Gĕr'und,, n.

n. [Lat. gerundium, from gerere, to bear; Sp., Pg., & It. gerundio; Lat. also gerundivus modus, hence Fr. gérondif, Pr. gerundiu.] (Lat. Gram.) A kind of verbal neuter noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.