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Words in subset Verbs

IDFullwordCount
1194to bathe176
2034to be133
1295to beat41
1200to be born2
225to be hungry185
226to be sick187
1270to be thirsty10
1271to be tired23
69to bite556
108to blow (wind)278
1570to boil130
864to break222
109to breathe45
233to bring21
70to burn (intrans.)522
2024to bury127
843to buy, sell, barter136
805to call out176
1202to carry304
1588to cast net8
906to catch81
1205to chase1
853to chew31
1913to choose8
818to chop, cut down161
860to clear bush for planting6
1911to climb56
238to close8
71to come894
239to cook96
796to cough199
111to count55
1924to crush0
240to cry340
112to cut260
242to dance184
1211to defecate1
72to die540
114to dig238
849to do, make118
1212to dream127
813to drill3
73to drink344
1940to drip3
74to eat1055
846to eat, drink0
827to enter27
118to fall (drop rather than topple)316
2081to fasten103
121to fear42
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