ling

CEFRC2

/lɪŋ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long, thin sea fish found in northern waters.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.

Examples

  • Chia-ling said her grandma knows how to use LINE now. She sends stickers every day.

  • Ling is a Chinese citizen.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae.

  2. A common ling (Molva molva).

  3. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.

More examples

In context

  • My surname is Ling.

  • I was sitting by a path on a tussock between some bushes, whence I could overlook the path and a little valley to which it led down, and where nothing but ling and heather grew.

  • Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English lenge, of Germanic origin. Cognate with Old Norse langa. Probably related to long.