Word which is both noun and verb

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There are many words in the English language that are both nouns and verbs. Find out from our list what they are. List of words that are objects and action words.

access	dump	mail	shelter
ache	dust	make	shock
act	dye	man	shop
address	echo	march	show
aim	email	mark	sign
alert	end	match	signal
answer	escape	mate	silence
arrest	escort	matter	sin
attack	esteem	mean	sip
attribute	estimate	measure	skate
auction	exchange	milk	sketch
back	excuse	mind	ski
bail	exhibit	mine	slice
balance	experience	miss	slide
balloon	eye	mistake	slip
ban	face	moor	smell
bandage	fall	move	smile
bank	favor	mug	smirk
bare	fax	nail	smoke
bargain	fear	name	snack
battle	feel	need	snow
beam	fight	nest	sound
bear	file	notch	span
beat	fill	note	spot
bend	film	notice	spray
benefit	finish	number	sprout
blame	fish	object	squash
blast	fix	offer	stain
bleach	flap	oil	stamp
block	flash	order	stand
bloom	float	pack	star
blow	flood	pad	start
board	floss	paddle	state
bomb	flow	paint	steer
bother	flower	park	step
bounce	fly	part	sting
bow	fold	pass	stop
box	fool	paste	store
bread	force	pat	storm
break	form	pause	stress
breed	frame	pay	strip
broadcast	freeze	pedal	stroke
brush	frown	peel	struggle
bump	function	pelt	study
burn	garden	permit	stuff
buy	gaze	phone	stunt
cake	gel	photograph	subject
call	glue	pick	suit
camp	grate	pine	supply
care	grease	place	support
catch	grill	plan	surf
cause	grimace	plane	surprise
challenge	grin	plant	suspect
change	grip	play	swap
chant	guarantee	plow	swing
charge	guard	plug	swivel
cheat	guess	point	tack
check	guide	poke	talk
cheer	hammer	pop	taste
chip	hand	post	tear
claim	handle	practice	tease
clip	harm	praise	telephone
cloud	harness	present	test
clue	hate	proceed	thought
coach	head	process	thunder
color	heap	produce	tick
comb	heat	progress	tie
combat	help	project	time
comfort	hide	promise	tip
conduct	highlight	protest	tire
conflict	hike	pull	toast
contest	hit	pump	touch
contract	hold	punch	tour
contrast	hop	push	tow
control	hope	question	trace
cook	hose	quilt	track
coop	hug	quiz	trade
copy	humor	race	train
cost	hunt	rain	transport
count	hurry	raise	trap
cover	ice	rant	travel
crack	impact	rate	treat
crash	inch	reach	trick
crate	increase	reason	trim
credit	influence	rebel	trust
crush	insult	record	tug
cure	interest	refill	turn
curl	iron	refund	twist
curve	itch	reign	type
cut	jail	reject	upstage
cycle	jam	rent	use
dam	joke	repair	vacuum
damage	judge	repeat	value
dance	jump	reply	visit
deal	keep	report	voice
decay	kick	request	vote
decrease	kiss	rhyme	wake
delay	knit	ring	walk
delight	knock	riot	waltz
demand	knot	risk	watch
design	label	rock	water
dial	land	roll	wave
die	last	row	wear
dislike	laugh	ruin	whip
display	lead	rule	whisper
dive	leap	run	whistle
divorce	level	sail	wick
dock	license	sand	wink
double	lie	saw	wire
doubt	lift	scare	wish
drain	light	scratch	work
draw	limit	screw	worry
dream	link	search	wrap
dress	load	season	wreck
drill	loan	sense	X-ray
drink	lock	shampoo	yawn
drive	look	shape	yield
duck	love	share	zone

English grammar is the core of speaking and writing English. If you are a writer, you must be aware of words that are both nouns and verbs or words that can be nouns and verbs. If not, no worries, because today you will get to know about words that can be noun and verb along with words that are nouns verbs and adjectives. Without any further delay, let us begin. 

1. What is the definition of Parts of Speech?

Different categories of words are used in different types of speeches. The parts of English speech are,

• Adjective,
• Adverb,
• Conjunction,
• Interjection,
• Noun,
• Preposition,
• Pronoun, and
• Verb.

These parts indicate the functioning of the words in consideration of their meaning and grammar within a sentence. Let’s start with nouns, verbs, and adjectives. (See The Interesting History of Alphabet)

2. What are Nouns?

The name of a person, place, or thing is known as a noun. So, you can consider nouns when you are naming words. For example, Raj, London, and table are all nouns. In a broader sense, words that help you identify any group of people, place, or thing are all common nouns. While a noun which is the name of a particular thing, place, or person is known as a proper noun. (See What is an Example of Expository Text?)

3. What are Verbs used for?

A word that is used to describe an action, occurrence, or state is known as a verb. So, verbs are considered action words. For example, hear, cook, listen, happen, develop, exist, play, etc. (See What Does 42 Mean?)

4. What are the Words that are both Nouns and Verbs?

However, there are certain nouns that are used or act as verbs. These types of nouns which function as verbs are known as Verbal Nouns or Gerundial Nouns. These nouns are structurally related to the non-finite verb forms but are not non-finite verbs in general. (See Dead as a Doornail or Doorknob Meaning)

Verbal nouns are derived from verbs and so they grammatically behave like nouns. These are the rules they follow.

• Verbal nouns are preceded by definite articles.
• They are modified by adjectives and not by adverbs.
• They do not take direct objects as verbs. (See Use of Fingers Crossed in a Sentence)

6. What are the Words that can be Noun and Verb starting with Alphabets A and B?

The noun and verb words that begin with A are,

• Access, ache, act, address,
• Aim, alert, answer, arrest,
• Attack, and auction. (See What Does K Mean In Text?)

The words that begin with B are,

• Back, bail, bait, balance, balloon,
• Ban, bandage, bank, bare, bargain,
• Battle, beam, bear, beat, bend, benefit,
• Blame, blast, bleach, block, bloom,
• Blow, board, bomb, bother,
• Bounce, bow, bowl, box, bread,
• Break, breed, broadcast,
• Brush, bump, burn, and buy. Also, check out what is the Past Tense of Beat?

7. What are the Words that are both Nouns and Verbs which commence with Alphabets C and D?

The noun and verb words that begin with C are,

• Cake, camp, catch, challenge,
• Chant, cheat, cheer, claim,
• Cloud, coach, comb, contrast,
• Cook, copy, count, crack, crate,
• Crush, curl, cut, cycle, curve, cure,
• Credit, crash, cover, cost, coop,
• Control, comfort, color, clue,
• Clip, chip, check, charge,
• Change, cause, care, and call. (See What does BC stand for in Text?)

The noun and verb words that begin with D are,

• Dam, damage, dance, deal, decay,
• Decrease, delay, delight, demand,
• Design, dial, die, dislike, display,
• Dive, divorce, dock, double, doubt,
• Drain, draw, dream, dress, drill,
• Drink, drive, duck, dump, dust, and dye. Must read examples of kiss me under the Mistletoe Quotes

8. What are the E, F, G, and H Words that are both Nouns and Verbs?

The noun and verb words that begin with E are,

• Echo, email, end, escape,
• Esteem, estimate, exchange,
• Excuse, exhibit, experience, exit, and eye.

The noun and verb words that begin with F are,

• Face, fall, favor, fax, fear, feel,
• Fight, file, fill, film, finish, fish, fix,
• Flap, flash, float, flood, floss, flow,
• Flower, fly, fold, fool, force, form,
• Frame, freeze, frown, and function. (See Mc Vs. Mac Debate)

The noun and verb words that begin with G are,

• Garden, gaze, gel, glue, grate, grill,
• Grease, grimace, grin, grip,
• Guarantee, guard, guess, and guide.

The noun and verb words that begin with H are,

• Hammer, hand, handle, harm, harness,
• Hate, head, heap, heat, help, hide,
• Highlight, hike, hit, hold, hop, hope,
• Hose, hug, humor, hunt, and hurry. (See Ahoy Hoy Meaning and Usage)

9. What are the I, J, K, and L Words that are both Nouns and Verbs?

• The noun and verb words that begin with I are ice, impact, inch, increase, influence, insult, interest, iron, and itch.
• The noun and verb words that begin with J are jail, jam, joke, judge, and jump.
• The words that begin with K are, keep, kick, kiss, knit, knock, and knot.
• The noun and verb words that begin with L are, label, land, last, laugh, lead, leap, level, license, lie, lift, light, limit, link, load, loan, lock, look, and love. (See What does k stand for in Money?)

10. What are the Words that are both Nouns and Verbs which commence with Alphabets M, N, and O?

The noun and verb words that begin with M are,

• Mail, make, man, march, mark,
• Match, mate, matter, mean,
• Measure, milk, mind, mine,
• Miss, mistake, moor, move, and mug.

The noun and verb words that begin with N are, nail, name, need, nest, notch, note, notice, and umber. The words that begin with O are, object, offer, oil, and order. Also, check out what are Filler Words in Writing?

11. What are the P, Q, and R Words that are both Nouns and Verbs?

The noun and verb words that begin with P are,

• Pack, pad, paddle, paint, park,
• Part, pass, paste, pat, pause, pay,
• Pedal, peel, pelt, permit, phone,
• Photograph, pick, pine, place, plan,
• Plane, plant, play, plow, plug, point,
• Poke, pop, post, practice, praise,
• Present, process, produce, promise,
• Protest, pull, pump, punch, and push.

The noun and verb words that begin with Q are question, quilt, and quilt.

The noun and verb words that begin with R are,

• Race, rain, raise, rant, rate, reach,
• Reason, record, reign, rent, repair,
• Reply, report, request, rhyme,
• Ring, riot, risk, rock, roll, row,
• Ruin, rule, and run. (See What does RD Mean in Text?)

12. What are the S and T words that are both Nouns and Verbs?

The noun and verb words that begin with S are,

• Sail, sand, saw, scare, scratch, screw,
• Search, season, sense, shampoo, shape,
• Share, ship, shelter, shock, shop,
• Show, sign, signal, silence, sin, sip,
• Skate, sketch, ski, slice, slide, slip,
• Smell, smile, smirk, smoke, snack,
• Snow, sound, span, spot, spray, sprout,
• Squash, stain, stamp, stand, star, start,
• State, steer, step, sting, stop, store,
• Storm, stress, strip, stroke, struggle,
• Study, stuff, stunt, suit, supply, support,
• Surf, surprise, swap, swing, and swivel. (See Examples of Famous Acrostic Poems)

The noun and verb words that begin with T are,

• Tack, talk, taste, tear, tease, telephone,
• Test, thought, thunder, tick, tie, time,
• Tip, tire, toast, touch, tour, tow, trace,
• Track, trade, train, transport, trap,
• Travel, treat, trick, trim, trust,
• Tug, turn, twist, and type. (See Phase vs Faze)

13. What are the U, V, W, Y, and Z Words that are both Nouns and Verbs?

• The noun and verb words that begin with U are, upstage and use.
• The noun and verb words that begin with V are, vacuum, value, visit, voice, and vote.
• The noun and verb words that begin with W are, wake, walk, waltz, watch, water, wave, wear, whip, whisper, whistle, wick, wink, wire, wish, work, worry, wrap, and wreck.
• The noun and verb words that begin with Y are,yawn, yield, and zone. (See Goodbye Etymology)

14. What are Adjectives?

Words that signify various attributes of a noun or pronoun are known as adjectives. For example, red, black, sweet, faster, etc. Also, check out the words to describe the Sea.

15. What are the Words that are Nouns Verbs and Adjectives?

There are certain words that hold the same meaning but they have different forms in nouns, verbs, and adjectives. The list containing these words is mentioned ahead, arranged alphabetically, in order of adjective-noun-verb. 

Along with words that are both nouns and verbs, take a look at the list which is in order of adjectives-nouns-verbs.

• Active-action or activity or activeness-act,
• Achievable-achievement-achieve,
• Acceptable-acceptance-accept,
• Additional-addition-add,
• Adjustable-adjustment-adjust,
• Admirable-admiration-admire,
• Advisable-advice-advise,
• Amazing-amazement-amaze,
• Massive-mass-amass, 
• Amazing-amusement-amuse,
• Annoying-annoyance-annoy,
• Approachable-approach-approach,
• Attentive-attention-attend,
• Attractive-attraction-attract,
• Avoidable-avoidance-avoid. (See What does WTM mean in Snapchat?)

So, today you got to know about words that are both nouns and verbs, words that can be noun and verb, and words that are nouns verbs and adjectives. It is time to share this information with your students, friends, and family. (See What are these symbols called in English, ~, `, #, ^, *, -, {}, [], ‘, “, /, ?)

Can a verb also be a noun? The short answer is: yes.

As we know a noun is a word that names things, such as persons, places and things, as well as feelings, ideas and acts. We also know that verbs are action words. We use verbs to describe what nouns do.  So how can a verb also be a noun.

Let’s take a look at an example:

The word: play.

I like to play in the park with my friends.
Play is a verb in this sentence.

We’re going to see a play tonight at the theater.
Play is a noun in this sentence.

There are lots of words that can be both a noun and a verb. Here are some:

• Bait
• Love
• Peel
• Bowl
• Exit
• Fly
• Park
• Ship

We’ve created some worksheets in our grade 3 grammar section for students to practice writing sentences with words that are both nouns and verbs.

For further practice, we also have worksheets on identifying nouns, verbs and adjectives in sentences.

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150 Words which are both Verbs and Nouns:

act
address
aim
answer
attack
balance
bear
benefit
blame
block
blow
broadcast
brush
buy
care
cause
claim
comfort
contrast
control
cook
copy
crack
crash
curl
curve
cut
cycle
design
dislike
display
doubt
drink
email
end
escape
estimate
exchange
excuse
experience
face
fight
film
finish
fish
flood
flow
fold
form
function
guess
guide
heat
help
hold
hope
humour
hurry
increase
influence
insult
interest
joke
judge
jump
kick
kiss
knock
land
laugh
lift
light
limit
link
look
love
march
mark
match
mind
name
need
notice
object
order
paint
place
plane
plant
play
post
process
promise
protest
question
race
rain
record
repair
reply
report
request
rescue
respect
result
return
ring
risk
roll
row
rule
sand
search
shape
shelter
shock
shop
show
sign
signal
silence
sketch
smile
smoke
sound
stamp
start
state
step
sting
stop
struggle
study
suit
supply
support
surprise
taste
test
trade
train
transport
trick
trust
turn
twist
type
use
value
visit

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Words that can be both nouns and verbs

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Nouns are words that name things, people and places.
Verbs are words that name actions. Some nouns in English can also be verbs. In the following slides, decide if the words used twice are nouns or verbs.

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She uses a brush to brush her hair.
She uses a brush to brush her hair.

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My shower isn’t working. Where am I going to shower now?
My shower isn’t working. Where am I going to shower now?

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Tom uses a hose to hose the plants.
Tom uses a hose to hose the plants.

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I fish for fun and I always let the fish go.
I fish for fun and I always let the fish go.

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If my hands were free, I would hand you the ball.
If my hands were free, I would hand you the ball.

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When at home, do you study in your bedroom or in the study?
When at home, do you study in your bedroom or in the study?

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I never phone my friends. Basically, I use my phone to text messages.
I never phone my friends. Basically, I use my phone to text messages.

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You can saw ice with a special kind of saw.
You can saw ice with a special kind of saw.

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She uses a brush (noun) to brush (verb) her hair.
My shower (noun) isn’t working. Where am I going to shower (verb) now? Tom uses a hose (noun) to hose (verb) the plants. I fish (verb) for fun and I always let the fish (noun) go. If my hands (noun) were free, I would hand (verb) you the ball. When at home, do you study (verb) in your bedroom or in the study (noun)? I never phone (verb) my friends. Basically, I use my phone (noun) to text messages. You can saw (verb) ice with a special kind of saw (noun).

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Okay, we know grammar isn’t always the most exciting and fun subject during the school day — recess and lunch take those spots! — but it CAN be fun to play with words from time to time.

When you begin to learn grammar, you probably start with two of the most common parts of speech: nouns and verbs. Getting the hang of the difference between these two parts of speech puts you on the right track to becoming a good writer.

Nouns name things. Many times, you will hear people define nouns as persons, places, or things. But they can also name feelings, ideas, and acts.

Need an example? We just gave you one! Example is a noun. Some of our other favorite nouns are badger, Abraham Lincoln, vampire, Antarctica, couscous, love, indigestion, liberty and painting.

A noun that names one thing is singular. A name that names more than one thing is plural. For more information on singular and plural nouns, all you need to do is ask a moose.

Verbs describe action. We use verbs in sentences to describe what the nouns do. Monkeys peel bananas. Monkeys eat bananas. Monkeys love bananas. Peel, eat and love are all verbs in these sentences.

Hold on! Just a second. Not so fast. Just a couple of paragraphs ago, we said that love was a noun. Then we said love was a verb. Which is it?

Believe it or not, it’s both! Yes, it’s true. A word can be both a noun and a verb. In fact, there are many words that can be used to name a person, place, or thing and also describe an action.

For example, if you’re going fishing, you’ll need bait. Once you find an earthworm, you can use it to bait your hook. If it’s hot while you’re fishing, you might get thirsty for a drink. If you brought drinks in a cooler with you, you can drink the drink that you brought!

There are many, many more examples of words that can be both nouns and verbs. Here are a few that you’re probably familiar with:

• bowl
• exit
• fly
• park
• ship

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CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5

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