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PRONUNCIATION OF LUNGFUL

lungful  [ˈlʌŋfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUNGFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lungful is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUNGFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lungful in the English dictionary

The definition of lungful in the dictionary is enough to fill the lungs, esp. of smoke.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUNGFUL


awful
ˈɔːfʊl
beautiful
ˈbjuːtɪfʊl
careful
ˈkɛəfʊl
colorful
ˈkʌləfʊl
delightful
dɪˈlaɪtfʊl
full
fʊl
grateful
ˈɡreɪtfʊl
helpful
ˈhɛlpfʊl
hopeful
ˈhəʊpfʊl
meaningful
ˈmiːnɪŋfʊl
nonmeaningful
ˌnɒnˈmiːnɪŋfʊl
painful
ˈpeɪnfʊl
peaceful
ˈpiːsfʊl
powerful
ˈpaʊəfʊl
songful
ˈsɒŋfʊl
successful
səkˈsɛsfʊl
throngful
ˈθrɒŋfʊl
useful
ˈjuːsfʊl
wonderful
ˈwʌndəfʊl
wrongful
ˈrɒŋfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUNGFUL

lung
lung cancer
lung specialist
lung transplant
Lung-chi
lungan
lunge
lungee
lunger
lungfish
lungi
lungie
Lungki
lungless
lungworm
lungwort
lunier
luniest
Lunik
luniness

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUNGFUL

bagful
cheerful
colourful
dreadful
graceful
handful
harmful
impactful
insightful
joyful
jugful
mugful
playful
respectful
stressful
thankful
thoughtful
unlawful
unsuccessful
youthful

Synonyms and antonyms of lungful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lungful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUNGFUL

Find out the translation of lungful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lungful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lungful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

呼吸一次身体只能
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bocanada
570 millions of speakers

English

lungful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lungful
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lungful
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полные легкие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

golfada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lungful
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bouffée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lunge voll
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

肺一杯の量
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lungful
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lunging
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lungful
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lungful
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुफ्फुस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lungful
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

boccata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lungful
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повні легені
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lungful
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lungful
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lungful
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lungful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lungful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lungful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNGFUL»

The term «lungful» is normally little used and occupies the 117.750 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNGFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lungful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lungful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lungful

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUNGFUL»

Discover the use of lungful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lungful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Warrior of the Three Moons: Book I of the God Wars of Ithir
he sent. belly comm y Th mon Sucking in a lungful of air, he charged the two men . His sword bit into the neck of one Mhongói at the same time two shadowy figures flashed by him, crashing into the second warrior. There was a sickening ...
J. Michael Robertson, 2010
2
Imagine Yourself Well: Better Health Through Self-Hypnosis
Feel your lungs rebel and want to cough. And as soon as you've exhaled, draw in another big lungful. Really smoke that cigarette. You're not going to waste any of that precious smoke. You're going to suck it all into your body. And as you do, ...
Sean F. Kelly, Reid J. Kelly, 2009
3
Miami Confidential
He took a complete lungful of the gas and continued talking while exhaling, “If I took ten deep breaths, six of them nitrous oxide and four of them regular air, that would be a sixty percent mix of nitrous, right?” He was at the end of his breath; ...
James Alexander, 2006
4
The World Almanac for Kids Brain Teasers: Grades 3-4
A. Lungful. of. Air. Every moment of every day millions of air sacs in your lungs exchange molecules of air. They bring in fresh air and breathe out unneeded elements, such as nitrogen and argon. The elements found in air are: oxygen, ...
Debra J. Housel, 2003
5
Brain Teasers from the World Almanac(R) for Kids
A. Lungful. of. Air. Our atmosphere contains elements. The elements most plentiful in air are as follows: Oxygen Nitrogen Hydrogen Carbon dioxide Argon Every moment of every day millions of alveoli (air sacs) in your lungs exchange air ...
Debra Housel, 2003
6
Tampered: A Dr. Zol Szabo Medical Mystery
Stars swirled in the consuming darkness. He heaved for his life. Horvat's thumbs gave way. Wires flew, the monitor wailed, and Hamish stumbled from the bedside . He collapsed on a chair near the door and gasped. Lungful after lungful.
Ross Pennie, 2011
7
Eight Inches
“Don't get so heavy, man,” Wylie said as he exhaled a lungful of smoke. “I already said he could pledge. He'll be here in an hour with the rest of the slugs. So, have another toke, man. Take a quaalude or something.” Adam took another lungful ...
Sean Wolfe, 2009
8
Killer Focus
Vision blurring, he grabbed the limp diver's regulator and sucked in a lungful of air. He had a split second to register a third diver, then a spear punched into his shoulder, driving him back against the hull of the ship. Shock reverberated through ...
Fiona Brand, 2009
9
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
The engine itself is powered by air from the reservoir, and for every lungful of air that it produces, the engine consumes not just a lungful, but slightly more. It does not reverse the process of equalization, but like everything else in the world, ...
Arthur B. Evans, 2010
10
The Broadcast Voice
A good lungful of air within a relaxed chest cavity will improve your resonance no end. It sounds absurd that you should need to learn to breathe properly, but if you watch inexperienced broadcasters you will probably be able to see for yourself ...
Jenni Mills, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUNGFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lungful is used in the context of the following news items.
1
NYC scorching heat leads to air quality warning
“Even healthy people on a high ozone day can get a sense of not being able to get a big lungful of air.” This makes individuals with chronic lung ... «Metro.us, Jul 15»
2
Will these players be the next big thing?
They will sell shirts, boost social media statistics and give the occasional young player a lungful or two of the rarefied air of first team football. «BT Sport, Jul 15»
3
Video: The Subway Pole Is Not For Toe Flossing, Lady
We already know that to breathe on the subway is to suck in a lungful of airborne human flesh. We prefer not to think about how that flesh is ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
4
Muslims in Indonesia poised for Lebaran festivities
... where the normally congested streets are pleasantly deserted, and one can actually take a deep breath without inhaling a lungful of pollution. «ANTARA, Jul 15»
5
China struggles to contain the environmental damage of its rapid …
As Yangyang spins round the yard on his scooter, his grandmother tells me she's never had a lungful of clean air in her life. His father says they ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
6
Arts scene thriving in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire - Editor's …
It doesn't matter where you are, you are only a maximum of five minutes away from some stunning scenery, inspiring imagery and a lungful of ... «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Porsche 964 RS: Driven
And so I draw breath and add a lungful of my own. Because the cost of a drive in this rather special 964 RS lightweight is complicity in the hype ... «Pistonheads.com, Jul 15»
8
Album Review: Everything Everything's 'Get To Heaven' is straight …
The song's intro is deceptively smooth, but once Higgs begins coughing up lyrics like a consumptive expectorating a lungful of blood—with ... «The Independent | SUindependent.com, Jul 15»
9
Broadcast revenue should not encourage ARU's profligate ways
Nothing too elaborate but a healthy lungful of air nonetheless after months of gasping while the plastic bag was pulled ever tighter over its head ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
3 (cooling) getaways for this weekend, from Crystal Mountain wines …
Get a lungful of fresh alpine air and an eyeful of Mount Rainier from the top of the Crystal Mountain gondola. There's a wine festival at Crystal ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lungful [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lungful>. Apr 2024 ».
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