What part of speech is lantern?

Lantern can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

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

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) lantern

lantern / lanterns

lanterned

lanterned

lanterning

Infinitive: (to) lantern
Present: lantern / lanterns
Simple Past: lanterned
Past Participle: (have) lanterned
Gerund: lanterning

Noun

Singular

Plural
lantern

lanterns

Singular: lantern
Plural: lanterns

What does lantern mean?

Definitions

Verb
lantern - To furnish with a lantern.
Noun
lantern - light in a transparent protective case

Examples of lantern

#		Sentence
1.	noun	Light the lantern so we can see.
2.	noun	Give the lantern to me.
3.	noun	Tom held up the lantern.
4.	noun	The maid carried a lantern with her, as it was very dark and the path ran across the open moor.
5.	noun	As he stepped into the circle of yellow light thrown by the lantern she saw that he was a person of gentlemanly bearing, dressed in a grey suit of tweeds, with a cloth cap.
6.	noun	I had almost made up my mind to sleep on the moor, when I saw the light of your lantern.
7.	noun	Did you buy the lantern?
8.	noun	Did you buy a lantern?
9.	noun	Have you bought the lantern?
10.	noun	Have you bought a lantern?
11.	noun	Have you purchased a lantern?
12.	noun	Have you purchased the lantern?
13.	noun	He was staring at the lantern.
14.	noun	The lantern has run out of oil.
15.	noun	It is a must to guess lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival.

Sentence
noun
Light the lantern so we can see.
Give the lantern to me.
Tom held up the lantern.
The maid carried a lantern with her, as it was very dark and the path ran across the open moor.
As he stepped into the circle of yellow light thrown by the lantern she saw that he was a person of gentlemanly bearing, dressed in a grey suit of tweeds, with a cloth cap.
I had almost made up my mind to sleep on the moor, when I saw the light of your lantern.
Did you buy the lantern?
Did you buy a lantern?
Have you bought the lantern?
Have you bought a lantern?
Have you purchased a lantern?
Have you purchased the lantern?
He was staring at the lantern.
The lantern has run out of oil.
It is a must to guess lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival.

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