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- DictionaryTongue/təNG/
noun
- 1. the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.
- 2. used in reference to a person's style or manner of speaking: "he was a redoubtable debater with a caustic tongue"
verb
- 1. sound (a note) distinctly on a wind instrument by interrupting the air flow with the tongue: "Eugene has worked out the correct tonguing"
- 2. lick or caress with the tongue: "the other horse tongued every part of the colt's mane"
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noun. a movable mass of muscular tissue attached to the floor of the mouth in most vertebrates. It is the organ of taste and aids the mastication and swallowing of food. In man it plays an important part in the articulation of speech sounds glotticlingual. an analogous organ in invertebrates.
Learn the meaning of tongue as a mouth part, a shoe part, a language, or a style of expression. See how to use tongue in sentences and idioms with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
noun. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. synonyms: clapper, glossa, lingua. see more. noun. the tongue of certain animals used as meat. see more. verb. lick or explore with the tongue.
The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for chewing and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste buds housed in numerous lingual papillae.
3 days ago · noun. 1. the movable muscular structure attached to the floor of the mouth in most vertebrates: it is an important organ in the ingestion of food, the perception of taste, and, in humans, the articulation of speech sounds. 2. an analogous part in invertebrate animals.
