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linge

/lɪnd͡ʒ/

linge verb: to work hard.

Verb

linge (third-person singular simple present linges, present participle linging, simple past and past participle linged)

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To work hard.

linge meaning in Tamil

linge in Tamil

நாரிழைத் துணி

Forms of linge

third-person singular presentlinges
present participlelinging
past participlelinged
pastlinged

Origin of linge

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.

Words that rhyme with linge

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Questions about linge

What does linge mean?
Linge means to work hard.
What is linge in Tamil?
Linge in Tamil is நாரிழைத் துணி. See Linge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is linge?
Linge is a verb.
How do you pronounce linge?
Linge is pronounced /lɪnd͡ʒ/.
What is the past tense of linge?
The past tense of linge is linged.

Words near linge in the dictionary

  1. lingchi
  2. Lingchuan
  3. lingcod
  4. lingcods
  5. Lingdale
  6. linge
  7. lingel
  8. lingels
  9. Lingeman
  10. Lingen
  11. lingenberries

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: linge (page history and authors); linge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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