What part of speech is fornicating?

Fornicating can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

• 1. fornicating is a verb, gerund of fornicate (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

• Infinitive

  Present

  Simple Past

  Past Participle

  Gerund
• (to) fornicate 

  fornicate  / fornicates 

  fornicated 

  fornicated 

  fornicating 

• Infinitive: (to) fornicate 
• Present: fornicate  / fornicates 
• Simple Past: fornicated 
• Past Participle: (have) fornicated 
• Gerund: fornicating 

What does fornicating mean?