fling

«fling» in Mova's school dictionary: to throw it hard and carelessly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (fling, flings, flung, flinging); noun (a fling)

meaning for a pupil

1) To fling something is to throw it hard and carelessly. tree →

2) To fling yourself or your arms is to move suddenly and with force. tree →

3) A fling is a short time of fun, or a short love affair. tree →

4) If something flings light or sunshine somewhere, it sends it there suddenly and strongly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows strong feeling: a character flings open the door, flings a bag on the floor or flings arms around someone. In dance, the Highland fling is a Scottish dance. Phrases: «fling open», «fling your arms around», «Highland fling».

examples

• She flung her bag on the floor and ran outside. tree →
• He flung open the window to let in fresh air. tree →
• The boy flung his arms around his grandma. tree →
• Don't fling your coat on the chair; hang it up. tree →
• The wind flung leaves across the yard. tree →
• We learned the Highland fling in dance class. tree →
• He flung himself onto the sofa. tree →
• Cecco went, first flinging his arms despairingly. tree →

note

Irregular verb: fling, flung, flung (not «flinged»). Similar: «throw», «hurl», «toss». Safety: never fling stones or sticks at people or animals. Not a number word.

In the corpora

• Trap-jaw ants snap their jaws so fast they can fling themselves into the air.
• Toad: «What carts I shall fling carelessly into the ditch in the wake of my magnificent onset!
• Follow me!» He flings the door open wide.
• Follow me!» — and flung the door open wide.
• A salad spinner flings the water outward and off the leaves through the holes; hospitals spin blood fast to separate it into layers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.