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tongue

English

  1. 🔊 the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
  2. 🔊 a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
  3. 🔊 a manner of speaking
    “he spoke with a thick tongue”
  4. 🔊 the tongue of certain animals used as meat
  5. 🔊 any long thin projection that is transient
    “tongues of flame licked at the walls”
  6. 🔊 metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
  7. 🔊 a human written or spoken language used by a community
  8. 🔊 a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
  9. 🔊 lick or explore with the tongue
  10. 🔊 articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

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