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 Translation for 'Lunge' from English to French
NOUN   a lunge | lunges
VERB   to lunge | lunged | lunged
lunging | lunges
SYNO lunge | lurch | passado | ...
armessport
se fendre [en escrime]
to lunge
faire un mouvement brusque vers l'avantto lunge (forward)
se ruer sur qn./qc.to lunge at sb./sth.
s'élancer vers qn./qc. [se précipiter]to lunge at sb./sth.
équi.
faire travailler un cheval à la longe
to lunge a horse
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Usage Examples English
  • He has another look at the exit of Lukey Heights but Gibernau blocks him off before he can make a lunge.
  • Stud facilities include two stable yards, 89 loose boxes, a horse walker and a lunge ring.
  • Foraging efficiency for both lunge feeding and continuous ram filter feeding is highly dependent upon prey density.
  • As well as other methods, rorquals obtain prey by lunge-feeding on bait balls. The gray whale does not lunge feed, as it gulps in sediments from the seafloor rather than water.
  • The lunge is often used to deliver an attack. In sabre, the end of the attack is defined by the front foot of the lunge landing on the piste.

  • Gigo also emphasized the use of oi tsuki (lunge punch) and gyaku tsuki (reverse lunge punch).
  • Meanwhile, at the last corner, Villeneuve had caught Irvine. In a desperate lunge at the final corner he spun off, rejoined, and held off Alesi at the flag.
  • If the male senses a lunge, or an aggressive behavior from the female, it will attempt to escape.
  • Foraging efficiency for both lunge feeding and continuous ram filter feeding is highly dependent upon prey density.
  • The twisted postglenoid process of the squamosal suggests that the lunge-feeding capabilities of "Incakujira" were not as great as those of extant rorquals, and that "Incakujira" itself also pursued additional krill-feeding strategies like skimming.

  • He got one lunge removed and was unconscious for two weeks after the operation.
  • Most Iraqis view the conflict as a partial Sunni uprising, rather than as a simple lunge for power by ISIL.
  • Man-portable anti-tank systems (MANPATS or MPATS) are traditionally portable shoulder-launched projectile systems firing heavy shell-type projectiles (although throwing and lunge weapons have existed), typically designed to combat protected targets, such as armoured vehicles, field fortifications and at times even low-flying aircraft (especially helicopters).
  • The second Japanese anti-tank grenade, a suicide weapon, was nicknamed the "lunge mine".
  • Bryde's whales often track dolphin groups as they herd prey species. As soon as the dolphins corral the prey, the whales lunge feed through the centre.

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