Appendix E: Action Verb List cont'd

DOE-STD-1029-92

Appendix E

Open

Manipulate a device to prevent the flow of electricity or to allow the flow

of fluids, other materials, or light.

Operate

Cause equipment or system to perform designed functions.

Pass

To go by; move by.

Perform

Carry out specified actions or action steps.

Place

To put or set in a desired location or position.

Plot

To represent graphically.

Plug

To connect or become connected, as in electrical plug; to stop or insert

something.

Press

To act upon through thrusting force exerted in contact; to push.

Pressurize

To apply pressure within by filling with gas or liquid.

Prevent

To keep from happening.

Proceed

To go on in an orderly, regulated way.

Pull

To exert force upon so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the

force.

Purge

To make free of unwanted substance such as an impurity or foreign

material.

Push

To press against.

Pump

Move a fluid in a piping system by the use of suction, pressure, or both.

Rack in

Insert a circuit breaker into its operating position.

Rack out

Withdraw a circuit breaker into its nonoperating position.

Raise

Cause to move up, or increase position or value.

Read

Obtain information visually.

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