lunge
To make a sudden forward movementTo (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
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Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive)To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.
losstürzen, ausfallen
ри́нутьсяrínutʹsja, бро́ситьсяbrósitʹsja
make a thrusting forward movement
(transitive)To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
Origin
From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare,From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus. Doublet of allonge.
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Forms
lunges, lunging, lunged, lungedTenses
lunge · lunged · will lunge · have lungedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.