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Synonyms for lungs

Grammar : Noun
Spell : luhng
Phonetic Transcription : lʌŋ

Définition of lungs

Origin :
  • "human respiratory organ," c.1300, from Old English lungen (plural), from Proto-Germanic *lungw- (cf. Old Norse lunge, Old Frisian lungen, Middle Dutch longhe, Dutch long, Old High German lungun, German lunge "lung"), literally "the light organ," from PIE *legwh- "not heavy, having little weight; easy, agile, nimble" (cf. Russian lëgkij, Polish lekki "light;" Russian lëgkoje "lung," Greek elaphros "light" in weight; see also lever).
  • The notion probably is from the fact that, when thrown into a pot of water, lungs of a slaughtered animal float, while the heart, liver, etc., do not. Cf. also Portuguese leve "lung," from Latin levis "light;" Irish scaman "lungs," from scaman "light;" Welsh ysgyfaint "lungs," from ysgafn "light." See also lights, pulmonary. Lung cancer attested from 1882.
  • noun body part
Example sentences :
  • They are a pack of ignorant blockheads; you are suffering from the lungs.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • Chip took the cigarette from his lips and emptied his lungs of smoke.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Chip emptied his lungs of smoke, and turned the shoe in his hands.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Every man was singing or shouting at the full strength of his lungs.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • How it filled one's lungs and brought with it life, courage and confidence!
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Blood rushed to my head, and my lungs were too weak to control its flow.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Well, there'd be some credit in being jolly, with a inflammation of the lungs.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • A week later he died, carried off by inflammation of the lungs.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • She pressed it against his lips with her own, and breathed into his lungs.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • His lungs had become sound and free from the tendency to disease.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

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