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tongued

Variant of tongue

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; specif.,
    1. a radula
    2. the proboscis in certain insects, as bees
  3. an animal's tongue used as food
    1. the human tongue as the organ of speech
    2. ideas expressed by speaking; talk; speech
    3. the act or power of speaking
    4. a manner or style of speaking, with reference to tone, diction, etc.: a glib tongue
    1. a language or dialect
    2. in the Bible, a nation or people speaking a distinct language: Rev. 7:9
  4. the cry of a hunting dog, etc. in sight of game: chiefly in , to start barking
  5. something resembling a tongue in shape, position, movement, or use; specif.,
    1. the flap under the laces or strap of a shoe
    2. the clapper of a bell
    3. the pin of a buckle, etc.
    4. the pole of a wagon, etc.
    5. the projecting tenon of a tongue-and-groove joint
    6. in machines, a projecting flange, rib, etc.
    7. a thin strip of flexible material, as cane, that produces a musical sound when vibrated, as in a wind instrument
    8. a narrow strip of land, ice, etc. extending into a body of water, an intrusion, etc.
    9. a narrow inlet of water
    10. a long, narrow flame
    11. the pointer of a scale, etc.

transitive verb tongued, tonguing

  1. Archaic
    1. to reproach or scold
    2. to speak or say
  2. to touch, lick, etc. with the tongue
    1. to cut a tongue (sense ) on or in
    2. to join by means of a tongue-and-groove joint
  3. Music to play by tonguing

intransitive verb

  1. Rare to talk or talk much
  2. to project like a tongue
  3. Music to use tonguing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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