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Korean Verb List

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This list contains Korean verbs. Click any of the verbs to conjugate it.

Get closer 1) grow or cultivate 2) dress oneself up To become possible To go Interrupt or obstruct 1) split or divide 2) distribute or share 3) distinguish or separate To teach Choose or select Pile up or stack up or heap up Point to or indicate Remain still or motionless Join To take or carry Take something to someone To bring or get To have or take or hold To add Be confined or shut up

1) sharpen (a blade) 2) rub or chafe 3) make juice in a mixer Renew or substitute ; same as Change ones clothes Transfer (bus or subway) Close Wind up To thank To show appreciation To be reduced or diminished To reduce or diminish 1) wrap up or tuck in 2) to protect or defend Hide or conceal Insist on To give a lecture Place empasis upon Strengthen To hold Make or get ready or prepare To do together or to share Pay back a loan To clear up or become clear (weather) To be developed or exploited

Develop or exploit or open up to development To be opened To open or to throw open To be renovated or to get improved To renovate or to improve Collect or gather up Help or assist or lend Deny or reject or disapprove Refuse or reject Pass or go through To become worried To worry or be anxious To cross or go over (river or street) Go over or go across To come across to this side of something Speak to a person or address To pass over or to put on the other side (of a river) 1) touch or jog 2) irritate or vex To become constructed To construct or erect Take or bring out of the water or 2) rescue a person from danger

1) Roll back /up ones sleeves 2)fold or furl up 3) finish work To walk Walk on or tread on Hang up or suspend To be hung up or suspended To go on foot or walk Come on foot or walk 1) put a thing over or across 2) to range from A to B Be frightened or scared Experience or undergo or suffer Endure or bear To be absent To resolve or be determined To become decided To decide Get married To warn To manage or administer To experience or go through To calculate To continue To continue

(someone esteemed) to stay or be located Plan or make a project Regard or respect Choose or select Be in anguish or worried To suffer or to have trials ; to do something you don\'t want to do, To be stubborn or persistent Open to the public To attack To study To give a public performance Offer a performance To be common Be affected or influenced by Be connected or related to To be related to or connected to To manage or control or supervise or manage Observe or view or watch Refer to or be about To distress or trouble Afflict or worry To exchange

To watch or enjoy watching Roll over To be separated andistinguished To distinguish between A and B To be put into sections To divide or to classify To be organized To organize or makeup To be arrested To arrest or restrain Purchase or buying 1) To buy or purchase or 2) look for or seek or want Rescue a person Become hard Harden or make hard To starve or go hungry To roast or bake Bend or stoop 1) advise or persuade 2) recommend To return home To return to ones home country Draw Picture or draw a picture

Yearn or be attached to Stop or discontinue Stop or cease or halt To overcome or surmount To base sth on sth Work or labor Scratch or scrape To be forbidden or prohibited To restrain or prohibit 1) suppress or restraint 2) abstain from or restrain from Surge or sudden rapid increase 1) draw or mark 2) strike Commemorate Crawl or creep To wait 1) To rely upon or lean upon 2) lean against To be expected To expect or look forward to To pray To be recorded or written down To record and write down Educate or train or cultivate

Be pleased or delighted with To describe or give an account of To memorize To be remembered To recall or remember Contribute or add much to To tilt or lean Tip or slant or incline Make the basis for Be under tension To become tense To become long Peel or husk Crack or peel and eat Cut or trim to pave (a road), lay down a floor, spread a blanket etc. To be spread or overspread Become clean Break or crack Wake up from sleep to realize sth To break or crush Return to consciousness

To waken To wake up or awaken To break To get out or draw out To go or die out Break off or snap off To be elected Be stuck in or insert Borrow or loan Dream or have a dream Pack up or bundle up Decorate To dream Put out or extinguish Nod To be cut off or severed Cut off or sever To break off or expire or be done with Pull To be drawn or pulled or dragged To draw near Boil or simmer Boil or heat or make hot

To draw to a close or to end To end To put on or wear, to wear (a ring) To smoke Interrupt To put between or insert To go out To divide To become divided Divide To be born to move a long or semi-long distance (not just within a room); Carry, convey, transport To become worse Come out, come forth Advance, go forward Become better, be improved Come out Come out, appear Show, display To fly To send flying To fly away Fly about

Come flying To leave behind Remain, be left over To convince, persuade oneself to get better (from an illness) Become lower Lower, make low To give birth Put out, take out produce something Look out for To go down Set or put down Overlook Come down To become lower Descend To Push out Throw away Let out, let go out Exhale Take out and give away Get wider

Widen Hand over Pass over, send across Cross or go across Cross or go over Throw down Pass over Fall, come down Fall down, collapse Overflow Put in, set in To sing To try hard, strive To melt To record Melt, dissolve Discussion Argue, discuss,debate Play, amuse oneself Be surprised Banter, tease To do farming Become high

Raise, elevate Leave as it is, let it be Be put on sth else (2) to become peaceful Miss, let slip Leave as it is, let it be Press or push down Close the eyes Open ones eyes Lie down Feel To feel Increase, gain Increase, multiply Grow longer (1) Scatter about haphazardly ; (2) to arrange, place in order Stand in a row Be lengthened Grow old Be late, overdue To become late To get near to Step up, go near to, come closer

Approach Drop in for a short visit Drop in for a short visit Go to and from a aplace Trim, shave Treat, deal with To be various Make sure, to harden oneself, firm up one\\`s will Pledge, vow, swear To hurt Quarrel Finish, go through, be exhausted, run out of Shut the mouth! Wipe clean, polish To close To shut, be closed to attach, fix To hang To change, vary Calm down Run, rush, dash Run, rush, jump at

Come running Hang, be supsended Escape, flee Resemble Soak in water Be put food in a bottle or for pickling Put in a bottle Take charge of Answer, reply Pull Have, encounter Be confused To reach, get to Be ready for the opportunity Put, place up to To answer, reply Provide for, prepare onself for Relieve, replace another Cope or correspond to Treatment Disposal, treatment Represent To converse

Get dirty Join in, do together Get worse To throw Save, lighten Add a thing, append To cover, veil Be covered Take with Go with Be accompanied by to warm, to heat up Arrival Make a go for it, escape To make an escape To help To arrive To become independent To look back on To echo (sound) to come back from the US To be planned and arranged To plan, arrange

Become dry To drink Be determined to Collide with Finish, complete Stop, obstruct Be stopped up Meet To make Make, create To be content To touch Become a lot Cease Dry sth Make stop Speak (honor.) Speak Speak Taste Hesitate Ruin Go to ruin

Be right, correct; to match, be fitting for Be struck,beaten Stand opposite Go to greet Adjust, adapt Entrust sb with sth Smell Take charge of Tie Be suspended, to be hanging down (from) ; to stick to a job, to persevere form,tie Stay overnight Stay overnight Make ones living Eat, chow down on Go deaf support,feed to be eaten,swallowed Become distant to Stop Stop Put on ones shoulder escape,avoid

To not know Evening twilight Attend on gather,flock gather,get together Meet, assemble To be insufficient Call/appeal for Drive Be driven into Come in crowds Be impossible To describe Collapse disregard,ignore ; to be defiant and fail to observe Get old Stay overnight s.w. bind,tie Be fastened together Become a problem to Ask to Bury to Stain

Get buried Have smeared,be covered with bite,put in the mouth Fall back, to pull back, to pull back your position Ask Slippery Postpone ; (2) to guess, infer and make an educated guess Dislike Be crazy To reach Believe Become believable push,shove to be left undone, to be late in making a payment (to fall into arrears) (2) to be pushed, shoved change,exchange Be changed Wish, hope Look at, watch ; to look forward to, hope for Straighten

Spread, apply Give, offer Drive,hammer in Be nailed in Rejoice, be glad of Be opposed to To be repeated To repeat Examine oneself Reflect, be reflected Twinkle-twinkle (stars) Shine, glitter To be contrary to Receive Accept Be discovered To discover A kick; walking pace, steps Be developed To advance Originate, come from Pronounce Be advanced, prospering

To develop, grow Be announced To announce Display, exhibit To be bright Become bright To find out To light up Step on To stay up all night Sit up all night To visit Broadcast To prevent, check Interrupt, interfere Soak into To learn Spit Take away, throw away to somewhere Throw away Endure, tolerate To translate To earn (money) ; (2) to invite, to bring onto oneself

Open, wide Widen, get wider To get serious, enlarge (1) to plan to start a job/project (2) to play a table game Unclothe, undress Take off, remove Cut, chop Change To be changed To change,vary Get sick Report to a person Keep in ones custody Send receive To try To be reported To report,inform Take care of to supplement and make complete, to complement sth see,catch sight of show,let see

Be secured To secure,guarantee preserve,conserve replenish,replace,fillup To be protected protect,shelter,guard reproduce,copy To review fry,roast serve,render service Contraction of See (polite) see,meet bear,shoulder a responsibility Collide with, bump against Be bumped into envy,be envious of Break, get broken To call Break, be broken Be uncertain,irregular to send, to post Ask sb a favor

To be segregated To separate, break away from To become clear To analyze Distribution Deformity, malformation Blow rouse,stir up soak,steep To be called Call to come Be congested,crowded ; to be full of to be swollen to pour (water, liquid) Stick, adhere to catch,seize,grasp affix,put on seize,catch Be caught To compare End in a tie, to be even-even. Same as

To be empty, vacant

To be begun, to have started begin,start rub,chafe empty,vacate Laugh at, ridicule (1) Shed, throw light on (2) to reflect in the mirror Shine Move aside To criticize Compare to pray,wish,ask To lend shine,glitter Throw into (a river); entice, entrap Get/go out of here Come out of somewhere To indulge in, be addicted to To fall into sip,suck Wash the laundry exclude,leave out Pull out, extract A thing be taken away

Snach, take away from Straight Stretch out, extend beyond Pull out, draw Be taken out, pulled out sprinkle,scatter Shake off, refuse To apologize Make friends with To buy, purchase buy,purchase To disappear To love To decease,pass away Be used, be employed To use To live Lead a life, get along revive,be brought back to life Survive To come out alive Watch closely Take a good look at

boil,cook (eggs) Be discreet,take care of ; to abstain (refrain) o.s. from doing Make a thing of Swallow Imagine Symbolize damage,injure To sculpt,engrave leak,escape from Sit up all night To remember To come to think sth To think To begin, germinate arise,occur,happen To be produced To produce,make To live, make a living To stand To hurry up To sign blend,mix To be mixed,blended

Give a gift declare,proclaim,announce select,choose To choose To prefer Persuasion found,establish To be explained To explain To be established To found,establish,create To succeed To be concluded, formed To exist, to come into being to ripen, to mature To grow,be brought up Count Stand up, erect To become erected To be introduced,presented To introduce,present To shout, yell A rumor starts

Consumption Be needed To possess,hold material, subject matter To digest Whisper deceive,cheat Belong to, be affiliated with Take a person by the hand Handle with care rise,soar,tower above To work hard repair,mending To be imported To import To collect To export Accomplishment Lower ones head To hide To be in hiding, to hide oneself Breathe ones last breath to breathe

to relax, take a break Graze past sorrow,feel sad To win To try,attempt To wither,die,fade To begin,start To start,begin To take a husband To make To get cold, cool off To eat a meal To cool, let cool. To state, declare Put on, wear To apply (for) To load,take (passengers) To be impolite To disappoint To make a mistake To be enforced To practice,put in theory To fail

To realize,bring to fruition To realize,bring to fruition To become distasteful To dislike, be reluctant (to do) To become serious plant,sow (a tree) Become deep and serious Wrap in, bundle To fight To pile up Be piled/heaped up Go bad, rot Chip, mince,dice (1) To shoot (2) to sting, bite (an insect, animal) To pour . To pour out Take (medicine) To write To wear (a hat) Stroke ones beard Fall, collapse Be writted To be used, to be utilized/employed

brush, sweep perhaps lightly Put a hat on somebody To chew To be carried away, washed away wash,be washed To wash,cleanse grudge,spare (1) To fix on a person, lay the blame on a person (2) to throw onto sb, to pass onto sb, to pawn off onto sb, to hand over to sb to be embraced by sb (in their arms) To lead the way To hold, embrace Must not, should not security,assuredness,relief To be stable To sit down To place a person in a set To not be, to not do To know To become known To inform, tell a person To find out (e.g. the answer) To listen and comprehend

To investigate, examine, search acknowledge,recognize, appreciate To be ill, sick with sth Have a distance ahead To go before, precede Make a person go To be in the lead/ at the head Make efforts/pains to do sth To make a promise To become weak To make a concession, recede To tell a story Run counter to, go against become/get dark To become difficult ones eyes dim with tears To be becoming, suiting By chance, accident Be subject to an attack of vertigo (figuratively), to not know what the hell is going on or what to do. Put on, place, lay, set Get, obtain Go about begging

Freeze, be frozen Freeze, make ice To carry on ones back, to shoulder sth Remove, get rid of, do away with To lose, get lost Cross, miss eachother Prostrate oneself, lie on the ground To look, appear, think of sth as Think, consider as Tell a superior, inform To travel Connect, attach Connect, attach To research, investigate To be put off, postponed To be put off, postponed To contact, get in touch with Association of ideas To practice,exercise Produce, present (a play) Open Open, be opened, be unlocked To bear fruit

Enthusiasm, zeal To worry, be anxious about Wait for an opportunity Warn, give advance notice Advance purchase To protect, prevent, fend off To expect, anticipate To expect, anticipate To prepare lessons, rehearse To book in advance, pledge Make a program, set a schedule To predict, forecast Come and go, keep going and coming To come To last for a long time Go up and down, rise and fall Go up, climb, ascend To be polluted, contaminated To go up, ascend Stand up Come up Board (a plane), get into Put a thing on a place

Look up Raise, lift up Move, transfer (2)(sickness) communicate, transfer to To be accomplished To accomplish, to end successfully To repeat back (an order) Outward appearance Recite from memory To go out (of doors) To shout,scream To be requested, claimed To demand,claim,request To cook (food) summary,condense,abridge To ask for, to request To insult, to say bad words To pardon, to forgive To take first place To do exercise manage,administer To drive To cry, weep To make (a baby) cry

To ring (a bell) ; to create an echo effect To move, stir To be funny To laugh, smile To want To console, soothe somebody To violate (the law) To be located To do for the sake of To induce, bring about, cause To bear in mind, be heedful of To be maintained, preserved To preserve, maintain To be in fashion, to be popular An answer, a reply To consult,confer with, talk over a matter To mean, signify Be conscious of, be aware of To be suspicious, to doubt To depend on, rely on To look to, depend on, rely on To be due to, owing to To win

To guide,lead To move,migrate,travel do/say think this way Accomplish, complete Get accomplished, achieved Erect, build To make something for a specific purpose Inform, report, tell To reach, arrive, get at To move house To talk Get joined, be connected To be used To use, make use of To be understood To understand To get divorced Ripe, be ripe To become accustomed to cook,boil Habituate oneself to To greet, say hello recognition,cognizance

To be recognized To receive recognition To acknowledge,authorize To be due to, caused by To rise, get up To rise to ones feet, stand up Agree with, to be in accord with To work, labor To read To get a person to read, to get a person to learn To lose, to miss, to be deprived To lose To be pregnant To wear To input (data into the computer) To join/enter a company To enter a hospital To enter/be admitted into a school Clothe, dress Join, connect Follow one after another To be To forget

To forget To become forgotten To stimulate To sleep To grow up To grow up To be proud cut,chop Commit suicide To edit or compose, write up Become smaller To apply , use To turn out well Be snapped,broken,cut off To turn out wrong To make a mistake To be affluent, well-off To do well To lock Sink in water Fall asleep Fall asleep seize,catch

eat,drink eat,drink Pull Slaughter and eat To be caught ; to extinguish a fire measure,guage Put to sleep Like that do,commit,spoil Write down To become smaller To be applied To apply (sth to sth else) Be suited to, adapted to To be recorded,written down To be unfolded,spread out To unfold,evolve,spread out To major in something To be delivered To deliver Have a view of, observe To be exhibited,ddisplayed To display

To transmit,convey To be transmitted To call To exchange, to convert, to change over To economize approach,get near Fold up adjoin,be adjacent to To make a sign,gesticulate To be adjusted To adjust To set,determine To be determined, settled To be wet, soaked exclusion,removal offer,proffer Be discharged from the military To be presented To present To propose,make a suggestion To be excluded To exclude Make a suggestion

To produce,manufacture To submit,tender To be restricted,limited To restrict,limit To tease, urge sb To examine,investigate To be careful To regulate,tune To regulate,adjust,coordinate harmony,agreement Respect To exist appreciate,esteem,value doze,take a nap Feel sleepy,drowsy To graduate Make narrow,restrict synthesize,integrate To become better To like, be fond of Give and receive, exchange To sleep (respectful word) To order, to request

To offer, proffer (conditions) Pay attention to To assert,maintain Sit down, plump down To park die,pass away To kill To be ready To prepare Diminish Dwindle away reduce,decrease Pick up, gather To be suspended,stopped To interrupt, to stop Mutter to oneself Attach great importance to To hold,seize To enjoy it Enjoy oneself,take pleasure,delight increase,rise,grow To prove,show,bear To pay,allow,furnish sth

To pass, elapse pass,elapse,go on Go too far, to go to extremes To pass, spend time Carry with, hold, possess Carry (on the back) Set (the sun) To fade away, come off To lose (at war, a game) To lead, instruct Holler, yell, scream Control, direct To pay Be lasting a long time, be continous To direct, instruct Put a thing on a persons back To erase To be erased To desire, aspire, hence to apply for [e.g. a job] or volunteer for sth To be pointed out to To indicate, point out Be exhausted, fatigued Watch, stare at ( wait on some situation)

Protect, maintain To diagnose Penetrate into, advance To have progressed, be advanced Advance, proceed Ask a person a question To guess, infer Pick up Put in To concentrate To concentrate To make, build ; to form a line (a group) Feel, examine Form, organize Squeeze, press out To become short To be at a loss, be confused Chase away ; to fire from your job To be chased, be driven Drive away, chase off chop,hack To put on weight stab,thrust

Stamp with a dojang Get sealed, stamped Tear, rend, split To be torn, rent Put on, fasten,wear To be full, to be filled with (PASSIVE) to kick Make ready,prepare To misunderstand, to deceive oneself, to be having illucinations To approve, support (a plan) To take part in, join To refer, consult Bear, endure To attend, take part in To participate in, take part in Create seek,look for To go to a place to meet somebody To find out, discover To go around to meet somebody or see places To go meet somebody To go meet somebody, to go get sth

To fill up, complete, fulfill Take responsibility gather,collect, assemble your stuff -- to amass (money, a collection) To clean ask,request To experience, to undergo To look up at To invide To invite To be added To add sth, to supplement To dance To propel, drive forward To recommend, say a good word for a festival To Congratulate sb To go to work To depart, leave attendance,presence Appear on stage, act, sing Appearance, turning out To dance Collide, clash with

To cancel, calloff To be drunk To adopt, assume, take (a storm, strong wind, rain, lightning) to strike, hit to attack, assault to count, reckon, calculate To cure, heal, treat a patient Pay off, pay ones bill Straighten up, tidy, remove To get close, to get friendly Paint, coat To praise somebody To become bigger To light, turn on, kindle To become turned on To be big, large To raise, bring up, rear Be born, gifted/endowed with Burn, blaze (firewood) Get, receive, take your share of the money ( ) Put in, mix, dissolve Ride (bus)

Blaze, light up To be born To escape, get away from To be born, see the light of day Burn, commit to flames To take in a car, give a ride to Choose, select Break, burst,explode Break, be torn, get away from To shake off, brush up To debate, discuss To vomit Passage through To unify, consolidate Run, lead; flow; go through To go home from work To leave the hospital To fry; splash, splatter Spring, bound, jump Jump out, spring out Get cleared out, open up To twist, wind To be turned, warped 2) go wrong, be mistaken

Destruction, demolition To dig Grasp, seize, understand To make a conclusion To be sold To sell To sell To be in demand, to be sold Spread out, get broader Publish, bring out in print Spread out, unfold Stretch, extend away To be appraised To evaluate, estimate, judge To give up, to abandon To be included in To include,contain To make a sign, display To make a sign, display To have been expressed To express, make known by saying Dip out, bail out Untie, loosen ; to melt into

To come loose To get loose; to turn soft (noodles) To hold, embrace To bloom ( a flower ~) To make, build, kindle avoid,keep away To do To drink a glass of liquor To be limiited, qualified To limit, restrict Limit, restrict To do it together, with somebody To pass an exam combine,unite Harmonize with, be in accord with To be settled, resolved To fix a problem, solve a question To accomplish, achieve, carry through To be applied/applicable under To be applied/applicable under To intrepret, construe To be dissolved, disorganized To act, behave

To do, act, behave To be impoved, advanced To face, look out on Consent, agree to To be permitted, approved To permit, approve, grant, allow Wander about, roam about Consider, weigh, ponder, consider Part from, part company with To be formed, made up To form, make, take shape Get frightened, scared Get angry To be magnified To enlarge,magnify establish,settle,fix To get diffused To be confident of To be confirmed To confirm,corroborate To welcome To be active, lead an active life To become lively

Utilize, make practical use of To be recovered To recover, get better, get well again To be a good son/daughter to ones parents To regret To steal Get cloudy, overcast Flow, stream Be muddy, cloudy ; with a tint of Shake, sway Shake, swing,rock,tremble flow,run,drift along Flow out, run, effuse Run (stream,pour) down spill,shed (tears,blood) be/grow excited Scatter about Hope To sacrifice To be exacting, tolling To try really hard

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