lunge (l?nj)n.1. A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.2. A sudden forward movement or plunge.v. lunged, lung·ing, lung·es v.intr.1. To make a sudden thrust or pass.2. To move with a sudden thrust.v.tr. To cause (someone) to lunge.[From alteration of obsolete allonge, to thrust, from French allonger, from Old French alongier, to lengthen : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + long, long (from Latin longus; see del- in Indo-European roots).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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lung (l?ng)n.1. Either of two spongy, saclike respiratory organs in air-breathing vertebrates, occupying the chest cavity together with the heart and functioning to provide oxygen to the blood while removing carbon dioxide.2. A similar organ in some invertebrates, including spiders and terrestrial snails.Idiom: at the top of (one’s) lungs As loudly as one’s voice will allow.[Middle English lunge, from Old English lungen, lungs; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.lung (l??) n1. (Anatomy) either one of a pair of spongy saclike respiratory organs within the thorax of higher vertebrates, which oxygenate the blood and remove its carbon dioxide2. (Zoology) any similar or analogous organ in other vertebrates or in invertebrates3. at the top of one’s lungs in one’s loudest voice; yelling[Old English lungen; related to Old High German lungun lung. Compare lights2]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014lung (l??) n. 1. either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and other air-breathing vertebrates. 2. an analogous organ in certain invertebrates, as arachnids. [before 1000; lungen, Old English, c. Middle Dutch longe, Old High German lungun] lunged (l??d) adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.lung (l?ng)1. Either of two spongy organs in the chest of air-breathing vertebrate animals that serve as the organs of gas exchange. Blood flowing through the lungs picks up oxygen from inhaled air and releases carbon dioxide, which is exhaled. Air enters and leaves the lungs through the bronchial tubes.2. A similar organ found in some invertebrates.The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.lung – Goes back to an Indo-European word for “light,” because of the lightness of the organ.See also related terms for organs.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.