Jun 20 (0) Irregular Verbes 2021_06_20

to hold someone or something tightly, especially because you are frightened
to stick to something

to happen; to start to exist (especially of a problem or a difficult situation)
to get up from bed, or to stand up (literary or old use)

to wake up; to make someone wake up
if an emotion awakes or something awakes an emotion, you start to feel that emotion

to be able to accept and deal with something unpleasant (usually in negatives or questions)

to move the top part of your body forwards and downwards
to become curved or folded and not straight

to tie someone or something with rope or string
to unite people or organizations so that they live or work together more happily or effectively

to lose blood, especially from a wound or an injury

to send out programmes on television or radio

to break open or apart, especially because of pressure from inside
to make something break in this way

to choose an actor for a particular part in a film or play
to look at someone or something in a particular way
to throw someone or something somewhere, especially using force (literary)

to stop someone or something that is moving through the air by getting hold of it
to find and stop a person or animal who is trying to escape

to decide which thing you want

to hold someone or something tightly, especially because you are frightened
to stick to something

if someone creeps somewhere, they move there quietly and slowly

to give cards to players in a game
to buy and sell illegal drugs

to make a hole in the ground or to move soil from one place to another using your hands, a tool or a machine
to remove something from the ground with a tool

to give food to a person or an animal

to experience an emotion or a physical feeling (linking verb)
to touch something with your hand so that you can discover what it is like

to take part in a war or battle against an enemy
to struggle physically with somebody
to try hard to stop, deal with or oppose something bad

to be the right shape and size for someone or something (never progressive)
to put or fix something somewhere

to escape from a dangerous situation or place very quickly

to throw something carelessly or with a lot of force
to move yourself or part of your body suddenly and with a lot of force

to order someone not to do something
to state that something is not allowed, according to a rule, law, or custom

to say what you expect to happen in the future

to attach something, or to be attached, at the top so that the lower part is free or loose
to attach something, especially a picture, to a hook on a wall

to put something in a place where it cannot be seen or found
to go to a place where you cannot be seen or found

to carry something using your hands or arms
to keep someone or something in a particular position

to feel pain somewhere in your body
to cause physical pain or injury
to make someone unhappy or upset

to put one or both knees on the ground

to make clothes using wool and two long needles to join the wool into rows
to join people or things closely together or to be joined closely together

to put someone or something down in a careful way
to put something into its correct position

to show someone the way to a place by going there with them
to go in a particular direction or to a particular place

to bend or move from a vertical position
to rest on or against something for support

to jump high or a long way
to move or do something suddenly and quickly
to suddenly improve, increase, or progress

to be in a position in which your body is flat on a surface (of a person or an animal)
to be or remain in a flat position on a surface (of a thing)

to say or write something that is not true in order to deceive someone

to be unable to find something or someone
to stop having something because it has been taken from you or destroyed
to not win a race, competition, fight

to cut grass using a machine or tool with blades

to leave a job or school permanently
to stop doing something

to cut something with a saw

to look for something or someone
to try to obtain or achieve something

to post a letter or parcel to someone
to tell someone something by sending them a message

to use a needle and thread to make stitches in cloth
to make or repair clothes using a needle and thread

to make lots of quick small movements up and down, or side to side
to move your head from side to side to mean 'no'

to produce or reflect light; to be bright
to have a bright attractive appearance

to fire a gun or other weapon
to kill or wound a person or an animal with a bullet

to make something clear; to prove something
to let someone see something

to disappear below the surface of the water
to move to a lower level

to move smoothly and quickly across a surface
to move quickly without anyone noticing you

to throw something somewhere with force or in a careless way
to put something somewhere where it hangs loosely (often passive)

to plant seeds in the ground

to move quickly
to drive a car faster than the fastest speed legally allowed

to use money to pay for things
to use time doing something or being somewhere

to turn round and round quickly; to make something do this
to make thread by twisting together cotton, wool

to force liquid, food, etc. out of your mouth

to divide into smaller groups, or to divide people into smaller groups
to make a long thin cut or break in something

to change something good into something bad, unpleasant, useless
to always allow a child to have or do everything that they want
to treat someone with a lot of care and kindness

to gradually affect or cover a larger area
to cause someone or something to be in a number of different places

to be in a vertical position on your feet
to move from sitting or bending down into an upright position

to take something that belongs to someone else without permission

to push something long and thin into or through something else
to fix one thing to another, especially using a sticky substance such as glue

to touch your skin or make a very small hole in it so that you feel a sharp pain (of insects, plants)
to have or cause a sudden pain or uncomfortable feeling

to have a strong, unpleasant smell
to seem very bad, unpleasant or dishonest

to hit someone or something hard or with force
to refuse to work, because of a disagreement over pay or conditions

to try very hard to achieve something

to use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry
to make a serious promise to do something

to clean the floor using a brush
to remove something from a surface using a brush, your hand
to move or spread quickly through an area

to become bigger or rounder
to increase or make something increase in number or size

to move through water by making movements with your arms and legs

to move smoothly backwards and forwards, or to make something do this
to move or make something move with a wide curved movement

to put something somewhere with a quick hard push

to put your foot down while you are stepping or walking (especially British)
to crush or press something with your feet

to stop sleeping
to make someone stop sleeping

to have something on your body as clothing, decoration, or protection
to have a particular expression on your face

to make cloth on a machine by crossing threads under and over each other

to cry because you feel unhappy or have some other strong emotion

to wrap or twist something around itself or around something else
to have many bends and twists

to twist and squeeze something in order to remove liquid from it