lung
nounEtymology
From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian лёгкое (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light in weight”) and perhaps Albanian lungë (“blister, bulge”). Compare Latin levis and Old English lēoht (Modern English light). See also lights (“lungs”). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”).
- derived from *h₁lengʷʰ-✻
- inherited from *lunganjō✻
- inherited from lungen
- inherited from lunge
Definitions
A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
Capacity for exercise or exertion
Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
- He no longer has the lungs to play long rallies like he used to.
That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a…
That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.
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A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
aqualung, bagpipe lung, biolung, bird breeder's lung, bird fancier's lung, black lung, book lung, brown lung, diffuse parenchymal lung disease, farmer's lung, flock worker's lung, glitter lung, green lung, heart-lung machine, honeycomb lung, interstitial lung disease, iron lung, Labrador lung, leather-lunged, lung buster, lung-busting, lung butter, lung cancer, lung capacity, lung dart, lung-digit syndrome, lungectomy, lunged, lungedness, lunger, lung fever, lung fields, lungfish, lung flower, lungful, lung-grown, lungless, lunglessness, lung lichen, lunglike · +20 more
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A definitional loop anchored at lung. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at lung. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at lung
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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