LUNGING

Verb

lunging

present participle of lunge

Noun

lunging (plural lungings)

The act of one who lunges; a lunge.

Man the creature seemingly following his desires and ambitions is held in check and swayed from his blind lungings about the earth by the Spirit of the God who made him.

Source: Wiktionary


LUNGE

Lunge, n. Etym: [Also spelt longe, fr. allonge. See Allonge, Long.]

Definition: A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.

Lunge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lunging.]

Definition: To make a lunge.

Lunge, v. t.

Definition: To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter. Thackeray.

Lunge, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Same as Namaycush.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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14 May 2025

TERNARY

(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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