Lung

Quick meaning: Lung is a noun meaning (anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.

Meaning

(anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.

More Meanings

1. (in the plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
2. That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.

Example Sentences

He no longer has the lungs to play long rallies like he used to.

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.

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[.]

Word Forms

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Synonyms for lung

Depending on context, synonyms include bellows, lights.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pulmonary, respiratory, lifeblood, liver, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia.

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