lung

UK /ˈlʌŋ/ US /ˈlʌŋ/
noun 3name 1

Definitions

noun

1

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

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.

2

Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.

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

3

That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.

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[.]

name

1

A surname.

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