User:DCDuring/Basic entries: improvement opportunities

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• Use {{lb|en}} instead of {{context|lang=en}} (shorter => clarity)
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• Add grammatical labels (transitive/intransitive, countable/uncountable, complement (eg PP)
• Group definitions by sense and subsense
• Order grouped definitions: transitive/intransitive, countable/uncountable from literal to figurative, old to new, general to specialized),
• Move multiple synonyms to Synonyms header
• Add semantic relations headers, especially Troponyms for verbs
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Verbs

Bad?

(enwikt/MWOnline/OED)

• break#Verb: too many ungrouped collocation-specific senses, probably missing senses. (45/75/-)
• get
• have ***
• take
• set
• put
• make
• build
• let
• own
• read
• write
• listen
• go ***

Swadesh verbs

• bite
• blow
• breathe
• burn
• come
• count
• cut
• die
• dig
• drink
• eat
• fall
• fear
• fight
• float
• flow
• fly
• freeze
• give
• hear
• hit
• hold
• hunt
• kill
• know
• laugh
• lie
• live
• play
• pull
• push
• rub
• say
• scratch
• see
• sew
• sing
• sit
• sleep
• smell
• spit
• split
• squeeze
• stab
• stand
• suck
• swell
• swim
• think
• throw
• tie
• turn
• vomit
• walk
• wash
• wipe

English Swadesh list

• Verbs first

№	English	POS	Main Cat.	Specific Cat.	Lang4	Lang5	Lang6	Lang7	Lang8
1	I	personal pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
2	thou (singular)	personal pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
3	he	personal pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
4	we	personal pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
5	you (plural)	personal pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
6	they	personal pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
7	this	demonstrative pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
8	that	demonstrative pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
9	here	demonstrative pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
10	there	demonstrative pronoun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
11	who	interrogative	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
12	what	interrogative	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
13	where	interrogative	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
14	when	interrogative	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
15	how	interrogative	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
16	not	adverb	negation	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
17	all	quantifier	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
18	many	quantifier	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
19	some	quantifier	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
20	few	quantifier	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
21	other	quantifier	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
22	one	cardinal number	number	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
23	two	cardinal number	number	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
24	three	cardinal number	number	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
25	four	cardinal number	number	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
26	five	cardinal number	number	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
27	big	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
28	long	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
29	wide	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
30	thick	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
31	heavy	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
32	small	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
33	short	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
34	narrow	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
35	thin	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
36	woman	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
37	man (adult male)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
38	man (human being)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
39	child (a youth)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
40	wife	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
41	husband	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
42	mother	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
43	father	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
44	animal	noun	animal	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
45	fish	noun	animal	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
46	bird	noun	animal	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
47	dog	noun	animal	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
48	louse	noun	animal	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
49	snake	noun	animal	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
50	worm	noun	animal	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
51	tree	noun	plant	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
52	forest	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
53	stick (of wood)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
54	fruit	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
55	seed	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
56	leaf	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
57	root	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
58	bark (of tree)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
59	flower	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
60	grass	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
61	rope	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
62	skin (of a person)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
63	meat (as in flesh)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
64	blood	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
65	bone	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
66	fat (noun)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
67	egg	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
68	horn	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
69	tail	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
70	feather (rather not down)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
71	hair	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
72	head	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
73	ear	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
74	eye	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
75	nose	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
76	mouth	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
77	tooth (rather not molar)	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
78	tongue	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
79	fingernail	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
80	foot	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
81	leg	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
82	knee	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
83	hand	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
84	wing	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
85	belly	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
86	guts	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
87	neck	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
88	back	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
89	breast	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
90	heart	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
91	liver	noun	body part	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
92	to drink	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
93	to eat	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
94	to bite	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
95	to suck	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
96	to spit	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
97	to vomit	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
98	to blow (as wind)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
99	to breathe	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
100	to laugh	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
101	to see	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
102	to hear	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
103	to know (a fact)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
104	to think	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
105	to smell (sense odor)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
106	to fear	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
107	to sleep	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
108	to live	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
109	to die	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
110	to kill	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
111	to fight	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
112	to hunt (transitive)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
113	to hit	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
114	to cut	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
115	to split	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
116	to stab (or stick)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
117	to scratch (an itch)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
118	to dig	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
119	to swim	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
120	to fly	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
121	to walk	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
122	to come	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
123	to lie (as on one's side)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
124	to sit	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
125	to stand	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
126	to turn (change direction)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
127	to fall (as in drop)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
128	to give	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
129	to hold (in one's hand)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
130	to squeeze	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
131	to rub	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
132	to wash	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
133	to wipe	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
134	to pull	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
135	to push	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
136	to throw	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
137	to tie	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
138	to sew	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
139	to count	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
140	to say	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
141	to sing	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
142	to play	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
143	to float	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
144	to flow	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
145	to freeze	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
146	to swell	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
147	sun	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
148	moon	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
149	star	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
150	water	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
151	rain	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
152	river	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
153	lake	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
154	sea (as in ocean)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
155	salt	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
156	stone	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
157	sand	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
158	dust	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
159	earth (as in soil)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
160	cloud	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
161	fog	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
162	sky	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
163	wind (as in breeze)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
164	snow	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
165	ice	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
166	smoke	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
167	fire	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
168	ashes	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
169	to burn (intransitive)	verb	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
170	road	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
171	mountain	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
172	red	adjective	color	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
173	green	adjective	color	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
174	yellow	adjective	color	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
175	white	adjective	color	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
176	black	adjective	color	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
177	night	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
178	day (daytime)	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
179	year	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
180	warm (as in weather)	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
181	cold (as in weather)	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
182	full	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
183	new	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
184	old	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
185	good	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
186	bad	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
187	rotten (as, a log)	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
188	dirty	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
189	straight	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
190	round	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
191	sharp (as a knife)	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
192	dull (as a knife)	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
193	smooth	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
194	wet	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
195	dry (adjective)	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
196	right (correct)	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
197	near	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
198	far	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
199	right (side)	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
200	left (side)	adjective	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
201	at	preposition	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
202	in	preposition	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
203	with (accompanying)	conjunction	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
204	and	conjunction	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
205	if	conjunction	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
206	because	conjunction	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]
207	name	noun	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]	[[]]