tongue

Speech parts

1. tongue - Noun

2. tongue - Verb

3. Tongue - Proper noun

Meaning

an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

The power of articulate utterance; speech.

Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

Honorable discourse; eulogy.

A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.

Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.

A people having a distinct language.

The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.

The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.

The lingua of an insect.

Any small sole.

That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.

A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.

A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.

A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.

The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.

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.

Same as Reed, n., 5.

To speak; to utter.

To chide; to scold.

To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.

To talk; to prate.

To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

language speech voice expression dialect slang vernacular articulation idiom patois lingo cape creole ness english
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Antonyms

hush standard literature formal quiet silence
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Hypernyms

cape ness language play speech delivery

Hyponyms

indian creole basque caucasian indo-european dravidian

Phrases with the word

tongue-in-cheek slip of the tongue hold tongue hold one's tongue bite one's tongue lark's tongue

Derivatives

tongued tonguing

Anagrams

tounge

Examples

According to Halliday, as the child moves into the mother tongue, these functions give way to the generalized "metafunctions" of language. Source: Internet

According to the Rule, there are three components to mortification: "not to disagree in mind, not to speak as one pleases with the tongue, not to go anywhere with complete freedom." Source: Internet

According to Díaz, she spoke to emissaries from Moctezuma in their native tongue Nahuatl and pointed to Cortés as the chief Spaniard to speak for them. Source: Internet

According to the results of the 2013 census, 52.86% of the population consider their mother tongue to be Bosnian, 30.76% Serbian, 14.6% Croatian and 1.57% another language, with 0.21% not giving an answer. Source: Internet

Additionally, in terms of control, humans are generally able to control the movements of their tongue and mouth. Source: Internet

A drag queen playfully stick out his tongue during the "Banda de Ipanema" street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Tongshan tongster tonguage tongue and groove tongue and groove joint tongue bath