VBSTAT Verbs of remaining/inactivity
Definition
Verbs of remaining, being stationary, or inactivity.
Detection Rules
xiao_2009
usas
cql[lemma={words} & pos="VB|VBD|VBG|VBN|VBP|VBZ"]
Word list (295 items)
Tuck
abducted
adduct
airlift
align
aligned
array
arrayed
bear
bearing
bears
borne
brandish
bring
brought
brung
bung
bunged
bunging
carried
carries
carry
cart
carting
channel
channelled
channelling
channels
chuck
chucking
circulate
clear
cleared
clearing
coasting
cradle
dangle
deliver
delivered
delivering
delivers
deploy
deployed
deport
deported
deposit
deposited
despatch
despatched
detach
detached
detaches
dislodged
dispatch
dispatched
divert
diverted
diverts
download
drag
dragged
drain
drained
draining
drape
draped
dribble
drop
drops
dump
dumping
dunk
eject
ejected
ejecting
emanate
emanated
emanates
emanating
embedded
emit
erect
erected
evict
evicted
exile
exiled
extract
extracted
ferry
festoon
fetch
fetched
fetching
flex
fling
flinging
flung
foist
foisted
forward
freewheel
freewheeling
freight
freighting
hang
haul
hauled
heave
heaved
heaving
held
hoist
hoisted
hold
hump
hung
hurl
hurled
hustle
immerse
immersed
imported
jangle
jangling
jarred
jerk
jiggle
jiggling
jostle
laid
lay
lays
leveraged
lift
load
lob
lower
lowered
lowering
lug
lugging
manoeuvre
move
moving
off-load
offload
outstretch
outstretched
park
piggy-back
piggy-backed
piggy-backing
pipe
pitch
pitched
pitching
place
places
plonk
plunk
poise
propel
propelled
prostrate
pull
pulled
pulling
pump
pumping
purge
push
pushing
put
putting
raise
raised
raising
re-circulate
redeploy
remove
removing
reposition
repositioning
rotate
route
sandwich
scoop
scroll
seat
seconded
send
sent
set
sets
setting
shake
shaken
shed
shedding
shift
shifting
ship
shipped
shipping
ships
shook
shoulder
shouldered
shove
shunt
siphon
siphoning
sling
sloping
sloshing
slung
spirit
spirited
splodge
splodges
splodging
spool
squash
squeeze
squeezed
squeezing
stack
stacks
steer
stick
sticks
stow
stowed
stowing
strew
strewn
stuck
stuff
stuffing
submerge
submerged
submerging
suction
superimpose
superposing
suspended
suspending
threw
throw
thrown
thrust
tilt
tip
toss
tow
transport
tuck
tucked
tug
turn
turned
turns
twiddle
twiddled
twiddling
twirled
twist
uncross
unfold
unload
unloaded
unloading
upend
upended
uproot
waft
wafting
wag
wheel
wheels
whisk
wield
wiggle
winch
winches
wind
winds
withdraw
withdrawn
withdrew
wound
wrench
yank
yanked
Normalization
Per words
Sources
- xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes
- usas — Rayson, Paul; Archer, Dawn; Piao, Scott; McEnery, Tony (2004) : The UCREL Semantic Analysis System