Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈlʌŋ/
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/lʊŋ/
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- Midlands
- Northern-England
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/lʊŋɡ/
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- Northern-England
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ˈlʌŋ
Noun
A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
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I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
Usage- in-plural
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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 place.
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Afterwards he found that the vague feeling of alarm had spread to the clients of the underground railway, and that the Sunday excursionists began to return from all the South-Western "lungs" - Barnes, Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Kew, and so forth - at unnaturally early hours[.]
Noun
either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
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