verb
How to Use Verb
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe action or being word in a sentence — what the subject does or is.
People sometimes "verb" a noun informally (turning a noun into a verb, like "to google"); that's a different, jokey sense from the grammar term.
Word Forms
verbed past tense, verbs plural, verb plural, verbs plural, verbed plural, verbs singular, verb singular, verbed singular, verbest singular, verbedst singular, verbeth singular
Fill the Gap
Can you complete this real example?
"Run," "become," and "seem" are all _____.
Etymology
From Latin verbum, "word," which also gives us "word" itself — the two are distant relatives (a doublet).