gerund

n. form of a verb which acts as a noun (Grammar)

In linguistics, “gerund” is a term used to refer to various non-finite verb forms in various languages:As applied to English, it refers to what might be called a verb's action noun, which is one of the uses of the -ing form. This is also the term's use as applied to Latin; see Latin conjugation.As applied to Spanish, it refers to an adverbial participle (a verbal adverb), called in Spanish the gerundio. The term gerundive is also applied to this.As applied to French, it refers either the adverbial participle — also called the gerundive — or to the present adjectival participle.As applied to Hebrew, it refers either to the verb's action noun, or to the part of the infinitive that follows the infinitival prefix (also called the infinitival construct).As applied to Frisian, it refers to one of two verb forms frequentely referred to as infinitives, this one ending in -n. It shows up in nominalizations and is selected by perception verbs.As applied to other languages, it may refer to almost any non-finite verb form; however, it most often refers to an action noun, by analogy with its use as applied to English or Latin.
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Noun
1. a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)
(hypernym) verbal noun, deverbal noun

v. curdle

(n.)
A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.
  

(n.)
A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.