(grammar) a verb which generally expresses an action or activity rather than a state.

(grammar) A member of an open class of verbs typically expressing action, state, or other predicate meaning that includes all verbs except auxiliary verbs.

(linguistics, grammar) A pro-form used to substitute for a verb or verb phrase.

(grammar) A transitive verb that takes only a direct object.

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Short for verbum sapienti.

(grammar) An auxiliary verb; a verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause.

(grammar): A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject.

(grammar) An action verb which does not take a direct object.

(grammar) A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.