Word: Tongue
How to pronounce: tʌŋ
Noun
Definitions:
1. The fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.
Example sentences: "Swallowing, which is accomplished by muscle movements in the tongue and mouth, moves the food into the throat, or pharynx."
2. Used in reference to a person's style or manner of speaking.
Example sentences: "He was a redoubtable debater with a caustic tongue"
3. A strip of leather or fabric under the laces in a shoe, attached only at the front end.
Example sentences: "Different models of the shoe had different pump systems, which were integrated into the tongue of the shoe."
4. The free-swinging metal piece inside a bell which is made to strike the bell to produce the sound.
5. A long, low promontory of land.
Example sentences: "Beneath the cries of curlews, low tongues of land balance precariously between sea and marsh."
6. A projecting strip on a wooden board fitting into a groove on another.
Example sentences: "Then remove the board and spread carpenter's glue on the tongues and grooves of the new and old pieces."
7. The vibrating reed of a musical instrument or organ pipe.
8. A jet of flame.
Example sentences: "A tongue of flame flashes four feet from the gun"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Sound (a note) distinctly on a wind instrument by interrupting the air flow with the tongue.
2. Lick or caress with the tongue.
Example sentences: "The other horse tongued every part of the colt's mane"
Synonyms:
language
mother tongue
speech
lingua
lingula
lingo
vocabulary
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Tongue in Other Languages...
Spanish:
German: Zunge
French: Langue
Italian: Linguetta
Turkish: Dil
