If you’re grandiloquent, then you like to use extravagant, high-flown words—precisely like the 50 verbs listed here, which either refer to everyday activities or else can be used in place of everyday ...

Today’s word of the day captures the same The word swerve originates from the Old English verb ‘sweorfan’, meaning to rub, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The conservative Fehan dialect of Tetun, a Central Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Timor, has two verbs that have developed into ...

"Embolden" (verb) means to give someone confidence, courage, or boldness to do something. It's used when someone is ...

Great news, everyone! The Oxford English Dictionary has finally — finally — added a verb form to its definition of “clatfart.” That’s right. The noun we all love, meaning “gossip,” is now also a verb ...

Affect vs. effect: What's the difference? These two commonly confused words have distinct meanings—affect is usually a verb, meaning to influence or change, while effect is typically a noun, referring ...

Research areas: Cognitive science, concepts, verb meaning, metaphors, compositionality, language comprehension, language-vision interface, semantic deficits in Alzheimer's, cognitive neuroscience My ...

“The ship floundered in the swells off of the Outer Banks for a while before breaking apart.” “When a cargo ship floundered on the shore, it was often considered providence.” When I searched Google ...

The word candour originates from the Latin word ‘candour’, meaning whiteness or brightness, which itself comes from the Latin ...

Professionals across all industries struggle with disengagement, which can lead to lack of productivity and falling short of their highest potential. This is a challenge at the edge of computing’s ...

Enter or enter into — A few days ago, a reader said that President Pranab Mukherjee, while addressing the gathering at the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has used ...

SHE may have lost her HRH title when she stepped back from the Royal Family - but now Meghan Markle has something arguably more impressive. The Duchess of Sussex's name has been turned into a verb ...