English Verbs
| Base Form | attract |
| Past Form | attracted |
| Past Participle Form | attracted |
| s/es/ies Form | attracts |
| -ing Form | attracting |
Definitions
- be attractive to
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away
Usage Examples
- The beautiful garden attracted many people
- Her good looks attract the stares of many men
- the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies
English Verbs
| Base Form | thank |
| Past Form | thanked |
| Past Participle Form | thanked |
| s/es/ies Form | thanks |
| -ing Form | thanking |
Definitions
- express gratitude or show appreciation to
English Verbs
| Base Form | retch |
| Past Form | retched |
| Past Participle Form | retched |
| s/es/ies Form | retches |
| -ing Form | retching |
Definitions
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
English Verbs
| Base Form | reset |
| Past Form | reset |
| Past Participle Form | reset |
| s/es/ies Form | resets |
| -ing Form | resetting |
Definitions
- adjust again after an initial failure
- device for resetting instruments or controls
- set anew
- set to zero
Usage Examples
- reset instruments and dials
English Verbs
| Base Form | nod |
| Past Form | nodded |
| Past Participle Form | nodded |
| s/es/ies Form | nods |
| -ing Form | nodding |
Definitions
- a sign of assent or salutation or command
- be almost asleep
- express or signify by nodding
- lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation
- sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion
Usage Examples
- The old man sat nodding by the fireplace
- He nodded his approval
- The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer
- the flowers were nodding in the breeze
- The old man was nodding in his chair
English Verbs
| Base Form | bash |
| Past Form | bashed |
| Past Participle Form | bashed |
| s/es/ies Form | bashes |
| -ing Form | bashing |
Definitions
- hit hard
- a vigorous blow
- an uproarious party
Usage Examples
- he took a bash right in his face
English Verbs
| Base Form | shear |
| Past Form | shore |
| Past Participle Form | shorn |
| s/es/ies Form | shears |
| -ing Form | shearing |
Definitions
- shear the wool from
- a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
- become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
- cut or cut through with shears
- cut with shears
Usage Examples
- shear sheep
- shear the wool off the lamb
- shear hedges
- the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram
English Verbs
| Base Form | climb |
| Past Form | climbed |
| Past Participle Form | climbed |
| s/es/ies Form | climbs |
| -ing Form | climbing |
Definitions
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- go up or advance
- increase in value or to a higher point
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
Usage Examples
- Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
- Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
- prices climbed steeply
- it was a difficult climb to the top
- This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
English Verbs
| Base Form | foretell |
| Past Form | foretold |
| Past Participle Form | foretold |
| s/es/ies Form | foretells |
| -ing Form | foretelling |
Definitions
- make a prediction about; tell in advance
- indicate, as with a sign or an omen
- foreshadow or presage
English Verbs
| Base Form | convene |
| Past Form | convened |
| Past Participle Form | convened |
| s/es/ies Form | convenes |
| -ing Form | convening |
Definitions
- call together
- meet formally
Usage Examples
- The students were convened in the auditorium
- The council convened last week
English Verbs
| Base Form | grip |
| Past Form | gripped |
| Past Participle Form | gripped |
| s/es/ies Form | grips |
| -ing Form | gripping |
Definitions
- to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place
Usage Examples
- it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
- in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip
- a good grip on French history
- they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities
- he was in the grip of a powerful emotion
English Verbs
| Base Form | scam |
| Past Form | scammed |
| Past Participle Form | scammed |
| s/es/ies Form | scams |
| -ing Form | scamming |
Definitions
- a fraudulent business scheme
- deprive of by deceit
English Verbs
| Base Form | horrify |
| Past Form | horrified |
| Past Participle Form | horrified |
| s/es/ies Form | horrifies |
| -ing Form | horrifying |
Definitions
- fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
English Verbs
| Base Form | desire |
| Past Form | desired |
| Past Participle Form | desired |
| s/es/ies Form | desires |
| -ing Form | desiring |
Definitions
- expect and wish
- feel or have a desire for; want strongly
- an inclination to want things
- express a desire for
- something that is desired
English Verbs
| Base Form | caress |
| Past Form | caressed |
| Past Participle Form | caressed |
| s/es/ies Form | caresses |
| -ing Form | caressing |
Definitions
- touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
- a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)
Usage Examples
- He caressed her face
- he showered her with caresses
- soft music was a fond caress
- the caresses of the breeze played over his face
English Verbs
| Base Form | rub |
| Past Form | rubbed |
| Past Participle Form | rubbed |
| s/es/ies Form | rubs |
| -ing Form | rubbing |
Definitions
- an unforeseen obstacle
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- cause friction
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- move over something with pressure
Usage Examples
- he gave the hood a quick rub
- rub my hands
- rub oil into her skin
English Verbs
| Base Form | co-operate |
| Past Form | co-operated |
| Past Participle Form | co-operated |
| s/es/ies Form | co-operates |
| -ing Form | co-operating |
English Verbs
| Base Form | immolate |
| Past Form | immolated |
| Past Participle Form | immolated |
| s/es/ies Form | immolates |
| -ing Form | immolating |
Definitions
- offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
Usage Examples
- The Aztecs immolated human victims
- immolate the valuables at the temple
English Verbs
| Base Form | crave |
| Past Form | craved |
| Past Participle Form | craved |
| s/es/ies Form | craves |
| -ing Form | craving |
Definitions
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- plead or ask for earnestly
English Verbs
| Base Form | restrain |
| Past Form | restrained |
| Past Participle Form | restrained |
| s/es/ies Form | restrains |
| -ing Form | restraining |
Definitions
- prevent the action or expression of
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
- prevent (someone or something) from doing something
Usage Examples
- she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays
- security guards restrained the reporter from throwing another shoe
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