action verb

noun Grammar.

a verb, as run, think, or soothe, that expresses something that a person, animal, object, or process in nature can do, as in Close the door! or The storm is flooding many houses along the coast, rather than expressing a state of being. Compare copula(def 2), stative.

Words nearby action verb

action painting, action potential, action replay, action reporter, action stations, action verb, actionable, actioner, actions speak louder than words, actis, actium