verbal /vûrˈbəl/

1. Of, relating to or derived from a verb or verbs
2. Of, in, of the nature of, in the matter of or concerned with words, or words rather than things
3. Word for word, literal
4. Oral
5. Voluble
6. Articulate

1. A word, esp a noun, derived from a verb
2. (often in pl) an oral statement, esp an arrested suspect's confession of guilt, made to the police, or claimed by them to have been made (slang)
3. (an) insult, (piece of) abuse or invective (slang)
4. (usu in pl) fast talk, glib patter

(of the police) to attribute a statement or admission to, or extract it from (a suspect, etc)

verˈbalism noun

1. An expression
2. Wording
3. Undue attention to words alone
4. Literalism

verˈbalist noun

1. A person skilled in words
2. A literalist
3. A person who is concerned with words alone

verbalˈity noun

1. The quality of being verbal or merely verbal
2. Mere words

verbalīzāˈtion or verbalīsāˈtion noun

verˈbalize or verˈbalise transitive verb

1. To turn into a verb
2. To put in words

To use too many words, be prolix

verˈbally adverb

verbāˈrian noun

A coiner of words

verbˈicide /-sīd/ noun and adjective

(the quality of) destroying the meaning of a word

verbigerate /-ijˈə-rāt/ intransitive verb

verbigerāˈtion noun

The morbid and purposeless repetition of certain words and phrases at short intervals, eg as occurs in schizophrenia

verbal inspiration noun

Dictation of every word of a book (usu the Bible) by God

verbal note noun

In diplomacy, an unsigned reminder of a neglected, though perhaps not urgent, matter

verb /vûrb/ (grammar)

A part of speech consisting of a word or group of words that signifies an action, experience, occurrence or state, in sentence analysis constituting or introducing the predicate

verbal adjective see separate entry

verbˈid noun

A non-finite part of a verb, such as a verbal noun or infinitive

verbificāˈtion noun

verbˈify transitive verb

To convert into a verb

verbˈless adjective

verbal noun noun

A form of a verb, eg infinitive or (esp) gerund, functioning as a noun

verb phrase noun

A phrase containing a verb and an object but not a subject

• world-view
• world-views
• World War
• world-wearied
• world-weariness
• world-weary
• worldwide
• World Wide Web
• world without end
• world-without-end
• worm
• WORM
• wormcast
• wormcasts
• worm conveyor
• worm conveyors
• worm-eaten
• worm-eating
• wormed
• wormer
• yellow bile
• yellowbird
• yellowbirds
• yellow-boy
• yellow-boys