In linguistics, conversion is the situation of a word coming to belong to a new word class without the addition of an affix. If, as in the case of sea lion and the others words mentioned above, this results in a new verb, the process is also simply described as ‘verbing’. Sea lion as a verb is often realized in the passive form, so frequently seen as be/get sea lioned.

In linguistics, conversion is the situation of a word coming to belong to a new word class without the addition of an affix. If, as in the case of sea lion and the others words mentioned above, this results in a new verb, the process is also simply described as ‘verbing’. Sea lion as a verb is often realized in the passive form, so frequently seen as be/get sea lioned.

In linguistics, conversion is the situation of a word coming to belong to a new word class without the addition of an affix. If, as in the case of sea lion and the others words mentioned above, this results in a new verb, the process is also simply described as ‘verbing’. Sea lion as a verb is often realized in the passive form, so frequently seen as be/get sea lioned.