Tongue
Definition of Tongue
| n. | 1. | | | 1. | (Anat.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch. | | 2. | The power of articulate utterance; speech. | | 3. | Discourse; fluency of speech or expression. | | 4. | Honorable discourse; eulogy. | | 5. | A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue. | | 6. | Speech; words or declarations only; - opposed to thoughts or actions. | | 7. | A people having a distinct language. | | 8. | (Zool.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk. | | 9. | (Zool.) Any small sole. | | 10. | That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form. | | 11. | A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance. | | 12. | A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove. | | 13. | A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake. | | 14. | The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked. | | 15. | The clapper of a bell. | | 16. | (Naut.) 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. | | 17. | (Mus.) Same as Reed, n., 5.| To hold the tongue | | to be silent. |
| | v. t. | 1. | To speak; to utter. | | 2. | To chide; to scold.How might she tongue me. - Shak. | | 3. | (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. | | 4. | To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together. | | v. i. | 1. | To talk; to prate. | | 2. | (Mus.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. |
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