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noun(tongue)a fleshy movable muscular process of the floor of the mouths of most vertebrates that bears sensory end organs and small glands and functions especially in taking and swallowing food and in humans as a speech organ
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noun(tongue)a part of various invertebrate animals that is analogous to the tongue
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noun(tongue)the flesh of a tongue (as of the ox or sheep) used as food
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verb(tongue)to articulate (notes on a wind instrument) by successively interrupting the stream of wind with the action of the tongue
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verb(tongue)to touch or lick with or as if with the tongue
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verb(tongue)to cut a tongue on
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geographical name(tongue)river 246 miles (396 kilometers) long in northern Wyoming and southern Montana flowing north into the Yellowstone River
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noun(tongue)a joint made by a tongue on one edge of a board fitting into a corresponding groove on the edge of another board
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adjective(tongue)characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
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adverb(tongue)with insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
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verb(tongue)chide, scold
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verb(tongue)to deprive of speech or the power of distinct articulation
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noun(tongue)a congenital defect characterized by limited mobility of the tongue due to a short frenulum
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adjective(tongue)unable or disinclined to speak freely (as from shyness)
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adjective(tongue)affected with tongue-tie