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Definition of Lunge

1. Verb. Make a thrusting forward movement.

2. Noun. The act of moving forward suddenly.

3. Noun. (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward.

Definition of Lunge

1. n. A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.

2. v. i. To make a lunge.

3. v. t. To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter.

4. n. Same as Namaycush.

Definition of Lunge

1. Noun. A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword. ¹

2. Noun. A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and is used to control the animal while lungeing. ¹

3. Noun. An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning back to a standing position. ¹

4. Verb. To make a sudden forward movement (present participle: (term lunging)). ¹

5. Verb. To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: (term lunging) or (term lungeing)). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lunge

1. to make a forceful forward movement [v LUNGED, LUNGING, LUNGES]

Medical Definition of Lunge

1. Same as Namaycush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunge

lung fever lung fields lung fluke disease lung foreign body lung perfusion agents lung power lung segmental anatomy lung sick lung transplantation lung unit

lung ventilation agents lung volume measurements lung window lungan lungans lunge (current term) lunge line lunged lungedness lungee

lungees lungeing lungeing cavesson lungeing rein lungeing reins lungen lunger lungers lunges lungfish

Literary usage of Lunge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"As a result of that investigation I rejected all other methods and recommended, in the strongest terms, the general scheme published by Dr. lunge in his ..."

2. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"Angus Smith, and subsequently lunge, endeavoured to determine the proportion ... For this purpose lunge forces air from a caoutchouc ball containing exactly ..."

3. Manual of Bayonet Exercise: Prepared for the Use of the Army of the United by George Brinton McClellan (1852)
"The lunge and lunge-out will be combined with the four directions of attack, ... The development and passade will also be combined with lunge, and, ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Salicylic acid (Г1) (lunge, Ie). Sodium chloride (2). ... Tartaric acid (0'3) (lunge,! .c.). With the fixed alkalis the activity is progressive with ..."

5. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal, Georg Thieme (1887)
"Um die Absorption der C02 zu beschleunigen, gibt man in den Raum, in dem die lunge hängt, einige angefeuchtete Stücke kaustischen Kalis. ..."

6. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"lunge-Ray Pipette. Conditions must be confined during weighing and until it is ... The best forms of apparatus include the following: lunge-Ray Pipette. ..."

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