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tongue

(t/@//N/ )

a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity(noun.body)

Synonym:
clapper, glossa, lingua

source: wordnet30
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language(noun.communication)

Synonym:
natural language
Antonym:
artificial language

source: wordnet30
any long thin projection that is transient(noun.shape)

Example:
Tongues of flame licked at the walls.

Synonym:
knife

source: wordnet30
a manner of speaking(noun.communication)

Example:
He spoke with a thick tongue.
She has a glib tongue.

source: wordnet30
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea(noun.object)

Synonym:
spit

source: wordnet30
the tongue of certain animals used as meat(noun.food)

source: wordnet30
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
clapper

source: wordnet30
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.(noun)

source: webster1913

articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments(verb.creation)

source: wordnet30
lick or explore with the tongue(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
To speak; to utter.(verb)

source: webster1913
To talk; to prate.(verb)

source: webster1913

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