a verb that ends in -ing (present participle) or -ed, -d, -t, -en, -n (past participle).

A verbal form that has characteristics of both noun and verb. In Hebrew it represents characteristic, continual, uninterrupted action. Heb: "The Spirit of God was hovering over the waters" (Gen. 1:2). The Greek participle is widely used as a substantive, adjective, and adverb in phrases and clauses. Gk:"...in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him" (1 Peter 1:21).

a verbal adjective. Participles have five variables: as an adjective, they have number, gender, and case; as a verb, they have tense and voice. The screaming person drove us crazy.

the term covers both a word derived from a verb and used as an adjective, as in singing woman, and the -ing and -en non-finite forms of the verb, as in was singing (present participle), has given (past participle).

a verbal (part-verb) that functions as an adjective. Participles can be either present, usually marked by an -ing ending (e.g., taking), or past (having taken); they can also be passive (having been taken).

verb form used as an adjective. See for more information: 11 Rules of Writing Rule 8

a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

a form of a verb that has the qualities of both a verb and an also an adjective

a half verb and half noun

an adjective formed from a verb

an adjective which shows some verbal feeling

a special verb form that is derived from the infinitive but is not conjugated

a verb acting as an adjective

a verbal adjective , as in "a crying child

a verb conjugation used as a verb or an adjective

a verb ending in -ing , and is called dangling when the subject of the -ing verb and the subject of the sentence do not agree

a verb ending in ing used as an adjective, as in the following sentence

a verb form that can be the acting verb of a sentence only when it has an auxiliary verb in front of it (note the has in front of has gargle d)

a verb form that is used as a modifier

a verb with ed or ing added to it

a word formed from a verb that can function as part of a verb phrase

a word which takes part of the sense of a verb (showing action or being or state of being) and part of a noun (gerund) or adjective

A verb form ending in – ing or – ed. A participle functions like an adjective because it can modify a noun or pronoun. For example, in a glowing coal and a beaten dog, glowing and beaten are participles.

One of the non-finite forms of the verb, used in compound forms of the verb and adjectivally. English has a past participle ( opened) and a present participle ( interesting); Spanish has a past participle ( abierto). The Spanish forms in -ndo are not adjectival, and are usually called the gerund; the term present participle is sometimes used for Spanish adjectives in -nte ( interesante), but not all verbs have forms in -nte (eg abrir has no form *abriente): ie, the -nte forms are only semiproductive in Spanish.

One of two different kinds of verb-derived words which can function as nouns, modifiers, or parts of synthetic verbs. Present participles end with "-ing." Past participles of most verbs end with "-ed" or "-en." I hate running when I feel tired. He was running scared.

A verb form used for making different tenses. There are present and past participles.

A participle is a syntactic unit that can function as a verb or an adjective.

The form of a verb that usually ends in '-ed' or '-ing' and is used to form some tenses and as an adjective: For example: 'He's sleeping' and 'I've already eaten', the words 'sleeping' and 'eaten' are both participles.

a word derived from a verb and used as an adjective or a noun

A verbal that functions as an adjective. Present participles end in -ing ( brimming); past participles typically end in or -ed ( injured) or -en ( broken) but may appear in other forms ( brought, been, gone).

Part of a verb which cannot on its own be a main verb e.g. running. Can be used as an adjective e.g. running shoes.

A verb form that can be used with an auxiliary verb. It can also function as an adjective or a noun. See Past Participle and Present Participle.

A participle is a verb form that acts as an adjective. A present participle ends in –ing. Running to the bus stop, she dropped her keys. A past participle ends in –ed unless it is irregular. Soothed by the soft music, she fell asleep.

A word which is formed from a verb, but can be used as an adjective, or noun

The -ing and -ed forms of verbs. The -ing form is called the "present participle". The -ed form is called the "past participle" (for irregular verbs, this is column 3).

A verb form that may function as part of a verb phrase (was thinking, had determined) or as a modifier (a determined effort; the couple, thinking about their past). Participles may take objects, complements, and modifiers: The stagehand carrying the trunk

In linguistics, a participle is a non-finite verb form that can be used in compound tenses or voices, or it can be used as a modifier. Participles often share properties with other parts of speech, in particular adjectives and nouns.