Words containing verb meaning word

Here’s the list of all the 299 Words Containing VERB in the English Language.

The list is arranged by the word lengths. Click on the length below to jump to the relevant section of the page.

Common Words (with Definitions and Examples)
verbal

1. of or relating to or formed from words in general

2. of or relating to or formed from a verb

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verb

1. the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

2. a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence

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verbatim

1. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

2. using exactly the same words

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verbose

1. using or containing too many words

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verbally

1. as a verb

2. by means of language

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proverb, overboard, proverbial, nonverbal, riverbank, verbosity, riverbed, verbena, adverb, overburden, …

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4-Letter Words Containing VERB

5-Letter Words Containing VERB

6-Letter Words Containing VERB

7-Letter Words Containing VERB

adverbs

overbed

overbet

overbid

overbig

overbuy

preverb

proverb

reverbs

verbals

verbena

verbids

verbify

verbile

verbing

verbose

8-Letter Words Containing VERB

deverbal

overbake

overbank

overbear

overbeat

overbets

overbids

overbill

overbite

overblew

overblow

overboil

overbold

overbook

overboot

overbore

overborn

overbred

overbrim

overbrow

overbulk

overburn

overbusy

overbuys

preverbs

proverbs

reverbed

riverbed

verbally

verbatim

verbenas

verbiage

verbiles

verbings

verbless

verboser

verboten

9-Letter Words Containing VERB

adverbial

deverbals

nonverbal

overbaked

overbakes

overbanks

overbears

overbeats

overbills

overbites

overblown

overblows

overboard

overboils

overbooks

overboots

overborne

overbound

overbrake

overbreed

overbrief

overbrims

overbroad

overbrows

overbuild

overbuilt

overbulks

overburns

overburnt

preverbal

proverbed

reverbing

riverbank

riverbeds

riverboat

verbalise

verbalism

verbalist

verbality

verbalize

verballed

verbarian

verbascum

verberate

verbiages

verbicide

verbified

verbifies

verbosely

verbosest

verbosity

10-Letter Words Containing VERB

adverbials

laverbread

overbaking

overbeaten

overbetted

overbidden

overbidder

overbilled

overbleach

overblouse

overboiled

overboldly

overbooked

overborrow

overbought

overbounds

overbraked

overbrakes

overbreeds

overbridge

overbriefs

overbright

overbrowed

overbrowse

overbrutal

overbuilds

overbulked

overburden

overburned

overbusied

overbusies

overbuying

proverbial

proverbing

riverbanks

riverboats

silverback

silverbill

verbalised

verbaliser

verbalises

verbalisms

verbalists

verbalized

verbalizer

verbalizes

verballing

verbarians

verbascums

verberated

verberates

verbicides

verbifying

weaverbird

11-Letter Words Containing VERB

adverbially

beaverboard

cruciverbal

deverbative

laverbreads

nonverbally

overbalance

overbearing

overbeating

overbetting

overbidders

overbidding

overbilling

overblanket

overblouses

overblowing

overboiling

overbooking

overborrows

overbounded

overbraking

overbridged

overbridges

overbriefed

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12-Letter Words Containing VERB

adverbialise

adverbialize

beaverboards

deverbatives

everblooming

overbalanced

overbalances

overbiddings

overblankets

overbleached

overbleaches

overborrowed

overbounding

overbreeding

overbridging

overbriefing

overbrimming

overbrowsing

overbuilding

overburdened

overburthens

proverbially

reverberated

reverberates

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13-Letter Words Containing VERB

adverbialised

adverbialises

adverbialized

adverbializes

overbalancing

overbearingly

overbejeweled

overbleaching

overborrowing

overbreathing

overburdening

overburthened

proverbialise

proverbialism

proverbialist

proverbialize

reverberantly

reverberating

reverberation

reverberative

reverberators

reverberatory

silverberries

verbalisation

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14-Letter Words Containing VERB

adverbialising

adverbializing

cruciverbalism

cruciverbalist

overbreathings

overburdensome

overburthening

proverbialised

proverbialises

proverbialisms

proverbialists

proverbialized

proverbializes

reverberations

verbalisations

verbalizations

verbifications

verbigerations

15-Letter Words Containing VERB

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A list of scrabble words starting with Verb
A list of words that contain Verb, and words with verb in them.
This page finds any words that contain the word or letter you enter from a large scrabble dictionary.
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Verb is a playable Scrabble Word!

Contents

  • Highest scoring words with Verb
  • 11-letter words with Verb
  • 10-letter words with Verb
  • 9-letter words with Verb
  • 8-letter words with Verb
  • 7-letter words with Verb
  • 6-letter words with Verb
  • 5-letter words with Verb
  • 4-letter words with Verb
  • FAQs about words with Verb

The highest scoring words with Verb

Want to go straight to the words that will get you the best score? Here are all the highest scoring words with verb,
not including the 50-point bonus if they use seven letters.

Top words with Verb Scrabble Points Words With Friends Points
verbids 13 15
preverb 14 17
verbena 12 15
overbid 13 15
overbed 13 15
overbig 13 16
adverbs 13 15
proverb 14 17
verbify 18 19
overbuy 15 17

156 Scrabble words that contain Verb

11 Letter Words With Verb

  • adverbially20
  • beaverboard19
  • deverbative20
  • nonverbally19
  • overbalance18
  • overbearing17
  • overbeating17
  • overbetting17
  • overbidding19
  • overbilling17
  • overblouses16
  • overblowing20
  • overboiling17
  • overbooking21
  • overborrows19
  • overbraking21
  • overbriefed20
  • overbrowsed20
  • overbrowses19
  • overburdens17
  • overburning17
  • reverberant16
  • reverberate16
  • silverbacks22
  • silverberry19
  • verbalistic18
  • verbalizers25
  • verbalizing26
  • verboseness16
  • verbosities16
  • weaverbirds20

10 Letter Words With Verb

  • adverbials16
  • overbaking20
  • overbeaten15
  • overbetted16
  • overbidden17
  • overbilled16
  • overbleach20
  • overblouse15
  • overboiled16
  • overbooked20
  • overborrow18
  • overbought19
  • overbraked20
  • overbrakes19
  • overbreeds16
  • overbriefs18
  • overbright19
  • overbrowse18
  • overbrutal15
  • overbuilds16
  • overburden16
  • overburned16
  • overbuying19
  • proverbial17
  • proverbing18
  • riverbanks19
  • riverboats15
  • silverback21
  • verbalisms17
  • verbalists15
  • verbalized25
  • verbalizer24
  • verbalizes24
  • verbicides18
  • verbifying22
  • weaverbird19

9 Letter Words With Verb

  • adverbial15
  • deverbals15
  • nonverbal14
  • overbaked19
  • overbakes18
  • overbears14
  • overbeats14
  • overbills14
  • overbites14
  • overblown17
  • overblows17
  • overboard15
  • overboils14
  • overbooks18
  • overborne14
  • overbrake18
  • overbreed15
  • overbrief17
  • overbroad15
  • overbuild15
  • overbuilt14
  • overburns14
  • overburnt14
  • preverbal16
  • proverbed17
  • reverbing15
  • riverbank18
  • riverbeds15
  • riverboat14
  • verbalism16
  • verbalist14
  • verbalize23
  • verbiages15
  • verbicide17
  • verbified18
  • verbifies17
  • verbosely17
  • verbosity17

8 Letter Words With Verb

  • deverbal14
  • overbake17
  • overbear13
  • overbeat13
  • overbets13
  • overbids14
  • overbill13
  • overbite13
  • overblew16
  • overblow16
  • overboil13
  • overbold14
  • overbook17
  • overbore13
  • overborn13
  • overbred14
  • overburn13
  • overbusy16
  • overbuys16
  • preverbs15
  • proverbs15
  • reverbed14
  • riverbed14
  • verbally16
  • verbatim15
  • verbenas13
  • verbiage14
  • verbiles13
  • verbless13
  • verboten13

5 Letter Words With Verb

  • verbs10

4 Letter Words With Verb

  • verb9

FAQ on words containing Verb

What are the best Scrabble words with Verb?

The highest scoring Scrabble word containing Verb is Verbalizing, which is worth at least 26 points without
any bonuses.
The next best word with Verb is preverb, which is worth 14 points.
Other high score words with Verb are
verbena (12),
overbid (13),
overbed (13),
overbig (13),
adverbs (13),
proverb (14),
verbify (18),
and
overbuy (15).

How many words contain Verb?

There are 156 words that contaih Verb in the Scrabble dictionary.
Of those
31 are 11 letter
words,
36 are 10 letter
words,
38 are 9 letter
words,
30 are 8 letter
words,
15 are 7 letter
words,
4 are 6 letter
words,
1 is a 5 letter
word,
and
1 is a 4 letter
word.

Other forms: verbs

A verb is the part of speech that indicates what something does, or what it is. It’s also the basic component of the predicate of a sentence.

You may know that a verb is just another part of speech, like a noun or an adverb. The verb, however, can be in different tenses, meaning the action might have happened in the past or it might be now, or it could even be planned for the future. So the verb walk in the past tense would be walked, and in the future would be will walk.

Definitions of verb

  1. noun

    a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence

  2. noun

    the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

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    types:

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    auxiliary verb

    a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

    infinitive

    the uninflected form of the verb

    participial, participle

    a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

    phrasal verb

    an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit

    transitive, transitive verb, transitive verb form

    a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

    intransitive, intransitive verb, intransitive verb form

    a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

    split infinitive

    an infinitive with an adverb between `to’ and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go’)

    modal, modal auxiliary, modal auxiliary verb, modal verb

    an auxiliary verb (such as `can’ or `will’) that is used to express modality

    present participle

    a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing

    past participle, perfect participle

    a participle that expresses completed action

    doubly transitive verb, doubly transitive verb form

    a transitive verb that takes both a direct and an indirect object

    type of:

    major form class

    any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar

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  2. Types of Verbs
  3. Multi-word Verbs

Multi-word verbs are verbs that consist of more than one word. They fall into three types:

  • prepositional verbs
  • phrasal verbs
  • phrasal-prepositional verbs

Before we look at each one, we’ll examine more generally what multi-word verbs are.

Confusion Multi-word Verbs

What are Multi-word Verbs?

Multi-word verbs are made up of a verb and a particle. Particles are words that we use as prepositions and / or adverbs in other contexts. Here are examples of some of these words:

Verbs

  • give
  • come
  • look
  • take
  • bring
  • put
  • made

Particles (Prepositions and Adverbs)

  • into
  • on
  • away
  • over
  • to
  • up
  • out

When we combine a verb with a particle to make a multi-word verb, it has a different meaning to the meaning of those words when used on their own.

For instance, here are two common meanings of one word taken from each list:

  • give = transfer the possession of something to someone else e.g. I gave him my passport.
  • up = towards a higher place or position e.g. he went up the stairs 

However, we can put these two words together to make a multi-verb word, creating a completely different meaning:

  • He wants to give up smoking = stop

So give up is a multi-verb word we have created by placing together a verb and a particle. Neither give nor up have the same meaning as when they are used on their own.

Where do they come in sentences?

Multi-word verbs are no different to other verbs in that they can be used as a main verb (i.e. after a subject and taking a tense) or in other positions, such as acting as an infinitive:

  • Main Verb: He gave up smoking last week (used after a subject and in the past tense)
  • Infinitive: It is important to give up smoking (base form of the verb used after an adjective)

Some multi-word verbs can be split up, while others cannot:

  • Cannot be separated:  She looks after the children on Saturdays
  • Can be separated: He looked up the word in the dictionary / He looked the word up in the dictionary 

Multi-verb words as idiomatic expressions

Given that multi-word verbs have different meanings to the individual words, they tend to be idiomatic expressions.

Some will make sense as you see them but others may look confusing if you are not already aware of what they mean. 

For example, in the first two, we can probably guess the meaning, but the others are more difficult:

  • The plane took off at 5pm (= became airborne)
  • He got up early this morning (= rise to a standing position)
  • She put him up for the week (= provided temporary accommodation)
  • She let him off (=forgave)

So with these types of verbs you often have to learn them and their meanings as it can be difficult to guess the meanings from context. 

Types of Multi-word Verbs

There are three types of multi-word verbs:

  1. prepositional verbs
  2. phrasal verbs
  3. phrasal-prepositional verbs

1. Prepositional Verbs

A prepositional verb is a multi-word verb made up of a verb plus a preposition. These are the key factors which make these multi-word verb prepositional verbs:

  • They must have a direct object
  • They are transitive (because they have a direct object)
  • The main verb and preposition are inseparable (i.e. the object must go after the preposition)

Structure of Prepositional Verbs

Main Verb + Preposition + Direct Object

Here are some examples of prepositional verbs:

Prepositional Verb Examples

  • sailed through my speaking test
  • Their house was broken into
  • He can’t do without his car
  • She really gets into her music
  • I will deal with the problems
  • I looked after her cat

In none of these cases can we move the direct object to between the verb and particle, or in other words separate them. For instance we can’t say I sailed my speaking test through or He can’t do his car without.

You may have thought that Their house was broken into does not fit because there appears to be no direct object after ‘into’. 

But remember that as prepositional verbs are transitive, they can usually be turned into the passive voice. This example has been turned from active to passive:

  • The burglars broke into their house (active)
  • Their house was broken into (passive)

2. Phrasal Verbs

A phrasal verb is a multi-word verb made up of a verb plus an adverb. There are two types of phrasal verb:

  • Type 1: No object (intransitive) i.e. they don’t take an object
  • Type 2: Object (transitive) separable i.e. they need an object and this can go between the verb and particle

Structure of Phrasal Verbs

Type 1

Main Verb + Adverb

Type 2

Main Verb + Direct ObjectAdverb

or

Main Verb +  Adverb Direct Object

Some of the most common adverb particles used with Phrasal Verbs are: around, at, away, down, in, off, on, out, over, round, up.

Phrasal Verb Examples

Type 1:

  • The plane took off late
  • She got up before him
  • The film came out in 1979
  • I can’t make out what she is saying
  • The meeting went on for several hours

Type 2:

  • I can put up your friend for the weekend
  • I can put your friend up for the weekend
  • She brought up many issues at the meeting
  • She brought many issues up at the meeting

Phrasal Verbs and Pronouns

Something to note with Phrasal Verbs in type 2 constructions is that if the object is a pronoun, then it must go between the verb and adverb particle. It cannot go after it.

So it has to be like this:

  • I can put him up for the weekend
  • She brought it up at the meeting

2. Phrasal-Prepositional Verbs

The key distinguishing factors of these types of multi-word verbs are:

  • They take an object (so are transitive)
  • They have two particles
  • The particles are inseparable

Structure of Phrasal-Prepositional Verbs


Main Verb
 +  
Particle Particle

Phrasal-Prepositional Verb Examples

  • look up to my uncle
  • You must get on with your work
  • He couldn’t face up to his problems
  • I always look out for her
  • Let’s catch up with John next week
  • I always look forward to seeing her

It is possible though with certain phrases to put a direct object after the verb. So in this case there will be a direct object and object of the preposition:

Examples with Verb + Object

  • She fixed me up with her freind
  • I let Jane in on the secret
  • He put me up to it
  • I put the problem down to them

Some difficulties for learners

Understanding what multi-word verbs mean

Some learners of English find multi-word verbs difficult because they may take the literal meanings of the individual words. For example, with this sentence:

  • I was looking forward to seeing her

It actually means to await eagerly, in this case to meet someone at a later date, but taken literally a person could think it means looking in a particular direction, such as looking ahead at someone. 

Misunderstanding Multi-word verbs with two meanings

Some verbs can have two meanings, which confuses some people if they only know one. For example:

  • I dropped her off at school (= give someone a lift somewhere)
  • I dropped off several times during the class (= falling asleep unintentionally) 

Only noticing the verb if separated from the particle

If as a learner, you only notice the verb, then this can make you misunderstand the sentence and again take the verb with it’s literal meaning. This can often happen when they are split up with several words between them:

  • He put all of the problems that we have been having down to the hot weather

In such a case the phrasal verb may not be recognised.

Understanding the difference between Phrasal Verbs and Prepositional Verbs

This can be unclear; however, it is not really important to know the differences. As long as you understand that multi-word verbs are verbs plus a preposition or adverb (or both) and that they have a differing meaning to the words on their own, that is enough for most purposes. 

But the key difference is that an object can go before or after an adverb, but it can only go after a preposition. In other words:

  • Prepositional verbs must not be seperated
  • Phrasal Verbs can be separated 

Of course type 1 Phrasal Verbs would not be separated because they do not have an object at all. 

Incorrect Word order

It is often the case that a speaker or writer may get the the word order of the multi-word verb wrong, with the pronoun placed in the wrong place:

  • I don’t have the space to put up him (should be put him up)

Differing grammatical explanations

It can sometimes be confusing when you search on ‘multi-word verbs’ or ‘Phrasal Verbs’ as differing sites or books categorise them differently. 

For instance, in some cases, all verbs + preposition or / and adverbs are labelled as multi-word verbs, regardless of whether they create a different meaning. For instance:

  • He went into the room
  • They are waiting for her 
  • He is suffering from heatstroke
  • I agree with you

In these cases, the phrases have their literal meaning and have not been changed. However, these could be seen simply as words that commonly collate together rather than multi-word verbs. 

In some cases, all those that have a different meaning are labelled ‘Phrasal Verbs’, with no reference to prepositional verbs. 

This should not really concern you though. The main thing to know is the differing structures with regards to whether words can be separated or not and to understand that with multi-word verbs with different meanings (i.e. what some people just call phrasal verbs) you will probably have to gradually learn there differing meanings. 

Here you can find a useful phrasal verb list with examples to start leaning some of the words.

Summary

  • Multi-word verbs are a verb plus one or two particles
  • It is a word combination that changes the meaning from the individual words
  • Prepositional verbs must not be seperated
  • Phrasal Verbs can be separated 
  • They are sometimes all simply known as Phrasal Verbs

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: a word that characteristically is the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being, that in various languages is inflected for agreement with the subject, for tense, for voice, for mood, or for aspect, and that typically has rather full descriptive meaning and characterizing quality but is sometimes nearly devoid of these especially when used as an auxiliary or linking verb

transitive verb

: to use (a word and especially a noun) as a verb : to make (a word) into a verb

A television announcer in Vero Beach, Fla., spoke of a promise «to upkeep the beach,» thus verbing a word that had been in use as an honest noun since 1884.James Kilpatrick

But it is by no means unusual for a noun to be verbed.Theodore M. Bernstein

Did you know?

Verbs are words that show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or state of being (exist). Almost every sentence requires a verb. The basic form of a verb is known as its infinitive. The forms call, love, break, and go are all infinitives.

Almost all verbs have two other important forms called participles. Participles are forms that are used to create several verb tenses (forms that are used to show when an action happened); they can also be used as adjectives. The present participle always ends in -ing: calling, loving, breaking, going. (There is also a kind of noun, called a gerund, that is identical in form to the present participle form of a verb.) The past participle usually ends in -ed, but many past participles have irregular endings: called, loved, broken, gone.

The verb’s past tense usually has the same -ed form as the past participle. For many verbs, however, the past tense is irregular. An irregular past tense is not always identical to an irregular past participle: called, loved, broke, went.

The two main kinds of verbs, transitive verbs and intransitive verbs, are discussed at the entries for transitive and intransitive.

Example Sentences

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Today, their DocuSign Global Trust Network has 1 billion users and 1 million companies, and the name of the company has become a verb.


Keith Krach, Forbes, 5 May 2022





Few people actually use it as a verb in everyday language.


WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023





What was once a valuable way of characterizing particular abuse became generic slang in our ongoing debates, the filler attack verb in any disavowal of an individual or institution.


Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2022





Ski-Doo is a brand of snowmachine, but it’s also become a generic verb for riding.


Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2021





Confit is a French verb traditionally meaning* to cook food in its own fat.


G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023





Traditional teaching methods, like asking students to conjugate a verb on the spot or translate a complex Latin passage in front of their peers, can be tedious at best and nail-bitingly nerve-racking at worst.


Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023





Derived from an active verb, it’s used in the passive voice in pretty much every statement.


Linda Chavers, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023





The idiom’s hoist is the past tense of an older verb that is now obsolete: hoise (sometimes spelled and pronounced hyse).


Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2021



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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English verbe, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin verbum «word, verb» — more at word entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of verb was
in the 14th century

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“Verb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verb. Accessed 14 Apr. 2023.

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