Tongued
[tʌŋd] or ['ʃɑrp'tʌŋd]
Definition
(adj.) having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination; 'golden-tongued'; 'sharp-tongued' .
(adj.) provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination; 'tongued shoes'; 'tongued boards'; 'toungued lightning'; 'long-tongued' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Tongue
(a.) Having a tongue.
Checked by Horatio
Examples
- If I am a short-tongued fellow, it may amount to the same thing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was courteous, honey-tongued--an adept in fascinating arts. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The bed stock is cut into strips, planed on all sides, and tongued and grooved on the widest sides. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The next strip, also of maple, is tongued into the lower one, but its continuous length extends only about five feet beyond the foul line, or about eighteen feet from the approach end. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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