gange
gange verb: to protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
Verb
gange (third-person singular simple present ganges, present participle ganging, simple past and past participle ganged)
- To protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
- To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.
Proper noun capitalized: Gange
Gange (plural Ganges)
- A surname from Norman.
Forms of gange
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | ganges |
| present participle | ganging |
| past participle | ganged |
| past | ganged |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Ganges |
Origin of gange
Unknown
* As an southern English surname, of German origin, from variant of Genge, Gänge, from Middle High German genge (“circulating, common”), from Old High German gengi (“passable”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī (“passable”); compare also Geng. * Also as a German surname, shortened from names like Wolfgang, Gangulf. * As an Italian surname, Americanized from Gangi.
Questions about gange
- What does gange mean?
- Gange means to protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
- What part of speech is gange?
- Gange can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of gange?
- The past tense of gange is ganged.
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