English Explanatory Dictionary

linge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To work hard.

Pronunciation

/lɪnd͡ʒ/

Word forms

linge linges linging linged

Etymology

From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lenġan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.

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