Is defend a noun verb or adjective?

Is defend a noun verb or adjective?

Word family (noun) defence/defense defendant defender defensiveness (adjective) defenceless/defenseless defensible ≠ indefensible defensive (verb) defend (adverb) defensibly ≠ indefensibly defensively.

Is defend an adjective?

adjective. serving to defend; protective: defensive armament. made or carried on for the purpose of resisting attack: defensive treaty; a defensive attitude.

Is defend a verb?

[transitive, intransitive] to protect someone or something from attack defend somebody/yourself/something Troops have been sent to defend the borders.

What is the verb of poisonous?

poison. (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody. (transitive) To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous.

Is which type of parts of speech?

The Eight Parts of Speech

  • NOUN.
  • PRONOUN.
  • VERB.
  • ADJECTIVE.
  • ADVERB.
  • PREPOSITION.
  • CONJUNCTION.
  • INTERJECTION.

What is the part of speech for fast?

= Here, we know fast is an adjective because it modifies, or describes runner, which is a noun. He runs fast. = Here, we know fast is an adverb because it answers a question about the verb run.

What is the part of speech for slowly?

Slowly is only an adverb. It can replace slow anywhere it is used as an adverb.

What word is slowly?

: in a slow manner : not quickly, fast, early, rashly, or readily.

Is Slower a word?

To delay; retard. To become slow or slower.

What type of phrase is very slowly?

An adverbial phrase is built round an adverb by adding words before and/or after it, for example: The economy recovered very slowly.

How do you say bad politely?

100 Ways to Say “Bad”

  1. abject.
  2. abominable.
  3. annoying.
  4. appalling.
  5. atrocious.
  6. awful.
  7. barbaric.
  8. base.

How do you say bad words in a nice way?

101 Great Cuss/Swear Word Alternatives

  1. Shnookerdookies!
  2. Fudge nuggets!
  3. Cheese and rice!
  4. Sugar!
  5. God bless America!
  6. Poo!
  7. Snickerdoodle!
  8. Banana shenanigans!

How do you say bad professionally?

abominable

  1. abhorrent.
  2. atrocious.
  3. awful.
  4. bad.
  5. base.
  6. beastly.
  7. contemptible.
  8. cursed.

How do you say sorry in a formal way?

Here are six other words for saying sorry.

  1. My Apologies. My apologies is another word for “I’m sorry.” It’s rather formal, so it’s fine for business contexts.
  2. Pardon/Pardon Me/I Beg Your Pardon. Pardon is a verb which means to allow as a courtesy.
  3. Excuse Me.
  4. Mea Culpa.
  5. Oops/Whoops.
  6. My Bad.

How do you say something looks bad?

bad-looking

  1. awful.
  2. grisly.
  3. grotesque.
  4. hideous.
  5. horrid.
  6. unseemly.
  7. unsightly.
  8. animal.