Ergative

This page gathers the 106 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Ergative” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.

1. assemble verb To gather as a group.
2. autowrap verb To wrap (e.g. text) automatically.
3. begin verb To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
4. blacken verb To become black.
5. blow verb To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.
6. blue verb To make or become blue; to turn blue.
7. bounce verb To return undelivered.
8. bow verb To bend or curve, particularly downward.
9. break verb To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
10. break down verb To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
11. break in verb To reach a state of functioning more smoothly through use or wear; to cause (something, or someone, new) to undergo this change.
12. burn away verb To remove or be removed by burning.
13. button up verb To seal off (a military vehicle or facility).
14. change verb To make something into something else.
15. char verb To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
16. clarify verb To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
17. close verb To conclude (a sale).
18. codicil verb To add a codicil (to).
19. concentrate verb To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
20. construe verb To admit of grammatical analysis.
21. deactivate verb to make something inactive or no longer effective
22. decorticate verb To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
23. degrade verb To reduce in quality or purity.
24. deploy verb To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
25. destress verb To reduce the emotional stress in (another person); to reduce the stress in oneself.
26. distort verb To become misshapen.
27. drain verb To cause liquid to flow out of.
28. dress out verb To butcher and prepare (an animal) for consumption.
29. drill verb To cause to drill (practice); to train, especially in military arts.
30. drive verb To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
31. drop verb To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
32. eat verb To be ingested.
33. edit verb To lend itself to editing in a certain way.
34. empty verb To make empty; to remove the contents of.
35. end verb To come to an end.
36. evaporate verb To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.
37. fill verb To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
38. fly verb To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
39. fuse verb To combine through nuclear fusion.
40. gall verb To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
41. graduate verb To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.
42. gray verb To turn gray.
43. grit verb To clench (one's teeth), particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
44. grow verb To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
45. harden verb To make something hard or harder.
46. lace verb To fasten (something) with laces.
47. marinate verb To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for…
48. mass verb To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble.
49. melt verb To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
50. move verb To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
51. overween verb To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself).
52. pickle verb To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
53. place verb To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
54. please verb To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
55. pop verb To burst (something) with a popping sound.
56. port verb To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
57. rattle verb To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
58. read verb To be understood or physically read in a specific way.
59. reboot verb To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a…
60. recycle verb To be recycled.
61. reverse verb To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
62. roast verb To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
63. roll verb To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting…
64. rustle verb To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
65. scatter verb To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
66. scorch verb (To cause) to become scorched or singed
67. see verb To be the setting or time of.
68. sell verb To be sold.
69. shake verb To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
70. shift verb To change in form or character; switch.
71. ship verb To release (a product, not necessarily physical) to vendors or customers; to launch.
72. shut verb To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
73. shut down verb To turn off or stop.
74. shut up verb Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during…
75. sing verb To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
76. sink verb To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
77. slam verb To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
78. slide verb To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
79. spawn verb To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.
80. spin verb To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
81. split verb To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
82. spray verb To project in a dispersive manner.
83. start verb To set in motion.
84. stew verb To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
85. strike out verb Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this…
86. strike up verb To start something, usually playing live music.
87. subscribe verb To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.
88. suffocate verb To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
89. sully verb To become soiled or tarnished.
90. sweep verb To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
91. tauten verb To become taut.
92. thrill verb To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
93. thunder verb To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).
94. tip verb (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
95. tip over verb (to cause) to topple over and fall
96. toll verb To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
97. tuck verb To fit neatly.
98. turn around verb To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
99. unbutton verb To come open by having its buttons unfastened.
100. unround verb To change (a vowel) so that it is no longer round.
101. validate verb To have its validity successfully proven.
102. waft verb To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
103. wave verb To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
104. whiten verb (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
105. wise verb Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
106. wrap around verb To move (text or other content) to the beginning of the next line when unable to fit it at the end of the current line.

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