Meaning of tongue

Answer 1

an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch., The power of articulate utterance; speech., Discourse; fluency of speech or expression., Honorable discourse; eulogy., A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue., Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions., A people having a distinct language., The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk., The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly., The lingua of an insect., Any small sole., That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form., A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance., A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove., A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake., The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked., The clapper of a bell., 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., Same as Reed, n., 5., To speak; to utter., To chide; to scold., To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the Flute and some other wind instruments., To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together., To talk; to prate., To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.