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Sounds | tah'ng |
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Rhymes | aqualung, bung, dung, and 12 more rhymes in ahng at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. |
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Synonyms | lingua, glossa, clapper |
Part of | mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris; throat, pharynx |
Parts | tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ |
Broader | organ; articulator |
Adjectives | lingual; sublingual; glossopharyngeal |
Verbs | tongue; tongue |
Meaning | A human written or spoken language used by a community. Opposed to e.g. a computer language. |
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Synonyms | natural language |
Narrower | mother tongue, maternal language, first language; tone language, tonal language; creole; Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian; Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language; Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language; Austro-Asiatic, Munda-Mon-Khmer; Austronesian, Austronesian language; Papuan, Papuan language; Khoisan, Khoisan language; Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite; Ural-Altaic; Basque; Elamitic, Elamite, Susian; Kassite, Cassite; Caucasian, Caucasian language; Dravidian, Dravidic, Dravidian language; Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic; Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language; Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language |
Broader | language, linguistic communication |
Contrary | artificial language |
Meaning | Any long thin projection that is transient. |
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Examples | "tongues of flame licked at the walls" |
Synonyms | knife |
Broader | projection |
Meaning | A manner of speaking. |
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Examples | "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue" |
Narrower | sharp tongue |
Broader | manner of speaking, speech, delivery |
Meaning | A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea. |
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Synonyms | spit |
Broader | cape, ness |
Substances | sand |
Meaning | The tongue of certain animals used as meat. |
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Narrower | beef tongue; calf's tongue |
Broader | variety meat, organs |
Meaning | The flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot. |
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Part of | boot; shoe |
Broader | flap |
Meaning | Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side. |
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Synonyms | clapper |
Part of | bell |
Broader | striker |
Meaning | Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Category | music; music |
Narrower | double tongue, triple-tongue |
Broader | play, spiel |
Nouns | tongue |
Meaning | Lick or explore with the tongue. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Broader | lick, lap |
Nouns | tongue |