Definition of tongue
- n. - an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most
vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
- n. - The power of articulate utterance; speech.
- n. - Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
- n. - Honorable discourse; eulogy.
- n. - A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular
nation; as, the English tongue.
- n. - Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts
or actions.
- n. - A people having a distinct language.
- n. - The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
- n. - The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
- n. - The lingua of an insect.
- n. - Any small sole.
- n. - That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue,
in position or form.
- n. - A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the
tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
- n. - A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a
groove.
- n. - A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the
mainland into a sea or a lake.
- n. - The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart,
to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
- n. - The clapper of a bell.
- 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.
- n. - Same as Reed, n., 5.
- v. t. - To speak; to utter.
- v. t. - To chide; to scold.
- v. t. - To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in
playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
- v. t. - To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue
boards together.
- v. i. - To talk; to prate.
- v. i. - To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing
the flute and some other wind instruments.
Syllable Information
The word tongue is a 6 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for tongue is: tongue