lung

Meanings

Plural: lungs

Noun

either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish lunge, Norwegian lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian лёгкое (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light in weight”) and perhaps Albanian lungë (“blister, bulge”). Compare Latin levis and Old English lēoht (Modern English light). See also lights (“lungs”). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”).

Synonyms

bellows, lights

Scrabble Score: 5

lung is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
lung is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lung is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

lung is a valid Words With Friends word