Monday, February 25, 2013

grammar - Verb and adjective usage

Since adjectives are used to describe nouns, can verbs be used to describe nouns as well?



For example:




Two men standing with clenched fists are US athletes.




Here fist is a noun and to describe a noun, an adjective is used. In this case the adjective should be clenched but the dictionary shows that clenched is a verb.




So does that mean that verbs are also used to describe nouns?

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