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tongue English

Meaning tongue meaning

What does tongue mean?
Definitions in simple English

tongue Noun

— The part of the body that tastes food. It is pink or red and is inside the mouth. — A language. He spoke in his native tongue.

tongue

— noun a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity — noun (= natural language) a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language — noun (= knife) any long thin projection that is transient tongues of flame licked at the walls rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark — noun a manner of speaking he spoke with a thick tongue she has a glib tongue — noun the tongue of certain animals used as meat — noun the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot — verb articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments — verb lick or explore with the tongue — noun (= clapper) metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side — noun (= spit) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

Synonyms tongue synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as tongue?

tongue English » English

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Topics tongue topics

What do people use tongue to talk about?
Person Body Head

Mouth
Language and thought Communication

Language
Universe, creation Animal

Parts of an animal
Daily life Clothing

Parts of clothing
Daily life

Fire
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak poorly
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak little
Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Mistake

Conjugation tongue conjugation

How do you conjugate tongue?

tongue · verb

Examples tongue examples

How do I use tongue in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Let me see your tongue.
Japanese is my mother tongue.
If you show me your tongue, I might show you mine.
Urdu is our mother tongue.
French is my native tongue.
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
You must educate your tongue to distinguish good coffee from bad.
Brent is an American, but he speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
French is her mother tongue.
French is their mother tongue.
That child stuck out his tongue at me.
The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.
Not all Americans speak English as their mother tongue.
Hold your tongue and listen to me.
The coffee was so hot that I nearly burned my tongue.
Miss Gray told the boy to hold his tongue while she was speaking.
What is your mother tongue?
You've got to learn to hold your tongue.
Linda stuck her tongue out.
Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
The chili burnt my tongue.
The foreigner spoke Japanese as if it were her mother tongue.
This mustard really bites the tongue.

Movie subtitles

It's on the tip of my tongue.
Dude, I know you two had a kind of momentary tongue connection, but Rebecca isn't into you anymore.
Cat got your tongue, Brackenreid?
Can you put your tongue back?
I can, but my tongue goes where I want it to go!
He knows my tongue is straight.
What's wrong, cat got your tongue?
Someone who can hold his tongue!
I know your mocking, lying tongue.
The tongue is an unruly member, is it not?
Tell him what's the matter, if your lying tongue can find the words.
My tongue was bewitched by Caesar.
Your tongue is no longer bewitched by Caesar, eh?
Watch your tongue, or I'll cut it out of you!
I've held my tongue because i hadn't the heart to open your dear eyes.
Let me see your tongue.
If I hear a single note of that song again, I'll. I'll cut out your tongue.
Remember what I said: the civil tongue or else.
I roll them over on my tongue.
Ah, go bite your tongue off.
It's hard to lay tongue to the right words.
I'll lay tongue to them.
In my tongue, close friend.
When I'm free, I'll wring your scrawny pipe stem till your tongue pops out!
Tongue, is it?
My tongue is hanging out.
She gathered the town gossips together once a week to let her tongue wag freely.
WELL, HAVE YOU GOT A TONGUE?
Anybody's tongue is liable to slip.
Lead them off! We will loosen your tongue!
A slip of the tongue.
Bite your tongue!
PHOEBE, WILLIAM SMITH PUT HIS TONGUE OUT AT ME.
I advise you to curb that wagging tongue of yours!
I'll rip out your tongue!
Hold your tongue, you old goat.
Hold your tongue, old man.
Hold your wicked tongue, you gossiping old.. witch.

News and current affairs

His mother tongue will be English; if he ever learns to speak his father's language, it will be as a foreigner.
Perhaps this was a slip of the presidential tongue.
That phrase is on everyone's tongue nowadays.
Once again, Malaysia ' s Mahathir Muhammed acerbic tongue has incited controversy.
A few years ago, under Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi could have his tongue cut out if he was found in possession of a satellite dish or used the Internet without government approval.
But Europe should look beyond Berlusconi's careless tongue when gauging the nature of his regime.
Taiwan 's sole aboriginal parliamentarian once provided the logical rebuttal to Chen and the DPP, delivering a speech to a packed Congress entirely in his native tongue, which nobody else in the chamber could understand.

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