Tongue: English to English |
Tongue (n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue. |
Tongue (n.) A people having a distinct language. |
Tongue (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake. |
Tongue (n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove. |
Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance. |
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.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch. |
Tongue (n.) Any small sole. |
Tongue (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression. |
Tongue (n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy. |
Tongue (n.) Same as Reed, n., 5. |
Tongue (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions. |
Tongue (n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form. |
Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell. |
Tongue (n.) The lingua of an insect. |
Tongue (n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk. |
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 power of articulate utterance; speech. |
Tongue (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly. |
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. |
Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold. |
Tongue (v. t.) To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together. |
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 speak; to utter. |