Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Devon)To mix.

    It's all manged up together.

  2. (ambitransitive, dated, rare, slang)To beg; to beg for money.

Origin

From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“

From Middle English mangen, mængen, from Old English mængan, variant of mengan, menċġan (“to mix; mingle”). More at meng, ming.

Borrowed from Angloromani mong (“to beg”), from European Romani mangel (“to want, beg”). Compare Sanskrit mārg-, मार्ग् (“to seek, ask for”).

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Forms

mangs, manging, manged, manged
Base formmang · to mang
3rd person singularmangs
Present participlemanging
Past simplemanged
Past participlemanged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymang
he, she, itmangs

Past simpleLesson

all personsmanged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave manged
he, she, ithas manged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mang

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mandolinmanemaneuverC1mangamanganesemangermangleC2

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