Word with both verb and noun

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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

150 Words which are both Verbs and Nouns:

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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

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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There are many English words that can be both verbs and nouns, here are 15 for you to think about.  Most of them have similarities, but some have unrelated meanings. Use a dictionary to help you out if you get confused. Enjoy. 

1. Aim  

    Verb: The marksman aimed at the target and then he fired .

    Noun: What is your aim for trying to learn English . 

1. Bandage

    Verb: The nurse tried to bandage the wound but it would not stop                                                                  

     bleeding 

    Noun: I still have a big bandage on my knee because of my surgery. 

1. Bargain 

    Verb: I tried to bargain for a better price but the salesperson would not       

    make a deal with me.

    Noun: My grandmother would always find a good bargain when we went      

   shopping 

1. Comfort

    Verb: I tried to comfort her in her during her breakup from her boyfriend. 

    Noun: I tried to give her comfort during her breakup from her boyfriend.

   * These two are very similar but notice, one is doing (verb) something     

   and the other is giving something (noun) 

1. Cloud 

     Verb: I do not want to cloud your judgement by making this confusing. 

     Noun: It looks like a thunderstorm is coming, do you see the big  

     Clouds?

1. Credit

     Verb: I will credit you $100.00 dollars for the items that you are 

     returning.

     Noun: I would like to receive a store credit for the items that I am    

     returning

1. Demand

     Verb: I demand that you leave the premises at once or I will call the     

     Police.

     Noun: There is very little demand for a new pro basketball  team in New 

     York city, they already have two teams, the Knicks and the Nets.

1. Dump

     Verb: My bossed dumped all this work on me at the end of the day, just  

     before it was time for me to leave. 

     Noun : The restaurant used to be a very nice place but now it has turned   

     into a real dump 

1. Estimate

     Verb: I will estimate the value of the jewelry at 5000 Dollars. 

     Verb. We received a new estimate on the ou jewelry at the value of 5000 

     Dollars.

1. Face

       Verb: If you do not face your fears, than you will never succeed. 

       Noun: She has the face of an Angel but the soul of the devil. 

1. Fish

        Verb: Your wife was fishing for information about what gift you bought 

        Her, but I told her nothing 

        Noun: Have you ever had fish and Grits for breakfast.

1. Glue

        Verb. I glued my fingers together with Krazyglue by accident. 

        Noun. Can you pass me the glue so I can close the box?

1. Hammar

        Verb . He tried to hammer a nail into the wall with a shoe but it    

        wasn’t strong enough. 

        Noun: Can you pass me the hammer so that I can put up the picture ?

1. Inch 

        Verb: My dog lucky tried to inch his way on the sofa after I told him he    

        wasn’t allowed on the bed

        Noun . My son grew 3 inches in height during the summer. 

1. Label

        Verb: Do not label me a liar because I always tell the truth . 

        Noun: I can not read this label; the fine print is too small.

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