2006-11-05 22:32:22 · 18 answers · asked by Hem 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A verb is a doing word.
A noun would be a person, place or thing.
A verb usually does something to a noun.
Eg: The boy (noun) walks (verb) to school (noun)
2006-11-05 22:34:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
verb
n 1: a word that serves as the predicate of a sentence
2: a content word that denotes an action or a state
Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South.
2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of
some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being,
action, or the suffering of action.
Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind
[the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds
expression. --Earle.
Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See
Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
2006-11-05 23:31:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being. The verb is the critical element of a sentence. It is the 'action' or 'doing word'.
In the following sentences, the verb is written after the sentence:
Dracula bites his victims on the neck. -
The verb "bites" describes the action Dracula takes.
Hope this helps!
2006-11-05 22:37:05 · answer #3 · answered by Lottie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have described a noun. A verb is a word which indicates action or a state of being.
In general a sentence needs both.
2006-11-05 22:46:34 · answer #4 · answered by True Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A verb is an action word, those that you have stated are nouns. An example for a verb is running. "She ran to the store", ran being the verb.
2006-11-05 22:35:37 · answer #5 · answered by The_Sleeper 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That definition ahs nothing to do with the verb. A verb is a word that indicate that something happens.
2006-11-05 22:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by rinah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no- a noun is a person, place or thing. a verb is basically a word that describes an action. in other words, it is a 'doing' word; eg, eat, walk, run, sleep, draw etc. an adverb is on the lines of to eat, to walk, to run etc. as for an accurate definition, try oxford or cambridge dictionary
2006-11-06 07:49:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A verb can state an action (run, jump, play, etc.) It can also express state of being: (am, is are, was, were).
In some sentences you will find helping verbs like (has, have, had).
Samples: John ran to school.
verb: ran
John is in school.
verb: is
John has been to school.
verb: has been
2006-11-05 22:58:12 · answer #8 · answered by Grace A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh oh, VERB is actually an 'action' or the word that describes 'doing something'
a NOUN is a person, place or thing. Noun is basically a NAME for some object, thing or person
2006-11-05 22:40:27 · answer #9 · answered by GorGeous_Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A verb as in English by taking the past ending in -ed, that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that (when inflected) may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
2006-11-05 22:39:50 · answer #10 · answered by Paritosh Vasava 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋