What part of speech is bastardizing?

Bastardizing can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

• 1. bastardizing is a verb, gerund of bastardize (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

• Infinitive

  Present

  Simple Past

  Past Participle

  Gerund
• (to) bastardize 

  bastardize  / bastardizes 

  bastardized 

  bastardized 

  bastardizing 

• Infinitive: (to) bastardize 
• Present: bastardize  / bastardizes 
• Simple Past: bastardized 
• Past Participle: (have) bastardized 
• Gerund: bastardizing 

What does bastardizing mean?