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- [luhnj]
- /lʌndʒ/
- /lʌndʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [luhnj]
- /lʌndʒ/
Definitions of lunged word
- noun lunged a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab. 1
- noun lunged any sudden forward movement; plunge. 1
- verb without object lunged to make a lunge or thrust; move with a lunge. 1
- verb with object lunged to thrust (something) forward; cause to move with a lunge: lunging his finger accusingly. 1
- noun lunged Simple past tense and past participle of lunge. 1
- adjective lunged Having lungs (breathing organs). 0
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Origin of lunged
First appearance:
before 1725 One of the 49% newest English words
1725-35; earlier longe for French allonge (noun; construed as a longe), allonger (v.) to lengthen, extend, deliver (blows) < Vulgar Latin *allongāre, for Late Latin ēlongāre to elongate
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Parts of speech for Lunged
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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lunged popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lunged
noun lunged
- grabbed — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- swung — simple past tense and past participle of swing1 .
- thrust — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- plunged — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- charged — If a situation is charged, it is filled with emotion and therefore very tense or exciting.
verb lunged
- attacked — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- dived — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
- leaped — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- bounded — (of a set) having a bound, esp where a measure is defined in terms of which all the elements of the set, or the differences between all pairs of members, are less than some value, or else all its members lie within some other well-defined set
- lurched — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
Antonyms for lunged
noun lunged
- retreated — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
verb lunged
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dissuaded — Simple past tense and past participle of dissuade.
- lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- repressed — subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression: repressed emotional conflicts.
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