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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#m1)

2) (noun) A sudden forward movement: he made a lunge for the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#m2)

3) (noun, exercise) An exercise where you step one leg forward and bend both knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#m3)

4) (fencing) A forward attack with a sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#x1)
- The goalkeeper lunged to the left and saved the penalty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#x2)
- We did ten lunges in PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#x3)
- He made a lunge for the last biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#x4)
- The snake lunged forward to catch the mouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#x5)
- Keep your back straight when you do lunges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#x6)
- The fencer lunged and touched her opponent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#x7)
- She lunged for the falling vase but missed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#x8)
- Wait for me!” and with that he gave a lunge into the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/26-wild-animals/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lunge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.