Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of tongue is as below...

Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..

Philology :: Philology (n.) The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science..

Linctus :: Linctus (n.) Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

Elinguate :: Elinguate (v. t.) To deprive of the tongue.

Clatter :: Clatter (v. i.) To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.

Elinguation :: Elinguation (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.

Bell :: Bell (n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck..

Trill :: Trill (n.) A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages..

Loll :: Loll (v. i.) To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion..

Elinguid :: Elinguid (a.) Tongue-tied; dumb.

Wide :: Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15..

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.

Neat :: Neat (n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot..

Clapper :: Clapper (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell..

Tongue-shaped :: Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A people having a distinct language.

Fissilingual :: Fissilingual (a.) Having the tongue forked.

Tongue-tied :: Tongue-tied (a.) Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum..

Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The lingua of an insect.

Random Fonts

Most Popular