| verb | |
| 1. n. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state. | |
| The word “speak” is an English verb. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) Any word; a vocable. | |
| 3. n. (figurative) An action as opposed to a trait or thing. | |
| Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things. | |
| 4. n. (programming) A named command that performs a specific operation on an object. | |
| 5. v. (transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To use any word that is not, or had not been a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb. | |
| 6. v. (used as a neutral, unspecific verb, often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb. | |
