VERBS - 3rd List

Aporte de Maria Eugenia con la nueva lista de vervos de Language and Culture:

OVERCOME: To succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem that has been preventing you from achieving sth
OVERDO: to do sth too much; to exaggerate sth
OVERHANG: to stick out over and above sth else
OVERRUN: to fill or spread over an area quickly, especially in large numbers
OVERSLEEP: to sleep longer than you intended
OVERTAKE: to go past a moving vehicle or person ahead of you because you are going faster than they are
OVERTHROW: to remove a leader or a government from a position of power by force
PARTAKE: (of sth) to eat or drink sth especially sth that is offered to you
(in sth) to take part in an activity
PAY: to give sb money for work, goods, services, etc
PROVE: to use facts, evidence, etc. to show that sth is true
PUT: to move sth into a particular place or position
READ: to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols
REBIND:
REBUILD: to build or put sth together again
RECAST: to change sth by organizing or presenting it in a different way
REDO: to do sth again or in a different way
RELAY: to receive and send on information, news, etc. to sb
REMAKE to make a new or different version of sth such as an old film / movie or song; to make sth again
REND: to tear sth apart with force or violence
REPAY: to pay back the money that you have borrowed from sb
RERUN: to show a film / movie, television programme, etc. again
RESET: to change a machine, an instrument or a control so that it gives a different time or number or is ready to use again
RETELL to tell a story again, often in a different way
REWIND: to make a tape in a cassette player, etc. go backwards
REWRITE: to write sth again in a different way, usually in order to improve it or because there is some new information
RID: to be free of sb/sth that has been annoying you or that you do not want
RIDE: to sit on and control a bicycle, motorcycle, etc
RING: to surround sb/sth:
RISE: to come or go upwards; to reach a higher level or position
RUN: to move using your legs, going faster than when you walk
SAW: to use a saw to cut sth
SAY: to speak or tell sb sth, using words
SEE: to become aware of sb/sth by using your eyes
SEEK: to look for sth/sb:
SELL: to give sth to sb in exchange for money
SEND: to make sth go or be taken to a place, especially by post / mail, email, radio, etc.
SET: to put sth/sb in a particular place or position
SEW: to use a needle and thread to make stitches in cloth
SHAKE: to move or make sb/sth move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down
SHAVE: to cut hair from the skin, especially the face, using a razor
SHEAR: to cut the wool off a sheep:
SHED to get rid of sth that is no longer wanted
SHINE: to produce or reflect light; to be bright
SHOE: to put one or more horseshoes on a horse
SHOOT: to fire a gun or other weapon; to fire sth from a weapon
SHOW: to make sth clear; to prove sth
SHRINK: to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way
SHUT: to make sth close; to become closed
SING: to make musical sounds with your voice in the form of a song or tune
SINK: to go down below the surface or towards the bottom of a liquid or soft substance
SIT: to rest your weight on your bottom with your back vertical, for example on / in a chair
SLAY: to kill sb/sth in a war or a fight / to murder sb
SLEEP: to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active
SLIDE: to move easily over a smooth or wet surface; to make sth move in this way
SLING: to throw sth somewhere in a careless way
SLINK: to move somewhere very quietly and slowly, especially because you are ashamed or do not want to be seen
SLIT: to make a long narrow cut or opening in sth
SMELL: to have a particular smell
SMITE: to hit sb/sth hard; to attack or punish sb
SOW: to plant or spread seeds in or on the ground
SPEAK: to talk to sb about sth; to have a conversation with sb
SPEED: to move along quickly
SPELL: to say or write the letters of a word in the correct order
SPEND: to give money to pay for goods, services, etc.