English dictionary
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English noun: tongue | |||
| 1. | tongue (body) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | ||
| Synonyms | clapper, glossa, lingua | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | articulator, organ | ||
| Part holonym | gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud | ||
| Part meronym | mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, pharynx, rima oris, throat | ||
| 2. | tongue (communication) a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language | ||
| Synonyms | natural language | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | language, linguistic communication | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Austro-Asiatic, Austro-Asiatic language, Austronesian, Austronesian language, Basque, Cassite, Caucasian, Caucasian language, Chukchi, Chukchi language, creole, Dravidian, Dravidian language, Dravidic, Elamite, Elamitic, Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language, first language, Hamito-Semitic, Hmong, Hmong language, Indian, Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Kassite, Khoisan, Khoisan language, maternal language, Miao, mother tongue, Munda-Mon-Khmer, Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language, Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language, Papuan, Papuan language, Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language, Susian, tonal language, tone language, Ural-Altaic | ||
| Antonyms | artificial language | ||
| 3. | tongue (shape) any long thin projection that is transient | ||
| Samples | Tongues of flame licked at the walls. Rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark. | ||
| Synonyms | knife | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | projection | ||
| 4. | tongue (communication) a manner of speaking | ||
| Samples | He spoke with a thick tongue. She has a glib tongue. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | delivery, manner of speaking, speech | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sharp tongue | ||
| 5. | tongue (object) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | ||
| Synonyms | spit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cape, ness | ||
| Substance holonym | sand | ||
| 6. | tongue (food) the tongue of certain animals used as meat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | organs, variety meat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beef tongue, calf's tongue | ||
| 7. | tongue (artifact) the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flap | ||
| Part meronym | boot, shoe | ||
| 8. | tongue (artifact) metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side | ||
| Synonyms | clapper | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | striker | ||
| Part meronym | bell | ||
English verb: tongue | |||
| 1. | tongue (creation) articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | play, spiel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | double tongue, triple-tongue | ||
| Domain category | music, music | ||
| 2. | tongue (contact) lick or explore with the tongue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lap, lick | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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