Animals which are verbs
It can be surprising to see how hard some people find this. Even some native speakers.
Those of us who have played before should probably stay out of this at least initially. We know who we are.
Each move in this game has to be an animal which is also a verb if you put "to" in front of it. It's permitted to make moves which require prepositions after them in actual use. Other than the most obvious cases it might be best to give an example and/or say what it means. This game can also be played in Italian and while there are more moves than you might expect my suspicion is that there are a lot more in English. Of course in the Italian version you have to add "-are", "-ere" or "-ire" to the animal and may need to change the spelling in small reasonable ways.
I'll start with perhaps the two most boring moves as examples. No explanations or examples needed for these, I hope.
fly
fish
Those of us who have played before should probably stay out of this at least initially. We know who we are.
Each move in this game has to be an animal which is also a verb if you put "to" in front of it. It's permitted to make moves which require prepositions after them in actual use. Other than the most obvious cases it might be best to give an example and/or say what it means. This game can also be played in Italian and while there are more moves than you might expect my suspicion is that there are a lot more in English. Of course in the Italian version you have to add "-are", "-ere" or "-ire" to the animal and may need to change the spelling in small reasonable ways.
I'll start with perhaps the two most boring moves as examples. No explanations or examples needed for these, I hope.
fly
fish
Risposte
"gio73":
Pike
(verb) the casual use of excessive force
Upon seeing them sitting there peacefully in solidarity the law enforcement officer piked them.
Ho trovato solo questo, quali sono gli altri?
Ci sono quattro significati qui:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pike#Verb
Ma mi dicono anche "to leave abruptly" e forse altri. E il tuo mi è nuovo.
Pike
(verb) the casual use of excessive force
Upon seeing them sitting there peacefully in solidarity the law enforcement officer piked them.
Ho trovato solo questo, quali sono gli altri?
(verb) the casual use of excessive force
Upon seeing them sitting there peacefully in solidarity the law enforcement officer piked them.
Ho trovato solo questo, quali sono gli altri?
pike. il verbo ha più significati, e li ignoravo tutti.
Duck
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.
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
perch
Bug
crow
Weasel (out of)
ferret
spider
cold bear
Slug
sole
Hare
kite
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