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Found 6 hits - Term: tongue, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
radula \rad"ula\ ra^d"-ul.a, n.; pl. radulae
   ra^d"-ul=e. l., a scraper, fr. radere to scrape.
   zool.
   the chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called
   also lingual ribbon, and tongue. see odontophore.
   1913 webster
see also:
radulae lingual ribbon tongue odontophore 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tongue \tongue\, n. oe. tunge, tonge, as. tunge; akin to
   ofries. tunge, d. tong, os. tunga, g. zunge, ohg. zunga,
   icel.  sw. tunga, dan tunge, goth. tugg=o, ol. dingua, l.
   lingua. root243 cf.language, lingo. 
   1913 webster
   1. anat. an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of
      most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
      1913 webster

   note: the tongue is usually muscular, mobile, and free at one
         extremity, and in man other mammals is the principal
         organ of taste, aids in the prehension of food, in
         swallowing, and in modifying the voice as in speech.
         1913 webster

               to make his english sweet upon his tongue.
                                                  --chaucer.
         1913 webster

   2. the power of articulate utterance; speech.
      1913 webster

            parrots imitating human tongue.       --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
      1913 webster

            much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.
                                                  --l. estrange.
      1913 webster

   4. honorable discourse; eulogy. obs.
      1913 webster

            she was born noble; let that title find her a
            private grave, but neither tongue nor honor. --beau.
                                                   fl.
      1913 webster

   5. a language; the whole sum of words used by a particular
      nation; as, the english tongue. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            whose tongue thou shalt not understand. --deut.
                                                  xxviii. 49.
      1913 webster

            to speak all tongues.                 --milton.
      1913 webster

   6. speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts
      or actions.
      1913 webster

            my little children, let us love in word, neither in
            tongue, but in deed and in truth.     --1 john iii.
                                                  18.
      1913 webster

   7. a people having a distinct language.
      1913 webster

            a will gather all nations and tongues. --isa. lxvi.
                                                  18.
      1913 webster

   8. zool.
      a the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
      b the proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
      c the lingua of an insect.
          1913 webster

   9. zool. any small sole.
      1913 webster

   10. that which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue,
       in position or form. specifically: 
       1913 webster
       a a projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as,
           the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
           1913 webster
           1913 webster
       b a projection on the side, as of a board, which fits
           into a groove.
           1913 webster
       c a point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting
           from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
           1913 webster
       d the pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox
           cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
           1913 webster
       e the clapper of a bell.
           1913 webster
       f naut. 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.
           1913 webster
       g mus. same as reed, n., 5.
           1913 webster

   to hold the tongue, to be silent.

   tongue bone anat., the hyoid bone.

   tongue grafting. see under grafting.
      1913 webster

   syn: language; speech; expression. see language.
        1913 webster
see also:
language lingo reed to hold the tongue tongue bone tongue grafting 
grafting 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tongue \tongue\, v. i.
   1. to talk; to prate. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. mus. to use the tongue in forming the notes, as in
      playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
      1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tongue \tongue\, v. t. imp.  p. p. tongued; p. pr.  vb. n.
   tonguing.
   1. to speak; to utter. "such stuff as madmen tongue." --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to chide; to scold.
      1913 webster

            how might she tongue me.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. mus. to modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in
      playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
      1913 webster

   4. to join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards
      together.
      1913 webster
see also:
tongued tonguing 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tongue
     n 1: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous
          membrane and located in the oral cavity syn: lingua,
          glossa, clapper
     2: a human written or spoken language used by a community;
        opposed to e.g. a computer language syn: natural
        language ant: artificial language
     3: any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of
        flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives
        of fire into the dark" syn: knife
     4: a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she
        has a glib tongue"
     5: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea syn: spit
     6: the tongue of certain animals used as meat
     7: the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
     8: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by
        hitting the side syn: clapper
     v 1: articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
     2: lick or explore with the tongue
see also:
lingua glossa clapper natural language artificial language knife 
spit 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
189 moby thesaurus words for "tongue":
   maypole, abatis, aftertaste, alveolar ridge, alveolus, apex, argot,
   articulation, arytenoid cartilages, back, bagpipe, bar, baste,
   bell, berate, bill, bitter, blade, blow, blow a horn, blunder,
   boob, brains, breakwater, bugle, cape, carillon, carpet,
   chersonese, chew out, chimes, chitterlings, church bell, clapper,
   clarion, cockscomb, coral reef, cowbell, delta, dialect,
   dinner bell, dinner gong, doodle, doorbell, dorsum, double-tongue,
   facetiously, faux pas, fife, fire bell, flagstaff, flavor, flute,
   foreland, gaffe, giblets, gizzard, gong, gong bell, gust,
   hand bell, hard palate, haslet, head, headland, heart, hook, idiom,
   in fun, in jest, jaw, jestingly, jingle bell, jocularly, jokingly,
   keep mum, kidneys, language, langue, lap, larynx, lick, lingo,
   lingua, linguistic act, lip, lips, liver, locution, marrow,
   mistake, mouth, mull, nasal cavity, naze, ness, oral cavity,
   palate, parlance, parol, parole, passing bell, patois, peninsula,
   personal usage, pharyngeal cavity, pharynx, phonation, phraseology,
   pipe, point, pole, promontory, rail, rate, reef, relish, rod,
   sacring bell, salt, sandspit, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness,
   say nothing, scape, sequence of phonemes, shaft, sheepbell,
   shut up, sleigh bell, slip, smack, soft palate, sound, sour,
   speaking, speech, speech act, speech organ, spit, spur, stalk,
   stem, stick, stomach, string, sweet, sweetbread, syrinx, talk,
   tang, taste, taste bud, teeth, teeth ridge, telephone bell,
   the spoken word, tintinnabulum, tip, toot, tooth, tootle,
   totem pole, triangle, tripe, triple-tongue, trumpet, tweedle,
   upbraid, usage, utterance, utterance string, velum, vernacular,
   vocable, vocal chink, vocal cords, vocal folds, vocal processes,
   voice, voice box, whimsically, whistle, wind, wind the horn, word,
   word of mouth





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