Word Finder - tongue

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The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

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This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−

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cold tongue with mustard

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(metonym) A language.

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He was speaking in his native tongue.

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• idiom
• language
• lingo

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Speakers of a language, collectively.

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Voice (the distinctive sound of a person's speech); accent (distinctive manner of pronouncing a language).

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Manner of speaking, often habitually.

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(metonym) A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural).

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The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.

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Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

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Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

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Honourable discourse; eulogy.

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(often in the plural) Glossolalia.

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• speaking in tongues

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In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).

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Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.

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A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.

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A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.

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The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.

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The clapper of a bell.

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An individual point of flame from a fire.

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A small sole (type of fish).

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A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also, the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.

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A reed.

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A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction.

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On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).

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Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.

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To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.

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To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.

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a soil horizon that tongues into clay

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To join by means of a tongue and groove.

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to tongue boards together

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To talk; to prate.

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To speak; to utter.

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To chide; to scold.

I was tongue tied, at a loss how to respond.

Her tongue darted out to wet her lips nervously.

It became less of a request and more of a demand, with his tongue flickering to taste her.

Sofia bit her tongue.

The light returned to her eyes, and she bit her tongue to keep from griping.

Releasing the break, she slapped the lines on the back of the mules and clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth.

She moistened her lips with her tongue.

Jenn bit her tongue to keep from saying what she wanted to say.

She pushed herself back and stuck her tongue out at Jackson.

The nip of his fangs at her neck, inner thighs and breasts almost drove her over the edge while his hot tongue and hands explored every part of her.

Deidre bit her tongue to keep from taking the bait.

Its tongue flickered out as it rolled the human.

He had an adroit tongue.

The doctor came every day, felt her pulse, looked at her tongue, and regardless of her grief-stricken face joked with her.

His tongue flicked out to taste her tears.

For a moment surprise captured her tongue and she basked under the warmth of that chocolate gaze.

Deidre bit her tongue to keep from saying what she wanted to, mainly that a relationship consisted of two people, and she was not about to be one of them.

It said nothing more but ducked its head and began to clean the human with its long tongue, shuddering at each lick.

There is no negotiating with the Yirkin scum or my father's killer, A'Ran thought but held his tongue, aware his only ally believed himself right in this.

Out of respect for Katie, he bit back the bitter words at the tip of his tongue.  He stalked past her, waiting for the moment he could release the pent up fury and magic.

Brutus came running out of nowhere, his tail curled in its alert position and his big tongue hanging out.

Polaris – that kind of rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?

Xander withdrew from her neck, but not before his tongue flickered out to trace the sensitive spot.

Vamp got your tongue?

His tongue flickered out to her neck, and she instinctively tilted her head, knowing what he wanted.

The tongue is remarkable for its great length, measuring about 17 in.

Hold your tongue, Petya, what a goose you are!

Rugay, his back still muddy, came into the room and lay down on the sofa, cleaning himself with his tongue and teeth.

She's got a sharp tongue, but she could make shoe soles taste like fine steak.

She shook her head and clicked her tongue against the top of her mouth.

Jule's next words were low and in a tongue she didn't understand.

She lapped once with the tip of her tongue, tasting both the metallic, spicy blood and her tears.

She ran her tongue over her gums then licked her lips.

She ran her tongue across her gums again and froze.

While Cynthia was writing down the dates, Jennifer bit her tongue and looked at Dean.

His velvety tongue was hot against her neck and her lips and as he pleasured her in ways she never experienced before.

The man paused and whispered something in a harsh tongue.

The robed man returned and spoke in the harsh tongue.

The lids felt like they were four inches thick and her tongue felt swollen.

Megan bit her tongue.

The kisses continued, and his tongue flickered out to taste her skin.

He didn't like seeing her vulnerable like this; he wanted to hear her sharp tongue and watch her face turn pink when he looked at her too long or provoked her.

The Kurisches Haff is separated from the Baltic by a long spit, or tongue of land, the so-called Kurische Nehrung, 72 m.

Chinese has the widest capacity of any tongue ever invented.

The sound was that of the unvoiced dental stop. The English t, however, is not dental but alveolar, being pronounced, as d also, not by putting the tongue against the teeth but against their sockets.

In later times it was called the holy tongue.

It gradually became a literary rather than a popular tongue, as appears from the style of the later books of the Old Testament (Chron., Dan., Eccles.), and from the Hebrew text of Ecclesiasticus (c. 170 B.C.).

Girl, you better watch that tongue.

Calm down and speak in your native tongue, will you?

There was no history of recurrent facial edema or a fissured tongue.