verb

/vɜːb//vɝb/

noun

  1. 1

    (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.

    The word “speak” is an English verb.
  2. 2

    Any word; a vocable.

  3. 3

    An action as opposed to a trait or thing.

    Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.
  4. 4

    A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.

verb

  1. 1

    To use any word that is not, or had not been a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.

  2. 2

    (used as a neutral, unspecific verb) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.

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