1. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
2. an analogous organ in invertebrate animals.
3. the tongue of an animal, as an ox, beef, or sheep, used for food, often prepared by smoking or pickling.
4. the human tongue as the organ of speech: No tongue must ever tell the secret.
5. the faculty or power of speech: a sight no tongue can describe.
6. speech or talk, especially mere glib or empty talk.
7. manner or character of speech: a flattering tongue.
8. the language of a particular people, region, or nation: the Hebrew tongue.
9. a dialect.
10. (in the Bible) a people or nation distinguished by its language.
11. speech, often incomprehensible, typically uttered during moments of religious ecstasy.
12. an object that resembles an animal's tongue in shape, position, or function.
13. a strip of leather or other material under the lacing or fastening of a shoe.
14. a piece of metal suspended inside a bell that strikes against the side producing a sound; clapper.
15. a vibrating reed or similar structure in a musical instrument, as in a clarinet, or in part of a musical instrument, as in an organ reed pipe.
16. the pole extending from a carriage or other vehicle between the animals drawing it.
17. a projecting strip along the center of the edge or end of a board, for fitting into a groove in another board.
18. a narrow strip of land extending into a body of water; cape.
19. a section of ice projecting outward from the submerged part of an iceberg.
20. a long, narrow projection on a machine.
21. that part of a railroad switch that is shifted to direct the wheels of a locomotive or car to one or the other track of a railroad.
22. the pin of a buckle, brooch, etc.

23. to articulate (tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.) by strokes of the tongue.
24. Carpentry.
• to cut a tongue on (a board).
• to join or fit together by a tongue-and-groove joint.
25. to touch with the tongue.
26. to articulate or pronounce.
27. Archaic.
• to reproach or scold.
• to speak or utter.

28. to tongue tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.
29. to talk, especially idly or foolishly; chatter; prate.
30. to project like a tongue.

31. to regain one's powers of speech; recover one's poise: She wanted to say something, but couldn't find her tongue.
32. give tongue,
• (of a hound) to bay while following a scent.
• to utter one's thoughts; speak: He wouldn't give tongue to his suspicions.
33. to refrain from or cease speaking; keep silent.
34. to lose the power of speech, especially temporarily.
35. on the tip of one's / the tongue,
• on the verge of being uttered.
• unable to be recalled; barely escaping one's memory: The answer was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't think of it.
36. a mistake in speaking, as an inadvertent remark.
37. ironically or mockingly; insincerely.

1. a movable mass of muscular tissue attached to the floor of the mouth in most vertebrates. It is the organ of taste and aids the mastication and swallowing of food. In man it plays an important part in the articulation of speech sounds
2. an analogous organ in invertebrates
3. the tongue of certain animals used as food
4. a language, dialect, or idiom
5. the ability to speak
6. a manner of speaking
7. utterance or voice (esp in the phrase give tongue)
8. (plural) See gift of tongues
9. anything which resembles a tongue in shape or function
10. a promontory or spit of land
11. a flap of leather on a shoe, either for decoration or under the laces or buckles to protect the instep
12. the reed of an oboe or similar instrument
13. the clapper of a bell
14. the harnessing pole of a horse-drawn vehicle
15. a long and narrow projection on a machine or structural part that serves as a guide for assembly or as a securing device
16. a projecting strip along an edge of a board that is made to fit a corresponding groove in the edge of another board
17. to keep quiet
18. about to come to mind
19. with insincere or ironical intent

20. to articulate (notes played on a wind instrument) by the process of tonguing
21. to lick, feel, or touch with the tongue
22. to provide (a board) with a tongue
23. (of a piece of land) to project into a body of water
24. to reproach; scold

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