of speech) a word that conveys an action or state of being. Verbs are conjugated to reflect differences in timing of the action (changes in tense, e.g., "I walk" and "I walked&quo [..]

a word that describes action, state or occurence and that forms the main part of the predicate; most verbs can change their form depending on tense and person e.g. "walk, be, can, seem&qu [..]

 The word or words used to express action (e.g., ride, jump, speak), occurrence (e.g., is, exists, lives, understand), or state of being (e.g., feel, seem, is, be). It tells what is happening. It is t [..]

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state. ''The word “speak” is an English verb.'' (obsolete) Any word; a vocable. la|verbum|sc=Latn

===Noun=== ====word that indicates an action, an event, or a state==== =====Synonyms===== verb action word anomalous verb auxiliary verb, auxiliary boot verb causative control verb copular verb defe [..]