In sentences, nouns generally function as subjects or as objects. From LearnThat.org.
Shvitz as a noun is a steambath, as Mr. el-Gamal said. From Wordnik.com. [Your Letters: Shvitzing; John Lennon] Reference
Affect as a noun is a technical term in psychology that basically means emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Affect and effect] Reference
The underlying source of this noun is an ancient Bantu verb that in fact meant "to trap.". From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
Reich-wing (Reich-winger): A pejorative noun or adjective. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Apple] Reference
The current London adjective, now tacked on to every noun, is. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
It looks like German in that respect; every noun is capitalized. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Malkin On Detainee Suicides: ‘Boo-Freakin-Hoo’] Reference
Every noun is capitalized, no belief in a supreme being indicated. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Malkin On Detainee Suicides: ‘Boo-Freakin-Hoo’] Reference
This feminine noun is usually used in the plural -- des courbatures. From Wordnik.com. [courbature - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Surely a good descriptive noun is long overdue in busy cities everywhere?. From Wordnik.com. [In a Word] Reference
The noun is almost always practice in British English, and usually in U.S. English. From Wordnik.com. [Comma splice] Reference
My favorite French noun is "bibliothèque" because it's fun to say and I love books. From Wordnik.com. [bapteme - French Word-A-Day] Reference
This regularly happens by deriving a noun from a verb already present in the language. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
Spit, as a noun, is vernacular for saliva, which gives moisture and enzymes to food, making it easier to swallow. From Wordnik.com. [HipHopDX.com >] Reference
«immunity» from the Latin noun «immunitas», which means exemption from taxation. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1919 - Presentation Speech] Reference
"A noun is a word used as the name of any object.". From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, November 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 5] Reference
Suriname noun: Surinamer (s) adjective: Surinamese. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
But a noun is needed, that is the way language works.). From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Breaking News: Guerilla Tactics Work] Reference
Modify the verb by the noun, that is, by being, and you have. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge] Reference
Well, there’re two common ways of creating a count noun from a mass noun. From Wordnik.com. [What’s the singular form of ‘cattle’? « Motivated Grammar] Reference
"A noun is the name of anything that exists, or that we have any notion of.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Grandmother] Reference
It’s the briefest way that I know of to express that concept in noun form. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - What the Albemarle County Republican Party believes.] Reference
The noun, which is pejorative and always masculine, is defined as ` cutthroat. '. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 2] Reference
First off joke is a noun, which is why there is an italic n followed by a period. From Wordnik.com. [jfloydking Diary Entry] Reference
As you probably learned in elementary school, a noun is a person, a place, or a thing. From Wordnik.com. [Cincinnati Herald: Edith Thrower Is NAACP Prez] Reference
"No," she answered, "it has helped to pass the time and I knows that a noun is a tree.". From Wordnik.com. [Peregrine's Progress] Reference
You know by now that a noun is a word - a word that is a person, place, thing, or idea. From Wordnik.com. [LearnHub Activities] Reference
The three main articles in the English language are A noun is a person, place or thing. From Wordnik.com. [LearnHub Activities] Reference
The old adjective "Romany" or the newer "Romani" can be used as a noun, which is better. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
I believe her noun was the one she submitted - "Serenity" - but correct me if I'm wrong, please!. From Wordnik.com. [Duchess Jane] Reference
A related Latin noun, "foria", means. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
I thought it was some kind of noun, but it was lend. From Wordnik.com. [blu94anjel Diary Entry] Reference
It’s a minor point, of course, but the noun has been around for 500 years. From Wordnik.com. [2010 March « Motivated Grammar] Reference
BRISTOLIZE: noun, meaning to be in a constant state of pregnancy and confusion. From Wordnik.com. [Barry Bortnick: Sarah Palin's Secret Dictionary] Reference
Humanity is also a collective noun, meaning all the people who have existed or ever will. From Wordnik.com. [Durkheim and Mauss were both socialists who emphasized the human interdependence entailed in an expanded social role for markets and money] Reference
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