What is the abstract noun of tell?

Answer 1

The word 'tell' is an abstract noun as a word for an unconscious action that may betray an attempted deception; a word for a concept.

Example: Watch his eyes, if they keep moving to the corners of the room, that's a tell that he has a good hand.

Note: The noun 'tell' is a concrete noun as a word for an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements; a word for a physical thing.

Answer 2

The abstract noun form for the verb to tell is the gerund, telling.

The word 'tell' is an abstract noun as a word for an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.

The word 'tell' is a concrete noun as a word for a mound made up of the remains of a succession of previous settlements.

Answer 3

Tells