1. Noun
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
2. Noun
The power of articulate utterance; speech.
3. Noun
Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
4. Noun
Honorable discourse; eulogy.
5. Noun
A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
6. Noun
Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
7. Noun
A people having a distinct language.
8. Noun
The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
9. Noun
The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
10. Noun
The lingua of an insect.
11. Noun
Any small sole.
12. Noun
That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
13. Noun
A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
14. Noun
A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
15. Noun
A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
16. Noun
The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
17. Noun
The clapper of a bell.
18. Noun
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.
19. Noun
Same as Reed, n., 5.
20. Verb
To speak; to utter.
21. Verb
To chide; to scold.
22. Verb
To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
23. Verb
To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
24. Verb
To talk; to prate.
25. Verb
To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
26. Noun
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Vocabulary classified under Business and finance
27. Noun
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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