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Re: Animals which are verbs
da gio73 » 27/07/2021, 17:32
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Re: Animals which are verbs
da ghira » 27/07/2021, 21:13
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Re: Animals which are verbs
da gio73 » 27/07/2021, 22:22
in American English
(ˈrævən)
VERBO TRANSITIVO
1. to devour greedily
2. Obsolete
to seize forcibly
VERBO INTRANSITIVO
3. to prowl hungrily; search for prey or plunder
4. to devour food or prey greedily
5. to have a voracious appetite
(ˈrævən)
VERBO TRANSITIVO
1. to devour greedily
2. Obsolete
to seize forcibly
VERBO INTRANSITIVO
3. to prowl hungrily; search for prey or plunder
4. to devour food or prey greedily
5. to have a voracious appetite
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Re: Animals which are verbs
da ghira » 28/07/2021, 04:10
I have never heard any of those. Interesting.
Ooooh the pronunciation is different! "ravenous" doesn't have the same pronunciation of "raven" as the animal. Hmm. I suppose since "ravening" and "ravenous" exist there must be a "raven" from which they are derived but I don't recall ever encountering it. Lovely. Thank you.
I think we may not be able to count this. There is at least one case where the animal and verb are pronunced differently but are almost certainly related, and that is "louse". The animal has an "s" sound and the verb has a "z" sound. It would be tempting to say we can't count that but it seems like an example where the verb really is derived from the animal, so saying it doesn't count seems dodgy.
Ooooh the pronunciation is different! "ravenous" doesn't have the same pronunciation of "raven" as the animal. Hmm. I suppose since "ravening" and "ravenous" exist there must be a "raven" from which they are derived but I don't recall ever encountering it. Lovely. Thank you.
I think we may not be able to count this. There is at least one case where the animal and verb are pronunced differently but are almost certainly related, and that is "louse". The animal has an "s" sound and the verb has a "z" sound. It would be tempting to say we can't count that but it seems like an example where the verb really is derived from the animal, so saying it doesn't count seems dodgy.
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Re: Animals which are verbs
da Mephlip » 22/08/2021, 00:36
Duck
A spoon can be used for more than just drinking soup. You can use it to dig through the prison you're locked in, or as a weapon to gouge the witch's eyes out. Of course, you can also use the spoon to continually sip the watery soup inside your eternal prison.
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Re: Animals which are verbs
da ghira » 30/11/2021, 20:22
pike. il verbo ha più significati, e li ignoravo tutti.
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