| VERB | motion | lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust | make a thrusting forward movement |
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| NOUN | act | lunge, lurch | the act of moving forward suddenly |
| act | lunge, straight thrust, passado | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
| Sounds | lah'njh | |
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| Rhymes | challenge ... sponge: 10 rhymes with ahnjh... | |
| Meaning | The act of moving forward suddenly. | |
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| Synonym | lurch | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Spanish | arremetida, embestida, estocada | |
| Catalan | atac, envestida, escomesa | |
| Verbs | lunge | make a thrusting forward movement |
| Meaning | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward. | |
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| Synonyms | straight thrust, passado | |
| Category | fencing | The art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) |
| Parts | remise | (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte) |
| Broader | stab, thrust, knife thrust | A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument |
| Spanish | passado | |
| Meaning | make a thrusting forward movement. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | hurl, hurtle, thrust | |
| Narrower | dart | Move with sudden speed |
| riposte | Make a return thrust | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | embestir, empujar, impeler, propulsar | |
| Catalan | empentar, empènyer, envestir, impel·lir, propel·lir, propulsar | |
| Nouns | lunge | the act of moving forward suddenly |
| lunger | someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing) | |
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