Gerund after verbs in English

We use Gerund in English after specific verbs. The table below shows the list of such verbs.

Verb	Meaning	Sentence
advocate	recommend; speak in favor of	I do not advocate building large factories here.
anticipate	foresee; realize or feel in advance	He didn't anticipate meeting any opposition.
appreciate	recognize with gratitude	I really appreciate having time to relax.
avoid	evade; keep away from	She avoided answering him.
bar	prohibit; not allow	My father barred smoking at the dinner table.
begrudge	feel or show dissatisfaction or envy at	We don't begrudge your going to Italy.
can't help	cannot avoid; cannot refrain or prevent	We can't help being impressed by their zeal.
contemplate	consider; think deeply about	I hope your mother does not contemplate staying with us.
countenance	give support or approval to; allow	His father won't countenance his marrying a foreigner.
defer	put off to a later time; postpone	I shall defer replying until I hear from him.
deny	say that something is not true	She denied having written it.
detest	hate strongly; dislike intensely	He detests writing letters.
discontinue	stop; give up; put an end to	I'm so busy that I'll have to discontinue paying these weekly visits.
enjoy	get pleasure from; like	I have enjoyed talking to you about old times.
escape	avoid; keep free or safe from	He narrowly escaped being killed in the accident.
evade	avoid; find a way of not doing something	He evaded paying his taxes.
excuse	forgive; pardon	Please excuse my coming late.
finish	complete; bring or come to an end	He has finished doing his homework.
give up	stop having or doing something	He gave up smoking on his doctor's advice.
include	bring in or contain as part of the whole	Your duties will include putting the children to bed.
involve	include as a necessary consequence	The use of logarithms involves converting numbers into other numbers, all related to a standard base.
justify	be or give a good reason for	Your anxiety doesn't justify your being so rude to me.
keep	do something continuously, frequently, or repeatedly	My shoelace keeps coming undone.
keep from	refrain from; pre¬vent someone from	I couldn't keep from laughing. What kept you from joining me?
keep on	continue doing something	We kept on working in the fields in spite of the rain.
leave off	stop doing something	They left off counting the visitors after the numbers became so large.
mind	be troubled by; feel objection to [usually in interrogative, negative, and conditional sentences, and in sentences that answer a question)	Would you mind opening the window? I don't mind at all.
miss	fail to experience; lose an opportunity; feel the absence of	They just missed having a nasty accident. I missed seeing them by just 10 minutes. I miss being able to play with them.
necessitate	make necessary	Your proposal would necessitate borrowing money.
pardon	forgive; excuse	Pardon my saying so, but I think you're mistaken.
postpone	put off to a later time	I shall postpone writing until I learn the full particulars.
practise	do something repeatedly in order to become skillful	They haven't practised writing during these four months.
prevent	stop or hinder; keep something from happening	Of course, we can't prevent your going.
prohibit	prevent; hinder	His small size prohibits his becoming a policeman.
propose	put forward; offer as a suggestion for consideration	I propose starting early.
put off	postpone	She'll have to put off coming till next month.
quit	stop; resign from	She has quit working.
relish	enjoy; get pleasure from; be pleased with	Hilary won't relish having to wash all those dishes.
resent	feel angry or bitter about	She resents being called a baby.
resist	refuse to yield to	She could not resist making jokes about his baldness.
risk	take the chance of	We'll just have to risk getting caught in the storm.
sanction	give authoritative approval or consent to	Would you sanction flogging as punishment for crimes of violence?
stop	put an end to; discontinue	We stopped working at noon. It has stopped raining.
suggest	put forward for consideration; bring into the mind	I suggest ordering roast duck at that restaurant.
tolerate	allow; permit; put up with	I won't tolerate your doing that.
visualize	form a picture of in the mind; imagine	Try to visualize sailing through the sky on a cloud.