tongue

1. n. an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch. Source: opted

2. n. The power of articulate utterance; speech. Source: opted

3. n. Discourse; fluency of speech or expression. Source: opted

4. n. Honorable discourse; eulogy. Source: opted

5. n. A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue. Source: opted

6. n. Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions. Source: opted

7. n. A people having a distinct language. Source: opted

8. n. The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk. Source: opted

9. n. The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly. Source: opted

10. n. The lingua of an insect. Source: opted

11. n. Any small sole. Source: opted

12. n. That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form. Source: opted

13. n. A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance. Source: opted

14. n. A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove. Source: opted

15. n. A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake. Source: opted

16. n. The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked. Source: opted

17. n. The clapper of a bell. Source: opted

18. 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. Source: opted

19. n. Same as Reed, n., 5. Source: opted

20. v. t. To speak; to utter. Source: opted

21. v. t. To chide; to scold. Source: opted

22. v. t. To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. Source: opted

23. v. t. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together. Source: opted

24. v. i. To talk; to prate. Source: opted

25. v. i. To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. Source: opted

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