What part of speech is backstroke?

Backstroke can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

1. backstroke is a verb, present, 1st person singular of backstroke (infinitive).
2. backstroke is a verb (infinitive).
3. backstroke is a noun, singular of backstrokes.

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) backstroke

backstroke / backstrokes

backstroked

backstroked

backstroking

Infinitive: (to) backstroke
Present: backstroke / backstrokes
Simple Past: backstroked
Past Participle: (have) backstroked
Gerund: backstroking

Noun

Singular

Plural
backstroke

backstrokes

Singular: backstroke
Plural: backstrokes

What does backstroke mean?

Definitions

Verb
backstroke - swim on one's back
Noun
backstroke - a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back

Examples of backstroke

#		Sentence
1.	noun	No matter how hard I practiced, I wasn't able to do the backstroke.
2.	noun	I can do breaststroke but not backstroke.

Sentence
noun
No matter how hard I practiced, I wasn't able to do the backstroke.
I can do breaststroke but not backstroke.

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