a fleshy muscular movable organ in the mouth that bears sensory end organs and small glands and functions in tasting and swallowing food and, in human beings, as a speech organ
a fleshy muscular movable organ of the floor of the mouth of a human being or other vertebrate animal that bears sensory end organs and small glands and functions in tasting and swallowing food and, in human beings, as a speech organ
a similar organ in invertebrate animals
the tongue of an ox, sheep, etc used as food
manner or quality of speaking
a sharp tongue
a language
the ability to speak
lost his tongue
(usu in pl) ecstatic utterance, esp in Christian worship, of unintelligible sounds or of a language that the speaker does not know
a long narrow strip of land projecting into a body of water
something elongated and fastened at one end only, e.g.:
the flap under the lacing or buckles on the front of a shoe or boot
a piece of metal suspended inside a bell so as to strike against the sides as the bell is swung
the reed of a musical instrument or organ pipe
the rib on one edge of a board that fits into a corresponding groove in an edge of another board to make a flush joint
a tapering or flickering strip or cone
a tongue of flame
to keep quiet; to say nothing
showing eagerness
in a tongue-in-cheek manner