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There is a long list of words that function as both a noun and a verb.

Examples are:

  • air, airs or air, airs, airing, aired
  • bear, bears or bear, bears, bearing, bore, born/borne
  • call, calls or call, calls, calling, called
  • drop, drops or drop, drops, dropping, dropped
  • edge, edges or edge, edges, edging, edged
  • farm, farms or farm, farms, farming, farmed
  • ground, grounds or grind, grinds, grinding, ground (the word 'grind' is also a noun)
  • hope, hopes or hope, hopes, hoping, hoped
  • ice, ices or ice, ices, icing, iced
  • joke, jokes or joke, jokes, joking, joked
  • kick, kicks or kick, kicks, kicking, kicked
  • line, lines or line, lines, lining, lined
  • mail (non-count noun) or mail, mails, mailing, mailed (also email)
  • need, needs or need, needs, needing, needed
  • order, orders or order, orders, ordering, ordered
  • poison, poisons or poison, poisons, poising, poisoned
  • question, questions or question, questions, questioning, questioned
  • rose, roses or rise, rises, rising, rose (the word 'rise' is also a noun)
  • smell, smells or smell, smells, smelling, smelled
  • trust, trusts or trust, trusts, trusting, trusted
  • use, uses or use, uses, using, used (noun 'yuz', verb 'yos')
  • value, values or value, values, valuing, valued
  • win, wins or win, wins, winning, won
  • x-ray, x-rays or x-ray, x-rays, x-raying, x-rayed
  • yoke, yokes or yoke, yokes, yoking, yoked
  • zip (non-count noun except when used for zipper) or zip, zips, zipping, zipped

Note: The present participle of most verbs (the -ing form) also function as nouns called gerunds.

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