Vocabulary Verbs
Something I find interesting: English verbs that take specific objects.
Verbs such as “eat” use types of objects, such as “edible things/foodstuffs”. But I’m talking about verbs that traditionally use only one or two different objects, even though other objects would make sense logically. Some example verbs that I can think of, and their ‘default’ objects:
- contemplate – the meaning of life, suicide
- transact – business
- tender – a resignation
- render – fat, graphics, something obsolete
Does anyone have any other examples?
Oh, I have some!
Bicycle – a bicycle.
Fiddle – (with) a dial.
Deposit – sperm.
I was going to say “fuck,” but people fuck all kinds of shit.
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