Definition of: gerund

(jer′ənd) noun Gram.
1. In Latin, a verbal noun used only in the oblique cases of the singular, as furor scribendi, a rage for writing.
2. In English, a verbal noun ending in -ing, functioning as a noun, but capable of taking objects and adverbial modifiers. Example: Writing poetry well is an art. [<LL gerundium <gerere carry on, do]
—ge·rundi·al (jə·run′dē·əl) adjective