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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ling1 (ling),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) ling, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) lings. - Fishan elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- Fishthe burbot.
- Fishany of various other elongated food fishes.
- 1250–1300; Middle English ling, lenge; cognate with Dutch leng; akin to long1, Old Norse langa
ling2 (ling),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe heather, Calluna vulgaris.
- Old Norse lyng
- Middle English lyng 1325–75
-ling1 , - a suffix of nouns, often pejorative, denoting one concerned with (hireling;
underling), or diminutive (princeling; duckling).
- Middle English, Old English; cognate with German -ling, Old Norse -lingr, Gothic -lings; see -le, -ing1
-ling2 , - an adverbial suffix expressing direction, position, state, etc.:darkling; sideling.
- adverb, adverbial use of gradational variant lang long1 Middle English, Old English
ling. : - Linguisticslinguistics.
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