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# ling

noun (a ling, ling or lings — fish; ling, uncountable — plant); (Mandarin, pinyin) líng / lǐng / lìng

«ling» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A ling is a long sea fish of the cod family, caught for food in the North Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#m1)
2. Ling is a kind of heather, a low shrub with small purple flowers that grows on moors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#m2)
3. (Mandarin, pinyin) «Ling» is a Chinese syllable: líng means «zero» (零), and it is part of many names; it is not an English word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#m3)
4. (a name) Ling is a Chinese given name or surname. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#m4)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons, ling heather covers moors in Scotland, Ireland and northern England. In Australia and NZ, ling is a fish sold at the fish shop. When Mandarin is heard on the street or in maths, «líng» (zero) sounds like English «ling». As a name it tells the reader who someone is. Phrases: «ling heather», «ling fillet».

### Examples

- The moor was purple with ling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#x1)
- We had ling and chips at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#x2)
- Ling is caught in deep water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#x3)
- In Mandarin, «líng» means zero. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#x4)
- Ling is new in our class; she is from Shanghai. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#x5)
- Bees make honey from ling heather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/#x6)

### Note

Fish plural: ling or lings. In pinyin, the tone marks change the meaning (líng = zero; lǐng = collar or to lead; lìng = another, or to order). The Mandarin word sounds like English «ling». As a name, do not invent details. Also a suffix in English (duckling, seedling), meaning «small or young».

## In Jewish tradition

In nature lessons, ling heather covers moors in Scotland, Ireland and northern England. In Australia and NZ, ling is a fish sold at the fish shop. When Mandarin is heard on the street or in maths, «líng» (zero) sounds like English «ling». As a name it tells the reader who someone is. Phrases: «ling heather», «ling fillet».

### Examples

- Translatus et notis illustrates, a Joanne Stephano Rittangelio, ling. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ling/#x1)
- "Id est Liber Jezirah, qui Abrahamos, Patriarchæ adscribitur, unacum Commentario Rabi Abraham F.D. super 32 semitis Sapientiæ, a quibus Liber Jezirah incipit: Translatus et notis illustratus a Joanne Stephano Rittangelio Ling. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ling/#x2)

### Note

Fish plural: ling or lings. In pinyin, the tone marks change the meaning (líng = zero; lǐng = collar or to lead; lìng = another, or to order). The Mandarin word sounds like English «ling». As a name, do not invent details. Also a suffix in English (duckling, seedling), meaning «small or young».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ling.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ling» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/ling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ling» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ling.html) on Mova free.