Definition of tongue Tongue
/tʌˈŋ/ - [tung] - tongue
We found 64 definitions of tongue from 12 different sources.
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What does tongue mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: tongues |
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| tongue - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | ||
| lingua, glossa, clapper | ||
| organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard | ||
| articulator a movable speech organ | ||
| oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris, mouth the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth" | ||
| pharynx, throat the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat | ||
| tongue - the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot | ||
| flap any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope" | ||
| boot a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed | ||
| tongue - the tongue of certain animals used as meat | ||
| organs, variety meat edible viscera of a butchered animal | ||
| beef tongue the tongue of a cow eaten as meat | ||
| tongue - a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue" | ||
| manner of speaking, delivery, speech your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" | ||
| tongue - any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" | ||
| knife | ||
| tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language | ||
| natural language | ||
| artificial language a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose | ||
| linguistic communication, language the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals" | ||
| first language, maternal language, mother tongue one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next | ||
| tonal language, tone language a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings | ||
| creole a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages | ||
| american-indian language, amerind, amerindian language, american indian, indian any of the languages spoken by Amerindians | ||
| eskimo-aleut, eskimo-aleut language the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut | ||
| chukchi language, chukchi an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women | ||
| sino-tibetan, sino-tibetan language the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia | ||
| austro-asiatic, austro-asiatic language, munda-mon-khmer a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia | ||
| hmong language, hmong, miao a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong | ||
| austronesian language, austronesian the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia | ||
| papuan language, papuan any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages | ||
| khoisan, khoisan language a family of languages spoken in southern Africa | ||
| indo-european language, indo-hittite, indo-european the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia | ||
| ural-altaic a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian) | ||
| basque the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language | ||
| elamitic, susian, elamite an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites | ||
| cassite, kassite an ancient language spoken by the Kassites | ||
| caucasian language, caucasian a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere | ||
| dravidian language, dravidic, dravidian a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka | ||
| afrasian, afrasian language, afro-asiatic, afroasiatic, afroasiatic language, hamito-semitic a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa | ||
| niger-kordofanian, niger-kordofanian language the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula) | ||
| tongue - metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side | ||
| clapper | ||
| striker the part of a mechanical device that strikes something | ||
| bell a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck | ||
| tongue - a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | ||
| spit | ||
| ness, cape a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter | ||
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| tongue - articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments | ||
| spiel, play speak at great length (about something) | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| double tongue, triple-tongue play fast notes on a wind instrument | ||
| tongue - lick or explore with the tongue | ||
| lick, lap pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tongue (Noun)
The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. - tongue (Noun)
A language. - tongue (Noun)
Glossolalia. - tongue (Noun)
In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot, so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth. - tongue (Noun)
Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part. - tongue (Noun)
An individual point of flame from a fire. - tongue (Verb)
On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound alveolar plosive. - tongue (Verb)
To talk; to prate. - tongue (Verb)
To kiss involving the touching of both tongues, and/or licking. - tongue (Verb)
To manipulate with the tongue.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tongue (n.)
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch. - tongue (n.)
The power of articulate utterance; speech. - tongue (n.)
Discourse; fluency of speech or expression. - tongue (n.)
Honorable discourse; eulogy. - tongue (n.)
A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue. - tongue (n.)
Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions. - tongue (n.)
A people having a distinct language. - tongue (n.)
The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk. - tongue (n.)
The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly. - tongue (n.)
The lingua of an insect. - tongue (n.)
Any small sole. - tongue (n.)
That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form. - tongue (n.)
A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance. - tongue (n.)
A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove. - tongue (n.)
A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake. - tongue (n.)
The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked. - tongue (n.)
The clapper of a bell. - tongue (n.)
A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces. - tongue (n.)
Same as Reed, n., 5. - tongue (v. t.)
To speak; to utter. - tongue (v. t.)
To chide; to scold. - tongue (v. t.)
To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. - tongue (v. t.)
To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together. - tongue (v. i.)
To talk; to prate. - tongue (v. i.)
To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tongue
The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds. -
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In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot. -
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A person's manner of speaking.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tung, n. the fleshy organ in the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, and speech: power of speech: manner of speaking: speech: discourse: a language: anything like a tongue in shape: the catch of a buckle: the pointer of a balance: a point of land.—adjs. Tongued, having a tongue.; Tongue′less, having no tongue.—n. Tongue′let, a little tongue.—p.adj. Tongue′-shaped, shaped like a tongue: (bot.) linear and fleshy and blunt at the point, as a leaf.—n. Tongue′ster, a babbler.—adjs. Tongue′-tied, -tacked, having an impediment, as if the tongue were tied: unable to speak freely.—n. Tongue′-work, babble, chatter.—Hold one's tongue (see Hold). [A.S. tunge; Ice. tunga, Ger. zunge, the tongue; L. lingua (old form dingua).]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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tongue
[Anglo-Saxon tunga]. The long tapered end of one piece of timber made to fay into a scarph at the end of another piece, to gain length. Also, a low salient point of land. Also, a dangerous mass of ice projecting under water from an iceberg or floe, nearly horizontally; it was on one of these shelves that the Guardian frigate struck.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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The pole of an ox-cart (local).
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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An unruly member that is frequently put out, yet an artist who's a hard worker at the palate and a great wag among women.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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Tongue enough for two sets of teeth: said of a talkative person. As old as my tongue, and a little older than my teeth; a dovetail in answer to the question, How old are you? Tongue pad; a scold, or nimble-tongued person.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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A man may hold his tongue in an ill time. -
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Temper the tongue. -
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Confine your tongue, lest it confine you. -
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Keep your tongue within your teeth. -
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The tongue breaketh bone, Though itself have none. -
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The tongue's not steel, yet it cuts. -
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The tongue talks at the head's cost. -
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One tongue is enough for a woman. -
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Who has not a good tongue, ought to have good hands.
Wikipedia 
- The tongue is the fleshy organ inside the mouth. A tongue lets us taste because of things on top of it called tastebuds. It is very flexible, so it also helps us eat and talk.
