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lunge

(lŭnj)

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

2. A sudden forward movement or plunge.

v. lunged, lung·ing, lung·es

v.intr.

1. To make a sudden thrust or pass.

2. To move with a sudden thrust.

v.tr.

To cause (someone) to lunge.

[From alteration of obsolete allonge, to thrust, from French allonger, from Old French alongier, to lengthen : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + long, long (from Latin longus; see del- in Indo-European roots).]

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lunge

(lʌndʒ)

1. a sudden forward motion

2. (Fencing) fencing a thrust made by advancing the front foot and straightening the back leg, extending the sword arm forwards

3. to move or cause to move with a lunge

4. (Fencing) (intr) fencing to make a lunge

[C18: shortened form of obsolete C17 allonge, from French allonger to stretch out (one's arm), from Late Latin ēlongāre to lengthen. Compare elongate]

ˈlunger n

lunge

(lʌndʒ)

(Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a rope used in training or exercising a horse

(Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) to exercise or train (a horse) on a lunge

[C17: from Old French longe, shortened from allonge, ultimately from Latin longus long¹; related to lunge¹]

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lunge

(lʌndʒ)

n., v. lunged, lung•ing. n.

1. a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.

2. any sudden forward movement; plunge.

v.i.

3. to make a lunge or thrust; move with a lunge.

v.t.

4. to thrust (something) forward; cause to lunge: lunging a finger accusingly.

[1725–35; earlier longe for French allonge (n.; construed as a longe), allonger (v.) to lengthen, extend, deliver (blows) < Vulgar Latin *allongāre, for Late Latin ēlongāre to elongate]

lung′er, n.

lunge

Past participle: lunged
Gerund: lunging

Imperative
lunge
lunge

Present
I lunge
you lunge
he/she/it lunges
we lunge
you lunge
they lunge

Preterite
I lunged
you lunged
he/she/it lunged
we lunged
you lunged
they lunged

Present Continuous
I am lunging
you are lunging
he/she/it is lunging
we are lunging
you are lunging
they are lunging

Present Perfect
I have lunged
you have lunged
he/she/it has lunged
we have lunged
you have lunged
they have lunged

Past Continuous
I was lunging
you were lunging
he/she/it was lunging
we were lunging
you were lunging
they were lunging

Past Perfect
I had lunged
you had lunged
he/she/it had lunged
we had lunged
you had lunged
they had lunged

Future
I will lunge
you will lunge
he/she/it will lunge
we will lunge
you will lunge
they will lunge

Future Perfect
I will have lunged
you will have lunged
he/she/it will have lunged
we will have lunged
you will have lunged
they will have lunged

Future Continuous
I will be lunging
you will be lunging
he/she/it will be lunging
we will be lunging
you will be lunging
they will be lunging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been lunging
you have been lunging
he/she/it has been lunging
we have been lunging
you have been lunging
they have been lunging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been lunging
you will have been lunging
he/she/it will have been lunging
we will have been lunging
you will have been lunging
they will have been lunging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been lunging
you had been lunging
he/she/it had been lunging
we had been lunging
you had been lunging
they had been lunging

Conditional
I would lunge
you would lunge
he/she/it would lunge
we would lunge
you would lunge
they would lunge

Past Conditional
I would have lunged
you would have lunged
he/she/it would have lunged
we would have lunged
you would have lunged
they would have lunged

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Noun	1.	lunge - the act of moving forward suddenly lurch movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
	2.	lunge - (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward passado, straight thrust fencing - the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) knife thrust, stab, thrust - a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him" remise - (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
Verb	1.	lunge - make a thrusting forward movement hurl, hurtle, thrust move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" dart - move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke" riposte - make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"

lunge

verb

1. pounce, charge, bound, dive, leap, plunge, dash, thrust, poke, jab I lunged forward to try to hit him.

noun

1. thrust, charge, pounce, pass, spring, swing, jab, swipe (informal) He knocked on the door and made a lunge for her when she opened it.

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lunge

verb

1. To move or thrust at, under, or into the midst of with sudden force:

dive, plunge, wade in (or into).

2. To move or advance against strong resistance:

drive, forge, plunge.

Translations

إنْدفاع، طَعْنَهيَنْدَفِع نَحْو العَدو

výpadzaútočit

kaste sigudfald

losstürzen

hirtelen szúrás

òegar e-r ræîst skyndilega aî e-mstökkva snögglega á

affondo avventarsi balzare in avanti balzo in avanti affondare [in avanti]

izklupiensizrāviensmestiesrauties uz priekšu

gjøre utfall kaste seg fram plutselig rykk utfall

выпад

saldırışsaldırmak

突然向前冲

lunge

[lʌndʒ]

A. N → arremetida f, embestida f (Fencing) → estocada f

B. VI (also lunge forward) → arremeter, embestir (Fencing) → dar una estocada
to lunge at sth/sb (with sth) → arremeter contra algo/algn (con algo), lanzarse or abalanzarse sobre algo/algn (con algo)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lunge

[ˈlʌndʒ]

n
to make a lunge for sb/sth → se précipiter sur qn/qch

lunge forward

vi → faire un mouvement brusque en avant

lunge at

vt fus → faire un mouvement brusque vers

lunge

n → Satz m → nach vorn; (esp Fencing) → Ausfall m; he made a lunge at his opponent → er stürzte sich auf seinen Gegner; (Fencing) → er machte einen Ausfall

vi → (sich) stürzen; (esp Fencing) → einen Ausfall machen; to lunge at somebody → sich auf jdn stürzen; the exhausted boxer could only lunge at his opponent → der erschöpfte Boxer schlug nur noch wahllos nach seinem Gegner

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lunge

[lʌndʒ]

1. n → balzo (in avanti) (Fencing) → affondo

2. vi (also lunge forward) → fare un balzo in avanti
to lunge at sb → balzare su qn
to lunge out with one's fists/feet → tirare dei pugni/calci

lunge

(landʒ) verb

to make a sudden strong or violent forward movement. Her attacker lunged at her with a knife.

noun

a movement of this sort. He made a lunge at her.

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Why, diving after the slowly descending head, Queequeg with his keen sword had made side lunges near its bottom, so as to scuttle a large hole there; then dropping his sword, had thrust his long arm far inwards and upwards, and so hauled out our poor Tash by the head.

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There were desperate lunges at these chosen spots seemingly every instant, and most of them were bandied like light toys between the contending forces.

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Send no lunge beyond thy length; Lend no rotten bough thy strength.

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One swift lunge, and Sir Guy of Gisborne staggered backward with a deep groan, Robin's sword through his throat.

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To the ring he fastened a long "lunge"-rope, which was well named.

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Those leaping horses, striking sparks from the cobbles in their forward lunge, were creatures to be ineffably admired.

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He made a lunge at Meriem; but her captor swung her to one side, bared his fighting fangs and growled ominously.

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Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that got past his foe's defence, but his shorter reach stood him in ill stead, and he could not drive the steel home.

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The great weight of the ape-man thrown suddenly out from an erect position caused the other also to lunge violently forward with the result that to save himself he involuntarily released his grasp.

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With a vicious lunge the elephant swerved to the right to dispose of this temerarious foeman who dared intervene between himself and his intended victim; but he had not reckoned on the lightning quickness that could galvanize those steel muscles into action so marvelously swift as to baffle even a keener eyesight than Tantor's.

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Once it fell about the short neck of Horta, the boar, and his mad lunge for freedom toppled Tarzan from the overhanging limb where he had lain in wait and from whence he had launched his sinuous coil.

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Photo Clint Egbert/Gulf News Image Credit: Herms Agyemang-Duah, Master Instructor at 1Beat Gym, demonstrates how to perform Lunges on 1st May, 2019.