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单词 give tongue
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give1 /giv/

transitive verb (givˈing; gāve; given /givˈn/)
  1. To bestow
  2. To impart
  3. To yield
  4. To grant
  5. To donate
  6. To permit
  7. To afford, provide
  8. To pay or render (thanks, etc)
  9. To pronounce (a judgement or decision)
  10. To show (a result)
  11. To apply (oneself)
  12. To allow or admit
intransitive verb
  1. To yield to pressure
  2. To begin to melt or soften
  3. To grow soft
  4. To open, or give an opening or view, to lead (with upon, on or into, a gallicism)
  5. To donate
noun
  1. Yielding
  2. Elasticity
ORIGIN: OE gefan (WSax giefan), the back g prob owing to Scand influence; ON gefa, Swed gifva, Dan give, Gothic giban, Ger geben

givˈen adjective

  1. Bestowed
  2. Specified
  3. Addicted, disposed (with to)
  4. Granted
  5. Admitted
noun

Something that is assumed to be the case

givˈenness noun

givˈer noun

A person who or thing which gives or bestows

givˈing noun

  1. The act of bestowing
  2. The thing given
adjective
  1. That gives
  2. Generous, liberal

giveˈaway noun

  1. A betrayal, revelation, esp if unintentional
  2. Something given free or at a greatly reduced price, esp something offered with a product or service with the aim of increasing sales

given name noun

The name given to the individual, not that of the family, ie the first or Christian name, distinguished from the surname

give and take

  1. Reciprocity in concession
  2. Mutually compensatory variations
  3. Fair exchange of repartee

give as good as one gets

To retort in equal measure in words or action

give away

  1. To give for nothing
  2. To betray
  3. To bestow ceremonially (eg a bride)

give birth to

  1. To bring forth, produce
  2. To originate, begin, generate

give chase

To pursue

give ear (archaic)

To listen (to)

give forth

  1. To emit
  2. To publish
  3. To expatiate, talk at length (informal)

give ground or place

To give way, yield

give head see under head

give in to (obsolete give into)

To yield to

give it to (someone) (informal)

To scold or beat (someone) severely

give it up for (informal)

To show one's appreciation to (a person) by cheering or applause

give line, head, rein, etc

To give more liberty or scope (the metaphors from angling and horse-riding)

give me (informal)

I would choose if I had the choice

give off

To emit (eg a smell)

give oneself away

To betray one's secret unawares

give or take

Allowing for an error of (a certain amount)

give out

  1. To report, announce
  2. To emit
  3. To distribute to individuals
  4. To expire
  5. To relinquish (Shakespeare)

give over

  1. To transfer
  2. To desist from, to cease (Scot and N Eng dialect)

give over to

To set (a period of time) aside for a particular purpose

give place see give ground above.

give rein see give line above.

give the lie to

  1. To accuse openly of falsehood
  2. To prove wrong

give tongue see under tongue

give up

  1. To abandon
  2. To surrender
  3. To desist from

give up the ghost see under ghost

give way

  1. To fall back, yield, withdraw
  2. To break, snap or collapse under strain
  3. To begin rowing (usu as a command to a crew)
  4. To allow traffic in a direction crossing one's path to proceed first

give way to

  1. To yield to, submit to
  2. To allow to take precedence, give priority to
  3. To succumb to (eg grief)

what gives? (informal)

  1. What's new?
  2. What's happening?

tongue /tung/

noun
  1. The fleshy organ in the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing and speech
  2. The tongue of an ox, etc, as food
  3. The rasping organ in molluscs
  4. The power of speech
  5. The manner of speaking
  6. A language
  7. Speech
  8. Discourse
  9. Voice
  10. Utterance
  11. Anything like a tongue in shape
  12. A point of land
  13. A bell clapper
  14. The reed of a musical instrument
  15. A flap in the opening of a shoe or boot
  16. The catch of a buckle
  17. The pointer of a balance
  18. Any narrow projection
  19. A langue or language (qv) of a religious or military order
  20. A vote (Shakespeare)
transitive verb
  1. To utter
  2. To lick
  3. To touch with the tongue
  4. To provide with a tongue
  5. To talk, prate (with it)
  6. To produce or play by tonguing (music)
  7. To pronounce (dialect)
  8. To articulate
  9. To attack with words (Shakespeare)
intransitive verb
  1. To give tongue
  2. To stick out
  3. To practise tonguing (music)
ORIGIN: OE tunge; ON tunga, Ger Zunge the tongue; L lingua (from dingua)

tongued adjective

  1. Having a tongue
  2. Played by tonguing (music)

tongueˈless adjective

  1. Having no tongue
  2. Unspoken of (Shakespeare)

tongueˈlet noun

A little tongue

tongueˈlike adjective

tongueˈster noun

A babbler

tonguˈing noun (music)

Articulation to separate the notes in playing wind instruments (see also flutter)

tongue-and-grooveˈ noun

  1. A system of joining boards by fitting a projection along the side of one into a groove in the next
  2. These boards

tongue-doubtˈie adjective (ie doughty; Milton)

Bragging

tongue-in-cheekˈ adjective and adverb

With ironic, insincere or humorous intention

tongueˈ-lashing noun

A severe verbal reprimand

tongueˈ-tacked adjective

Tongue-tied

tongueˈ-tie noun (medicine)

A congenital condition in which the tongue's mobility is impeded by an abnormally short frenum

tongueˈ-tied adjective

  1. Unable to speak out, esp because of fear or embarrassment
  2. Affected with tongue-tie

tongueˈ-twister noun

A formula or sequence of words difficult to pronounce without blundering

tongueˈ-work noun

Babble, chatter

tongue worm noun

A tongue-shaped parasite, Linguatula serrata, occurring in the nasal passages of dogs, foxes and wolves

give tongue

  1. To give utterance, to voice
  2. To give voice as hounds on a scent do

hold one's tongue see under hold1

lose one's tongue

To become speechless from emotion

on the tip of one's tongue see under tip1

speaking in tongues or gift of tongues

Glossolalia or xenoglossia

with one's tongue hanging out (informal)

Eagerly

with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek

Tongue-in-cheek ( adverb)
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