69 Most Common English Verbs List With Their Meaning

Are you looking for a comprehensive list of verbs in the English language? Here you will find many common verbs list with their meanings.

One of the most important parts of a sentence when using the English language-or any language for that matter, is the verb. These words are used to tell the listener or reader what action is being performed by the subject of the sentence.

A verb is a type of word that describes an action or a state of being, like wiggle, walk, run, jump, be, do, have, or think. This is a list of the 69 most common verbs in English. If you are learning English it would be useful to learn these popular verbs first.

S.No.	Word	Meaning

1	Act	When you act, you do something or perform a role.
2	Bake	You bake food in the oven, making breads, cakes, and cookies.
3	Break	When you break something, it is separated into two or more pieces or is cracked. Broken things are often unusable.
4	Chop	When something is chopped, it is cut into smaller pieces.
5	Clap	When you clap your hands together they make a noise.
6	Crawl	Babies crawl to move around.
7	Cry	Sometimes people cry when they’re sad or upset.
8	Dance	When you move your body rhythmically, you are dancing.
9	Drink	People need to drink water every day.
10	Earn	You can earn money by working.
11	Eat	We eat when we are hungry.
12	Fall	If you lose your balance, you can slip and fall.
13	Fly	When something flies, it goes through the air without falling. Many animals, like flies, butterflies and birds, can fly. People can fly in airplanes and helicopters.
14	Give	When you let someone have something, you are giving it to them.
15	Go	When you go, you are moving.
16	Have	If you have something, you are in possession of it or it is a characteristic of yours.
17	Hear	We hear things with our ears. Our ears give us a sense of hearing.
18	Juggle	It takes good coordination to juggle.
19	Jump	When you jump, you go up and down.
20	Kneel	When you kneel, your knees are on the floor.
21	Knit	Sweaters and socks are made by knitting.
22	Laugh	People laugh at funny things, like jokes.
23	Learn	When you learn, you find out something new.
24	Move	When you move, you are not still.
25	Nod	When you nod your head, you move it up and down.
26	Play	When you play, you are having fun.
27	Pull	When you pull something, you make it move by tugging at it.
28	Push	When you push something, you make it move by pressing against it.
29	Read	People read newspapers, books, magazines, the Internet, and other things.
30	Ride	When you take a ride, you travel on something else, like a bicycle, a horse, or other means of transportation.
31	Run	Running is faster than walking.
32	Scream	When you scream, you talk in a very loud, emotional voice.
33	See	We see with our eyes. Our eyes give us a sense of sight.
34	Sew	You can sew using a needle and thread. Clothes are made by sewing.
35	Shower	When you shower, you wash your body in a stream of falling water.
36	Shrug	When you shrug, you raise your shoulders in order to show that you don’t know, aren’t interested in, or have doubts about something.
37	Sit	When you sit you rest your legs.
38	Ski	When you ski, you glide over snow or water.
39	Sleep	We need to sleep every night.
40	Slip	If you lose your balance, you can slip.
41	Smell	We smell odors with our nose.
42	Smile	People usually smile when they’re happy.
43	Speak	People speak in many different languages.
44	Splash	When a liquid splashes, parts of it scatter around. Children like to splash around in a pool.
45	Splatter	When you splatter something, parts of it are scattered around. Paint can splatter when you are doing art work.
46	Split	When something is split, it is divided into two pieces.
47	Stand	When you stand, you are on your feet.
48	Sweep	You can sweep the floor with a broom.
49	Swim	When you swim, you move around in the water.
50	Talk	People talk in many different languages
51	Teach	When you teach someone, they learn something.
52	Think	You can think of amazing things.
53	Throw	When you throw something, you use your arm to send it through the air.
54	Tickle	Tickling someone can make them laugh.
55	Touch	When two things touch, they are in physical contact with each other.
56	Twist	When you twist you pivot your body.
57	Understand	When you understand something, you know it very well or you know how it works.
58	Unzip	When you unzip something, you open a zipper.
59	Use	When you use something you do something with it.
60	Vote	When you vote, you are expressing your choice for something or someone, along with other people as part of a group decision.
61	Walk	To walk is to move on foot. Walking is slower than running.
62	Wave	This girl is waving to her friends.
63	Weep	Sometimes people weep when they’re sad.
64	Wiggle	When you wiggle you twist and move all over.
65	Work	When you work, you do a task.
66	Write	When you write, you put words on paper.
67	Yawn	Sometimes people yawn when they’re tired.
68	Yell	When you yell, you shout in a very loud voice.
69	Zip	When you zip something up, you close a zipper.

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