What part of speech is chloroform?

Chloroform can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

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

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) chloroform

chloroform / chloroforms

chloroformed

chloroformed

chloroforming

Infinitive: (to) chloroform
Present: chloroform / chloroforms
Simple Past: chloroformed
Past Participle: (have) chloroformed
Gerund: chloroforming

Noun

Singular

Plural
chloroform

chloroforms

Singular: chloroform
Plural: chloroforms

What does chloroform mean?

Definitions

Verb
chloroform - anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"
Noun
chloroform - a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"

Examples of chloroform

#		Sentence
1.	noun	Chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic.
2.	noun	Sami knew how to make chloroform.

Sentence
noun
Chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic.
Sami knew how to make chloroform.

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