Term: participle: a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: shaktism: a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: higher law: a principle that takes precedent over the laws of society
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: psychosexual development: (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: fruition: enjoyment derived from use or possession
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: counterterrorist center: an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: sluggishness: the pace of things that move relatively slowly
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: veterinary school: a school teaching veterinary medicine
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: sort: an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: gentile: a Christian
Broader: verb: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence | Unrelated: packing: the enclosure of something in a package or box