"full verb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: full verbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} full verb (plural full verbs)
  1. A verb with its own meaning: a verb that is not an auxiliary verb. Synonyms (verb with its own meaning): lexical verb, main verb Hyponyms: linking verb Translations (verb which has semantic meaning): plnovýznamové sloveso [neuter] (Czech), Vollverb [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-full_verb-en-noun-HRDzcFNE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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