"linge" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lengen",
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        "5": "to linger"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lengen (“to linger”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lengan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to make long, lengthen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lengan (“to make long, lengthen”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*langijaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to make long"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ling",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "linger"
      },
      "expansion": "linger",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lengan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "linges",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To work hard."
      ],
      "id": "en-linge-en-verb-pGMnsqru",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, UK, dialectal, obsolete) To work hard."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lingy"
        }
      ],
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        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "linge"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lengen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to linger"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lengen (“to linger”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lengan",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to make long, lengthen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lengan (“to make long, lengthen”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*langijaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to make long"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ling",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "linger"
      },
      "expansion": "linger",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lengan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "linges",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lingy"
    }
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        "English terms derived from Old English",
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        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English verbs",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To work hard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive, UK, dialectal, obsolete) To work hard."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "linge"
}