Tongue
[tʌŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot.
(noun.) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
(noun.) a manner of speaking; 'he spoke with a thick tongue'; 'she has a glib tongue'.
(noun.) the tongue of certain animals used as meat.
(noun.) any long thin projection that is transient; 'tongues of flame licked at the walls'; 'rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark'.
(verb.) lick or explore with the tongue.
(verb.) articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments.
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Definition
(n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
(n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech.
(n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
(n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy.
(n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
(n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
(n.) A people having a distinct language.
(n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
(n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
(n.) The lingua of an insect.
(n.) Any small sole.
(n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
(n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
(n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
(n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
(n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
(n.) The clapper of a bell.
(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.
(n.) Same as Reed, n., 5.
(v. t.) To speak; to utter.
(v. t.) To chide; to scold.
(v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
(v. t.) To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
(v. i.) To talk; to prate.
(v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Language, speech, idiom, dialect.[2]. Talk, discourse.[3]. Projection, projecting part.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Discourse, speech, language, dialect, idiom,[See IMPOST]
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Definition
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).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing your own tongue, denotes that you will be looked upon with disfavor by your acquaintances. To see the tongue of another, foretells that scandal will villify you. To dream that your tongue is affected in any way, denotes that your carelessness in talking will get you into trouble.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
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.
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Examples
- The girl with thick lips put out her tongue again at us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on; four angels guard-- Hold your tongue. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I know that I am to hold my tongue, sir! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At all events, I held my tongue, and helped to screen what he was about. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It seemed to Fred that if Mr. Farebrother had had a beak and talons instead of his very capable tongue, his mode of attack could hardly be more cruel. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Here I felt that my professional existence depended on not holding my tongue. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As I couldn't, I held my tongue, and bore the scolding till the old gentleman collared me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- What the servants chiefly resented, I think, was her silent tongue and her solitary ways. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My lady's tongue is like the meadow blades, That cut you stroking them with idle hand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- With this tongue she takes the hide from any one. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Proofs like these are not to be set aside by the idle tongues of cavilers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Magyar is a language belonging to the Finno-Ugrian division of the Ural-Altaic tongues. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yes, but scandal with it--a hideous mustering of tongues. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Their tongues are never still. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Have the cloven tongues come down again? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If John doesn't know anything about this nonsense, don't tell him, and make Jo and Laurie hold their tongues. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You know I understand all the inferior animal tongues. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And thus ambassadors would be qualified to treat with foreign princes, or ministers of state, to whose tongues they were utter strangers. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- His father was a merchant, engaged in business in Pisa, a man well versed in the Latin and Greek tongues, and well known for his knowledge of mathematics. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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