(grammar) Any of a class of Germanic verbs which use ablaut as opposed to a dental affix to indicate tense.

verb-object compound, such as "chīfàn" in Putonghua / verb-object phrase / verb-object construction

(grammar) A specific instance or form of a verb, as opposed to the entire verb taken in the abstract.

(linguistics, syntax) Encoding a path of motion, a change of state, or grammatical aspect in the main verb, as opposed to using a satellite to supply this information. For example "ascend" as opposed to "climb up" or "descend" as opposed to "climb down".

(linguistics, syntax) Making use of verb-framing.

plural of verb form

A verb able to be immediately followed by the full or bare infinitive, or gerund (i.e. non-finite verbs), as in “I beg to differ”, where beg is catenative.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see indeterminate, verb. / (Slavic grammar) Synonym of abstract verb

(linguistics, syntax) Making use of verb-framing.

(grammar) A verb which generally expresses a state rather than an action or activity. Not normally found in a continuous inflection.