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Verbs for Sensory Actions

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to hear
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to overhear
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to listen
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to hark
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to hear of
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to listen in
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to smell
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to scent
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to whiff
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to sniff
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to taste
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to degust
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to savor
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to touch
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to feel
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to tingle
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to pick up on
to hear
to hear
Verb
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r
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to notice the sound a person or thing is making

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to overhear
to overhear
Verb
uk flag
/ˈoʊvɝˈhiɹ/

to unintentionally hear a conversation or someone's remarks

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to listen
to listen
Verb
l
l
i
ɪ
s
s
t
e
ə
n
n

to give our attention to the sound a person or thing is making

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to hark
to hark
Verb
h
h
a
ɑ
r
r
k
k

to listen attentively

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to hear of
to hear of
Verb
uk flag
/hˈɪɹ ʌv/

to know about somebody or something because one has received information or news about them

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
hear
phrase's particle
of
to listen in
to listen in
Verb
uk flag
/lˈɪsən ˈɪn/

to listen to a conversation or communication without participating

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
listen
phrase's particle
in
to smell
to smell
Verb
s
s
m
m
e
ɛ
ll
l

to recognize or become aware of a particular scent

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to scent
to scent
Verb
s
s
c
e
ɛ
n
n
t
t

to track something using one's sense of smell, typically performed by animals to locate food, identify potential threats, or find mates

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to whiff
to whiff
Verb
wh
hw
i
ɪ
ff
f

to detect a faint scent by inhaling through the nose

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to sniff
to sniff
Verb
s
s
n
n
i
ɪ
ff
f

to inhale air audibly through the nose, often to detect or identify a scent or odor

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to taste
to taste
Verb
t
t
a
s
s
t
t
e

to be able to recognize the flavor of something by eating or drinking it

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to degust
to degust
Verb
d
d
e
ɪ
g
g
u
ʌ
s
s
t
t

to taste food or drink carefully, appreciating and analyzing its flavors, often as part of a formal or discerning evaluation

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to savor
to savor
Verb
s
s
a
v
v
o
ɜ
r
r

to fully appreciate and enjoy the flavor or aroma of a food or drink as much as possible, particularly by slowly consuming it

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to touch
to touch
Verb
t
t
ou
ʌ
ch
ʧ

to put our hand or body part on a thing or person

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to feel
to feel
Verb
f
f
ee
i:
l
l

to be aware of something or someone through touching or being touched

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to tingle
to tingle
Verb
t
t
i
ɪ
n
n
g
g
ə
l
l
e

to make a part of the body feel a bit ticklish or have a slight, unusual sensation

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to pick up on
to pick up on
Verb
uk flag
/pˈɪk ˌʌp ˌɑːn ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

to notice something that is not immediately obvious

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable

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