'water' as a noun and 'to water' as a verb

[Yuri Yurinov]

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Hi, everybody,

There are a good deal of words in English language which may be used as a noun and a verb depending on context, for example, 'I drank a glass of water', 'I watered my garden', 'I watered my horse'. When a schoolboy my teacher would tell me 'Don't window yourself', i.e. 'Don't make an exhibition of yourself'. Some of examples sound rather funny for the Russian ear - 'he smiled his eyes into his head' (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "The Adventure of the Copper Breeches")
It seems to me that English writers have a bigger opportunity to invent new meanings for the words than Russian ones. Would you mind giving me some examples of such a transition, I mean 'a noun'-'a verb', which seem unusual to a foreigner?

Best regards,

Yuri
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[Belles1654]

Maybe "to break wind" heehee which mean to pass gas, and "to take a break" :) --break as verb and noun.

[SkiIucK]

Perhaps "to eye", "to school", "to shadow".

[Yuri Yurinov]

Hi, Skiluck
And what do they look like in any context, please? To say nothing of "to break wind", of course.

Yuri
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[SkiIucK]

He eyed him with rabidity; he was ready to strike.

Despite the many years spent in the gymnasium, we were schooled by the other team.

The valedictorian was shadowed by the new student.

P.S. There are, of course, other uses of these words.

[Yuri Yurinov]

Thank you, SkiIuck, I've forgotten to say "Nice to meet you", since it's our first meeting on the Forum. So - nice to meet you.

Good luck,

Yuri :)
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[SkiIucK]

Likewise, Yuri. ;]