GERUND

noun

8 Scrabble

11 WWF

G 2

E 1

R 1

U 1

N 1

D 2

Definition

(grammar) A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language)