Verb

A Verb is a Word from the Verb Class (that indicates an action, an event, or a state)

• Context:
  • It can be:
    • a Lexical Verb (Action Verb, Occurrence Verb, ..., Terminological Verb).
    • an Auxiliary Verb/Grammatical Verb.
• Example(s):
  • Action Verbs:
    • go, come, step, suck, chew, eat up, swim, steal, extinguish.
    • “verb” ⇒ "It is possible to [verb] any noun.”
  • Being Verbs:
    • “exist", "live", "soak", and "stand".
  • Occurrence Verbs:
    • “to decompose” (itself) and "to glitter".
  • Auxiliary Verbs:
    • “do”, “did”, ... “doeth” (in some Senses such as when substituting for another verb), e.g. “I feel better now than I did(feel)".
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Noun.
  • an Adverb.
• See: Predicate.

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References

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=verb
  • S: (n) verb (the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence)
  • S: (n) verb (a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence)
• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verb#Noun
  • 1. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, an event, or a state.

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