| 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. |
