gerund
gerund is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
- noun. A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.
- noun. a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gerund:
dunger, durgen, greund, nudger, runged
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