main verbs definition
main verb noun [C]. › in a ​clause, the ​verb that ​contains the ​meaning, ​compared with any ​auxiliary ​verbs that go with it: In I should have been ​studying, ​studying is the ​main ​verb. Grammar. Verbs: types …. Main verbsMain verbs have meanings related to actions, events and states.
Verb-a word that expresses an action or condition. · Transitive verb-takes a direct object to complete its meaning. It necessarily affects some person or thing or produces some result. Thus, the statements interficio (I kill) or aedificio (I build) are not complete until it is clear whom I kill or what I build.