lungs
LUNGZ/lʌŋz/
- 1Plural of lung.
Deep breathing exercises help expand the lungs more fully.
The free diver trained for years to hold more air in his lungs.
Note
The organs come as a pair, so the plural is the ordinary way to speak of the breathing apparatus as a whole. The plural also carries a meaning the singular lacks: capacity for exertion, or simply breath, as when a singer or runner is praised for having good lungs. Parks, trees and forests can likewise be called a place's lungs, the green spaces that supply its fresh air.
lungs is a form of lung
lung, noun: A breathing organ in vertebrates that takes in air and adds oxygen to the blood. Full entry
- Forms
- lunglungs plural
- Spelling
- lung → lungs: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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