2.3   A List of Main Verbs

 

A

 

abide

accelerate

accept

accomplish

achieve

acquire

acted

activate

adapt

add

address

administer

admire

admit

adopt

advise

afford

agree

alert

alight

allow

altered

amuse

analyze

announce

annoy

answer

anticipate

apologize

appear

applaud

applied

appoint

appraise

appreciate

approve

arbitrate

argue

arise

arrange

arrest

arrive

ascertain

ask

assemble

assess

assist

assure

attach

attack

attain

attempt

attend

attract

audited

avoid

awake

 

B

 

back

bake

balance

ban

bang

bare

bat

bathe

battle

be

beam

bear

beat

become

beg

begin

behave

behold

belong

bend

beset

bet

bid

bind

bite

bleach

bleed

bless

blind

blink

blot

blow

blush

boast

boil

bolt

bomb

book

bore

borrow

bounce

bow

box

brake

branch

break

breathe

breed

brief

bring

broadcast

bruise

brush

bubble

budget

build

bump

burn

burst

bury

bust

buy

buzz

 

C

 

calculate

call

camp

care

carry

carve

cast

catalog

catch

cause

challenge

change

charge

chart

chase

cheat

check

cheer

chew

choke

choose

chop

claim

clap

clarify

classify

clean

clear

cling

clip

close

clothe

coach

coil

collect

color

comb

come

command

communicate

compare

compete

compile

complain

complete

compose

compute

conceive

concentrate

conceptualize

concern

conclude

conduct

confess

confront

confuse

connect

conserve

consider

consist

consolidate

construct

consult

contain

continue

contract

control

convert

coordinate

copy

correct

correlate

cost

cough

counsel

count

cover

crack

crash

crawl

create

creep

critique

cross

crush

cry

cure

curl

curve

cut

cycle

 

D

 

dam

damage

dance

dare

deal

decay

deceive

decide

decorate

define

delay

delegate

delight

deliver

demonstrate

depend

describe

desert

deserve

design

destroy

detail

detect

determine

develop

devise

diagnose

dig

direct

disagree

disappear

disapprove

disarm

discover

dislike

dispense

display

disprove

dissect

distribute

dive

divert

divide

do

double

doubt

draft

drag

drain

dramatize

draw

dream

dress

drink

drip

drive

drop

drown

drum

dry

dust

dwell

 

E

 

earn

eat

edited

educate

eliminate

embarrass

employ

empty

enacted

encourage

end

endure

enforce

engineer

enhance

enjoy

enlist

ensure

enter

entertain

escape

establish

estimate

evaluate

examine

exceed

excite

excuse

execute

exercise

exhibit

exist

expand

expect

expedite

experiment

explain

explode

express

extend

extract

 

F

 

face

facilitate

fade

fail

fancy

fasten

fax

fear

feed

feel

fence

fetch

fight

file

fill

film

finalize

finance

find

fire

fit

fix

flap

flash

flee

fling

float

flood

flow

flower

fly

fold

follow

fool

forbid

force

forecast

forego

foresee

foretell

forget

forgive

form

formulate

forsake

frame

freeze

frighten

fry

 

G

 

gather

gaze

generate

get

give

glow

glue

go

govern

grab

graduate

grate

grease

greet

grin

grind

grip

groan

grow

guarantee

guard

guess

guide

 

H

 

hammer

hand

handle

handwrite

hang

happen

harass

harm

hate

haunt

head

heal

heap

hear

heat

help

hide

hit

hold

hook

hop

hope

hover

hug

hum

hunt

hurry

hurt

hypothesize

 

I

 

identify

ignore

illustrate

imagine

implement

impress

improve

improvise

include

increase

induce

influence

inform

initiate

inject

injure

inlay

innovate

input

inspect

inspire

install

institute

instruct

insure

integrate

intend

intensify

interest

interfere

interlay

interpret

interrupt

interview

introduce

invent

inventory

investigate

invite

irritate

itch

 

J

 

jail

jam

jog

join

joke

judge

juggle

jump

justify

 

K

 

keep

kept

kick

kill

kiss

kneel

knit

knock

knot

know

 

L

 

label

land

last

laugh

launch

lay

lead

lean

leap

learn

leave

lecture

led

lend

let

level

license

lick

lie

lifted

light

lighten

like

list

listen

live

load

locate

lock

log

long

look

lose

love

 

M

 

maintain

make

man

manage

manipulate

manufacture

map

march

mark

market

marry

match

mate

matter

mean

measure

meddle

mediate

meet

melt

melt

memorize

mend

mentor

milk

mine

mislead

miss

misspell

mistake

misunderstand

mix

moan

model

modify

monitor

moor

motivate

mourn

move

mow

muddle

mug

multiply

murder

 

N

 

nail

name

navigate

need

negotiate

nest

nod

nominate

normalize

note

notice

number