A list of gerund verbs (verbs that end in -ing and function as nouns in a sentence, typically representing actions or processes)

GerundVerbs.txt

abiding
acceding
accelerating
accepting
accomplishing
achieving
acquiring
activating
adapting
adding
addressing
administering
admiring
admitting
adopting
advising
affording
agreeing
alerting
alighting
allowing
altering
amusing
analyzing
announcing
annoying
answering
apologizing
appearing
applauding
appointing
appraising
appreciating
approving
arbitrating
arguing
arising
arranging
arresting
arriving
ascertaining
asking
assembling
assessing
assisting
assuring
attaching
attacking
attaining
attempting
attending
avoiding
awaking
baking
balancing
banging
banning
barring
bathing
bating
battling
beaming
bearing
beating
becoming
begging
beginning
behaving
beholding
being
belonging
besetting
betting
biding
binding
biting
bleaching
bleeding
blessing
blinding
blinking
blotting
blowing
blushing
boasting
boiling
bombing
booking
boring
borrowing
bouncing
bowing
boxing
braking
breaking
breathing
breeding
broadcasting
bruising
brushing
budgeting
building
bumping
burning
bursting
burying
busting
buying
buzzing
calculating
calling
camping
caring
carrying
carving
casting
cataloging
catching
causing
challenging
changing
charging
chasing
cheating
checking
cheering
chewing
choking
choosing
chopping
claiming
clarifying
classifying
cleaning
clearing
clinging
clipping
closing
clothing
coaching
coiling
collecting
coloring
combing
coming
commanding
communicating
comparing
competing
compiling
complaining
completing
composing
computing
conceiving
concentrating
concerning
concluding
conducting
confessing
confronting
confusing
connecting
conserving
considering
consisting
consolidating
constructing
containing
contracting
controlling
converting
coordinating
copying
correcting
correlating
costing
coughing
counseling
counting
covering
cracking
crashing
crawling
creating
creeping
critiquing
crossing
crushing
crying
curing
curling
curving
cutting
cycling
damaging
damming
dancing
dealing
decaying
deceiving
deciding
decorating
defining
delaying
delegating
delighting
delivering
demonstrating
depending
describing
deserting
deserving
designing
detailing
detecting
determining
developing
devising
diagnosing
digging
directing
disagreeing
disappearing
disapproving
discovering
disliking
dispensing
displaying
disproving
dissecting
distributing
diverting
dividing
diving
doing
doubling
doubting
drafting
dragging
draining
dramatizing
drawing
dreaming
dressing
drinking
dripping
driving
dropping
drowning
drumming
drying
dwelling
earning
eating
editing
educating
eliminating
embarrassing
employing
enacting
encouraging
ending
enduring
enforcing
engineering
enhancing
enjoying
enlisting
ensuring
entering
entertaining
establishing
estimating
evaluating
examining
exceeding
exciting
excusing
executing
exercising
exhibiting
existing
expanding
expecting
expediting
experimenting
explaining
exploding
expressing
extending
extracting
facilitating
facing
fading
fancying
fastening
faxing
fearing
feeding
feeling
fencing
fetching
fighting
filling
filming
finalizing
financing
finding
firing
fitting
fixing
flapping
flashing
fleeing
flinging
floating
flooding
flowering
flowing
flying
folding
following
fooling
forbidding
forcing
forecasting
foregoing
foreseeing
foretelling
forgetting
forgiving
forming
formulating
forsaking
framing
freezing
frightening
frying
gazing
generating
getting
giving
glowing
glueing
going
governing
grabbing
graduating
grating
greasing
greeting
grinding
grinning
griping
groaning
growing
guaranteeing
guarding
guessing
guiding
hammering
handling
handwriting
hanging
happening
harassing
harming
haunting
heading
healing
heaping
hearing
heating
helping
hiding
hitting
holding
hooking
hoping
hovering
hugging
humming
hunting
hurrying
hurting
hypothesizing
identifying
ignoring
imagining
implementing
impressing
improving
improvising
including
increasing
inducing
informing
initiating
injecting
injuring
innovating
inputing
inspecting
installing
instituting
instructing
insuring
integrating
intending
intensifying
interesting
interfering
interlaying
interpreting
interrupting
interviewing
introducing
inventing
inventorying
investigating
irritating
itching
jailing
jamming
jogging
joining
joking
judging
juggling
jumping
justifying
keeping
killing
kissing
kneeling
knitting
knocking
knotting
knowing
landing
lasting
laughing
launching
laying
leading
leaning
learning
leaving
lecturing
lending
letting
leveling
licensing
licking
lifting
lightening
lighting
liking
listing
living
loading
locking
logging
longing
looking
losing
loving
lying
maintaining
making
managing
manipulating
manning
manufacturing
mapping
marching
marketing
marrying
matching
mating
mattering
meaning
measuring
meddling
mediating
meeting
melting
memorizing
mending
mentoring
milking
mining
misleading
missing
mistaking
misunderstanding
mixing
moaning
modeling
modifying
monitoring
mooring
motivating
moving
muddling
mugging
multiplying
murdering
nailing
naming
navigating
needing
negotiating
nesting
nodding
nominating
normalizing
noticing
noting
numbering
obeying
objecting
observing
occurring
offending
offering
officiating
opening
operating
ordering
organizing
orienteering
originating
over
overcoming
overdoing
overdrawing
overflowing
overhearing
overtaking
overthrowing
owing
owning
packing
paddling
painting
parking
participating
parting
passing
pasting
patting
pecking
pedaling
peeling
peeping
perceiving
performing
permitting
phoning
photographing
picking
piloting
pinching
pining
pinpointing
planing
planting
pleading
pleasing
plugging
poking
polishing
possessing
posting
pouring
praising
praying
preaching
preceding
predicting
preferring
preparing
prescribing
presenting
presetting
presiding
pressing
pretending
preventing
pricking
processing
procuring
producing
professing
programming
progressing
projecting
promising
promoting
proofreading
proposing
protecting
providing
proving
publicizing
pulling
pumping
punching
puncturing
purchasing
pushing
putting
questioning
queueing
quitting
racing
radiating
raising
ranking
rating
reaching
reading
realigning
realizing
reasoning
receiving
recognizing
reconciling
recording
recruiting
reducing
referring
reflecting
regretting
regulating
reigning
reinforcing
rejecting
rejoicing
relating
relaxing
releasing
relying
remaining
remembering
reminding
removing
rendering
reorganizing
repairing
repeating
replacing
replying
representing
requesting
rescuing
researching
resolving
responding
restoring
restructuring
retiring
retrieving
returning
reviewing
revising
rhyming
riding
ringing
rinsing
rising
risking
robing
rocking
rolling
rotting
rubbing
ruining
ruling
running
rushing
sacking
satisfying
sawing
saying
scaring
scattering
scheduling
scolding
scorching
scraping
scratching
screaming
screwing
scribbling
scrubbing
sealing
searching
securing
seeing
seeking
selecting
selling
sending
sensing
separating
servicing
serving
setting
settling
sewing
shading
shaking
shaping
sharing
shearing
shedding
sheltering
shining
shivering
shocking
shoeing
shooting
shopping
showing
shrinking
shrugging
shutting
sighing
signaling
signing
simplifying
singing
sining
sinking
sipping
siting
sketching
skiing
skipping
slapping
slaying
sleeping
sliding
slinging
slinking
slipping
slitting
slowing
smashing
smelling
smiling
smiting
smoking
snatching
sneaking
sneezing
sniffing
snoring
snowing
soaking
solving
soothing
soothsaying
sorting
sowing
sparing
sparking
sparkling
speaking
speeding
spelling
spending
spilling
spinning
spiting
splitting
spoiling
spotting
spraying
spreading
springing
sprouting
squashing
squeaking
squealing
squeezing
staining
stamping
standing
staring
starting
stealing
stepping
sticking
stimulating
stinging
stinking
stirring
stitching
stoping
storing
strapping
streamlining
strengthening
striking
stringing
striping
striving
structuring
stuffing
subtracting
sucking
suffering
suggesting
summarizing
supplying
supposing
surprising
surrounding
suspecting
suspending
swearing
sweating
swelling
swimming
swinging
symbolizing
systemizing
tabulating
taking
taming
taping
targeting
tasting
teaching
teasing
telephoning
telling
tempting
testing
thanking
thriving
thrusting
ticking
tickling
timing
tipping
tiring
touching
touring
towing
tracing
trading
training
transferring
transforming
transporting
trapping
treading
treating
tricking
tripping
trotting
troubleshooting
trusting
trying
tugging
tumbling
tutoring
twisting
tying
typing
undergoing
understanding
undressing
unfastening
unifying
unlocking
unpacking
untidying
updating
upgrading
upholding
using
utilizing
verbalizing
vexing
visiting
wailing
waiting
waking
walking
wandering
wanting
warming
warning
washing
watching
watering
wearing
weighing
welcoming
wending
wetting
whirling
whispering
winding
winking
wiping
wishing
withholding
withstanding
wobbling
wondering
working
worrying
wrapping
wrecking
wrestling
wriggling
wringing
writing
x-raying
yawning
yelling
zipping
zooming