Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 2002. Vol. 3. Eger Journal of English Studies.(Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 29)

Éva Kovács: Properties of Verbs Which Constitute Phrasal Verbs

122 ÉVA KOVÁCS 'extensive' e.g. stretch out, spread out, string out, roll out (carpet), 'distributive' e.g. mete out, deal out, hand out, give out 'abessive' e.g. cast out, ferret out, pop out, pour out 'discriminative' e.g. stand out, make out, point out

, find out, stick out The Collins Cobuild Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs (1995:487-491) gives 12 different meanings of UP. 1) Movement and position He jumped up. He ran up a hill. 2) Increasing and improving The fire blamed up. She tidied up the flat. 3) Preparing and beginning The children line up under the shade of a thatched roof. Things were heating up so fast that 1 did not want to make any rush predictions. 4) Fastening and restricting He bandaged up the wound. He bent and laced up his shoes. 5) Approaching Most leaders were obsessed with catching up with the West. He was aware of something dangerous creeping up on them under cover of the bush. 6) Disrupting and damaging He messed up the tidy kitchen. He really botched up the last job he did for us. 7) Completing and finishing. He tore up the letter.