lung
Plural: lungs
Noun
- One of a pair of respiratory organs in the chest.
- either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
- A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
- Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
- That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.
Examples
- He no longer has the lungs to play long rallies like he used to.
- He took a deep breath, filling his LUNG with air before making his winning play.
Origin / Etymology
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 lunge, Norwegian 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 Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”).
Scrabble Score: 5
lung: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlung: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lung: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary