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throw310822last Wednesday at 7:13 AM0 repliesview on HN

I've always thought that it's because the meaning of verbs tends to change a lot depending on the noun they're applied to:

You can get the garbage bag but you can also get a concept

You can carry the garbage out but also carry a burden

You can dump the garbage but also dump someone.

You'd have to define exceptionally accurate verbs and then make sure they have a coherent meaning across all the nouns they are applicable to.