lunge

«lunge» in Mova's school dictionary: To move forward suddenly and with force, often to grab or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (lunge, lunges, lunged, lunging); noun (a lunge, lunges)

meaning for a pupil

1) To move forward suddenly and with force, often to grab or attack something. tree →

2) (noun) A sudden forward movement: he made a lunge for the ball. tree →

3) (noun, exercise) An exercise where you step one leg forward and bend both knees. tree →

4) (fencing) A forward attack with a sword. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories characters «lunge at» or «lunge for» something, showing sudden action. In PE, lunges are a leg exercise. In sports, a goalkeeper lunges to save a ball. Phrases: lunge at, lunge for, make a lunge, do lunges.

examples

• The dog lunged at the ball. tree →
• The goalkeeper lunged to the left and saved the penalty. tree →
• We did ten lunges in PE. tree →
• He made a lunge for the last biscuit. tree →
• The snake lunged forward to catch the mouse. tree →
• Keep your back straight when you do lunges. tree →
• The fencer lunged and touched her opponent. tree →
• She lunged for the falling vase but missed. tree →
• Wait for me!” and with that he gave a lunge into the air. tree →

note

Regular verb: lunged, lunging (drop the e before -ing). Countable noun: lunges. Do not confuse with «lounge» (a sitting room, or to relax lazily).

In the corpora

• Alligators can lunge very fast over a short distance, in the water and on land.

Trees and pragmatics

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