tongue (t ng)n. 1. a. The fleshy, movable, muscular organ, attached in most vertebrates to the floor of the mouth, that is the principal organ of taste, an aid in chewing and swallowing, and, in humans, an important organ of speech. b. An analogous organ or part in invertebrate animals, as in certain insects or mollusks. 2. The tongue of an animal, such as a cow, used as food. 3. A spoken language or dialect. 4. a. Speech; talk: If there is goodness in your heart, it will come to your tongue. b. The act or power of speaking: She had no tongue to answer. c. tongues Speech or vocal sounds produced in a state of religious ecstasy. d. Style or quality of utterance: her sharp tongue. 5. The bark or baying of a hunting dog that sees game: The dog gave tongue when the fox came through the hedge. 6. Something resembling a tongue in shape or function, as: a. The vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument. b. A flame. c. The flap of material under the laces or buckles of a shoe. d. A spit of land; a promontory. e. A bell clapper. f. The harnessing pole attached to the front axle of a horse-drawn vehicle. 7. A protruding strip along the edge of a board that fits into a matching groove on the edge of another board. v. tongued, tongu·ing, tongues v.tr. 1. Music To separate or articulate (notes played on a brass or wind instrument) by shutting off the stream of air with the tongue. 2. To touch or lick with the tongue. 3. a. To provide (a board) with a tongue. b. To join by means of a tongue and groove. 4. Archaic To scold. v.intr. Idioms: 1. Music To articulate notes on a brass or wind instrument. 2. To project: a spit of land tonguing into the bay. hold (one's) tongue To be or keep silent. lose (one's) tongue To lose the capacity to speak, as from shock. on the tip of (one's) tongue On the verge of being recalled or expressed. have/speak with a forked tongue To speak deceitfully; prevaricate or lie. [Middle English, from Old English tunge; see d  gh - in Indo-European roots.] |
tongue [tʌŋ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) 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 Related adjs glottic, lingual
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an analogous organ in invertebrates
3. (Cookery) the tongue of certain animals used as food
4. (Linguistics / Languages) a language, dialect, or idiom the English tongue
5. the ability to speak to lose one's tongue
6. a manner of speaking a glib tongue
7. utterance or voice (esp in the phrase give tongue)
8. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (plural) See gift of tongues
9. anything which resembles a tongue in shape or function a tongue of flame a tongue of the sea
10. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a promontory or spit of land
11. (Clothing & Fashion) a flap of leather on a shoe, either for decoration or under the laces or buckles to protect the instep
12. (Music, other) Music the reed of an oboe or similar instrument
13. (Music, other) the clapper of a bell
14. the harnessing pole of a horse-drawn vehicle
15. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a long and narrow projection on a machine or structural part that serves as a guide for assembly or as a securing device
16. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a projecting strip along an edge of a board that is made to fit a corresponding groove in the edge of another board
hold one's tongue to keep quiet
on the tip of one's tongue about to come to mind her name was on the tip of his tongue
with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek Also tongue in cheek with insincere or ironical intent
vb tongues, tonguing, tongued
1. (Music, other) to articulate (notes played on a wind instrument) by the process of tonguing
2. (tr) to lick, feel, or touch with the tongue
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (tr) Carpentry to provide (a board) with a tongue
4. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (intr) (of a piece of land) to project into a body of water
5. (tr) Obsolete to reproach; scold
[Old English tunge; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse tunga, Old High German zunga, Latin lingua]
tongueless adj
tonguelike adj
| tongue (tng) 1. A muscular organ in most vertebrates that is usually attached to the bottom of the mouth. In snakes, the tongue is used as a sense organ. In frogs, the tongue is chiefly used to capture prey. In mammals, the tongue is the main organ of taste and is an important organ of digestion. In humans, the tongue is used to produce speech. 2. A similar organ in certain invertebrate animals. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  tongue - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavityorgan - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function articulator - a movable speech organ mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" |
| 2. |  tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer languagelanguage, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" first language, maternal language, mother tongue - one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next tonal language, tone language - a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings creole - a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language - the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut Chukchi language, Chukchi - an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia Austro-Asiatic, Austro-Asiatic language, Munda-Mon-Khmer - a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia Austronesian language, Austronesian - the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia Papuan language, Papuan - any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages Khoisan, Khoisan language - a family of languages spoken in southern Africa Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Indo-European - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia Ural-Altaic - a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian) Basque - the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language Elamitic, Susian, Elamite - an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites Caucasian language, Caucasian - a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere Dravidian language, Dravidic, Dravidian - a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language - the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula) Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language - a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania | |
| 3. |  tongue - any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something | |
| 4. |  tongue - a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" sharp tongue - a bitter or critical manner of speaking | |
| 5. |  tongue - a narrow strip of land that juts out into the seasand - a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral | |
| 6. |  tongue - the tongue of certain animals used as meatorgans, variety meat - edible viscera of a butchered animal beef tongue - the tongue of a cow eaten as meat calf's tongue - the tongue of a calf eaten as meat | |
| 7. |  tongue - the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or bootboot - footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg flap - any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope" shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material | |
| 8. |  tongue - metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the sidebell - a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck striker - the part of a mechanical device that strikes something | |
| Verb | 1. |  tongue - articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instrumentsmusic - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" music - (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds) spiel, play - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" double tongue, triple-tongue - play fast notes on a wind instrument |
| 2. |  tongue - lick or explore with the tongue |
tongue
noun
1. language, speech, vernacular, talk, dialect, idiom, parlance, lingo (informal), patois, argot They feel passionately about their native tongue.
2. utterance, voice, speech, articulation, verbal expression her sharp wit and quick tongue
Translations
tongue [tʌŋ]
A. N
1. (Anat, Culin) → lengua f
to put or stick one's tongue out (at sb) → sacar la lengua(a algn)
she has a quick/nasty tongue (fig) → tiene mucha labia/una lengua viperina
with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek → irónicamente, burla burlando
to say sth tongue in cheek → decir algo en tono de burla
to keep a civil tongue in one's head → moderar las palabras or el lenguaje
to get one's tongue around sth I can't get my tongue round these Latin names → estos nombres latinos resultan impronunciables
to find one's tongue so you've found your tongue? → ¿así que estás dispuesto por fin a hablar?
to give tongue [hounds] → empezar a ladrar
to hold one's tongue → callarse
hold your tongue! → ¡cállate la boca!
to loosen sb's tongue → hacer hablar a algn
wine loosens the tongue → el vino suelta la lengua
to lose one's tongue have you lost your tongue? → ¿te has tragado la lengua?
to trip or roll off the tongue the formula came tripping or rolling off his/her tongue → pronunció la fórmula con la mayor facilidad
it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue → no se puede decir que sea fácil de pronunciar
to put or stick one's tongue out (at sb) → sacar la lengua(a algn)
she has a quick/nasty tongue (fig) → tiene mucha labia/una lengua viperina
with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek → irónicamente, burla burlando
to say sth tongue in cheek → decir algo en tono de burla
to keep a civil tongue in one's head → moderar las palabras or el lenguaje
to get one's tongue around sth I can't get my tongue round these Latin names → estos nombres latinos resultan impronunciables
to find one's tongue so you've found your tongue? → ¿así que estás dispuesto por fin a hablar?
to give tongue [hounds] → empezar a ladrar
to hold one's tongue → callarse
hold your tongue! → ¡cállate la boca!
to loosen sb's tongue → hacer hablar a algn
wine loosens the tongue → el vino suelta la lengua
to lose one's tongue have you lost your tongue? → ¿te has tragado la lengua?
to trip or roll off the tongue the formula came tripping or rolling off his/her tongue → pronunció la fórmula con la mayor facilidad
it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue → no se puede decir que sea fácil de pronunciar
B. CPD tongue twister N → trabalenguas m inv
tongue [ˈtʌŋ]
n
to say sth tongue in cheek → dire qch sur un ton pince-sans-rire
Were they written tongue-in-cheek? → Ont-ils été écrits sur le ton de l'ironie?
Were they written tongue-in-cheek? → Ont-ils été écrits sur le ton de l'ironie?
to hold your tongue → tenir sa langue
a slip of the tongue → un lapsus
tongue-in-cheek [ˈtʌŋˈɪnˈtʃiːk] adj [humour] → pince-sans-rire inv
tongue-lashing tongue lashing [ˈtʌŋlæʃɪŋ] n
to give sb a tongue-lashing → houspiller qn
tongue-tied [ˈtʌŋtaɪd] adj (= shy) → muet(te)
tongue twister n → virelangue m, vire-langue m
tongue-in-cheek [ˈtʌŋˈɪnˈtʃiːk] adj [humour] → pince-sans-rire inv
tongue-lashing tongue lashing [ˈtʌŋlæʃɪŋ] n
to give sb a tongue-lashing → houspiller qn
tongue-tied [ˈtʌŋtaɪd] adj (= shy) → muet(te)
tongue twister n → virelangue m, vire-langue m
tongue
tongue:
n
→ Zunge f; to put or stick one’s tongue out at somebody → jdm die Zunge herausstrecken; to lose/find one’s tongue (fig) → die Sprache verlieren/wiederfinden; to hold one’s tongue → den Mund halten; to have a ready tongue → schlagfertig sein, nicht auf den Mund gefallen sein; to have a sharp tongue → eine scharfe Zunge haben; keep a civil tongue in your head! → werden Sie nicht ausfallend!; I can’t get my tongue round it → dabei breche ich mir fast die Zunge ab ? slip, tip, tongue-in-cheek
vt (Mus) note → (mit der Zunge) stoßen
tongue:
tongue-and-groove joint
n → Anschlitzzunge f, → Spundung f
tongue-in-cheek
tongue-lashing
tongue-tied
tongue twister
n → Zungenbrecher m
tongue [tʌŋ] n
tongue [tʌŋ] n
a. (gen) → lingua; (of shoe) → linguetta; (of bell) → battaglio
have you lost your tongue? → hai perso la lingua?
hold your tongue! → chiudi quella bocca!
to put out one's tongue (at sb) → mostrare la lingua (a qn)
to say sth tongue in cheek (fig) → dire qc ironicamente
I can't get my tongue round it (fig) → non riesco a pronunziarlo
have you lost your tongue? → hai perso la lingua?
hold your tongue! → chiudi quella bocca!
to put out one's tongue (at sb) → mostrare la lingua (a qn)
to say sth tongue in cheek (fig) → dire qc ironicamente
I can't get my tongue round it (fig) → non riesco a pronunziarlo
b. (frm, liter) (language) → lingua
tongue [tʌŋ] n
a. (gen) → lingua; (of shoe) → linguetta; (of bell) → battaglio
have you lost your tongue? → hai perso la lingua?
hold your tongue! → chiudi quella bocca!
to put out one's tongue (at sb) → mostrare la lingua (a qn)
to say sth tongue in cheek (fig) → dire qc ironicamente
I can't get my tongue round it (fig) → non riesco a pronunziarlo
have you lost your tongue? → hai perso la lingua?
hold your tongue! → chiudi quella bocca!
to put out one's tongue (at sb) → mostrare la lingua (a qn)
to say sth tongue in cheek (fig) → dire qc ironicamente
I can't get my tongue round it (fig) → non riesco a pronunziarlo
b. (frm, liter) (language) → lingua
n tongue [taŋ]
1 the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc The doctor looked at her tongue. tong لِسان език jazyk tunge die Zunge γλώσσα (ανθρώπινο όργανο) lengua keel زبان kieli langue לָשוֹן जीभ jezik nyelv lidah tunga lingua 舌 혀 liežuvis mēle lidah tong tunge język língua limbă язык jazyk jezik jezik tunga ลิ้น dil 舌頭 язик زبان، جيب lưỡi 舌头
2 the tongue of an animal used as food. tong وَجْبَة طَعام: لِسانات език jazyk tunge die Zunge γλώσσα (ζώου) lengua keel گوشت زبان kieli langue לָשוֹן बोली jezik nyelv lidah tunga lingua 舌の肉 (식용 짐승의) 혀 liežuvis mēle lidah tong tunge ozór língua limbă язык jazyk jezik jezik tunga ลิ้น dil 舌肉 язик کسي جانور کي زبان جو کھانے ميں کام آئے lưỡi động vật...làm thức ăn 口条
3 something with the same shape as a tongue a tongue of flame. tong شَيْء على شَكْل لِسان език jazyk tunge; -tunge die Zunge κτ. που έχει το σχήμα γλώσσας lengua -keel زبانه lieska langue לָשוֹן बहिर्विष्ट पट्टी jezičac nyelv lidah (eld)tunga lingua 舌形のもの 혀와 같은 것 liežuvis mēle lidah tong tunge język, jęzor língua limbă язы(чо)к jazyk jezik jezik tunga สิ่งที่เหมือนลิ้น dil 舌狀物 язик полум'я; серце дзвона; язичок духового інструмента, черевика زبان کي شکل کا có hình cái lưỡi 舌状物
4 a language English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue. taal لُغَه език jazyk sprog; modersmål die Sprache γλώσσα (που ομιλείται) lengua, idioma keel زبان kieli langue לָשוֹן भाषा, किसी राष्ट्र आदि की भाषा jezik nyelv bahasa tungumál lingua 言語 언어 kalba valoda bahasa taal språk, tungemål język língua limbă язык jazyk jezik jezik språk, tungomål ภาษา dil, lisan 方言，語言 мова زبان، بولي một ngôn ngữ 方言，语言
tongue → لسان jazyk tunge Zunge γλώσσα lengua kieli langue jezik lingua 舌 혀 tong tunge język língua язык tunga ลิ้น dil cái lưỡi 舌头
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