In linguistics, conversion is the situation of a word coming to belong to a new word class without the addition of an affix. If, as in the case of sea lion and the others words mentioned above, this results in a new verb, the process is also simply described as ‘verbing’. Sea lion as a verb is often realized in the passive form, so frequently seen as be/get sea lioned.
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sea lion
noun countable
US
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sea lionverb
Word Forms
singular
sea lion
plural
sea lions
DEFINITIONS1
1
a large type of seal
Synonyms and related words
Sea animals
conger eel
coral
cuttlefish
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In linguistics, conversion is the situation of a word coming to belong to a new word class without the addition of an affix. If, as in the case of sea lion and the others words mentioned above, this results in a new verb, the process is also simply described as ‘verbing’. Sea lion as a verb is often realized in the passive form, so frequently seen as be/get sea lioned.
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sea lion
verbusually passive
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sea lionnoun
DEFINITIONS1
1
in an online conversation, to repeatedly ask a person questions or make comments which suggest that you are interested in what they are talking about, but are actually intended to annoy them
I keep quiet for a number of reasons, but it’s primarily out of fear. Fear of uttering an opinion only to be sea lioned into circular debates that feel engineered more to exhaust than to enlighten.
Submitted by: Kerry on 25/08/2015
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In linguistics, conversion is the situation of a word coming to belong to a new word class without the addition of an affix. If, as in the case of sea lion and the others words mentioned above, this results in a new verb, the process is also simply described as ‘verbing’. Sea lion as a verb is often realized in the passive form, so frequently seen as be/get sea lioned.