TONGUE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
   Synonym(s)
   • clapper (what does clapper mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • striker (what does striker mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • clap (what does clap mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • flap (what does flap mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
   Synonym(s)
   • clapper (what does clapper mean?)
   • glossa (what does glossa mean?)
   • lingua (what does lingua mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organ (what does organ mean?)
   • articulator (what does articulator mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tongue (what does tongue mean?)
   • tongue (what does tongue mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a human written or spoken language used by a community
   • opposed to e.g. a computer language
   Synonym(s)
   • natural language (what does natural language mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • language (what does language mean?)
   • linguistic communication (what does linguistic communication mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • artificial language (what does artificial language mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • mother tongue (what does mother tongue mean?)
   • maternal language (what does maternal language mean?)
   • first language (what does first language mean?)
   • tone language (what does tone language mean?)
   • tonal language (what does tonal language mean?)
   • creole (what does creole mean?)
   • Amerind (what does Amerind mean?)
   • Amerindian language (what does Amerindian language mean?)
   • American-Indian language (what does American-Indian language mean?)
   • American Indian (what does American Indian mean?)
   • Indian (what does Indian mean?)
   • Eskimo-Aleut (what does Eskimo-Aleut mean?)
   • Eskimo-Aleut language (what does Eskimo-Aleut language mean?)
   • Sino-Tibetan (what does Sino-Tibetan mean?)
   • Sino-Tibetan language (what does Sino-Tibetan language mean?)
   • Austro-Asiatic (what does Austro-Asiatic mean?)
   • Munda-Mon-Khmer (what does Munda-Mon-Khmer mean?)
   • Austronesian (what does Austronesian mean?)
   • Austronesian language (what does Austronesian language mean?)
   • Papuan (what does Papuan mean?)
   • Papuan language (what does Papuan language mean?)
   • Khoisan (what does Khoisan mean?)
   • Khoisan language (what does Khoisan language mean?)
   • Indo-European (what does Indo-European mean?)
   • Indo-European language (what does Indo-European language mean?)
   • Indo-Hittite (what does Indo-Hittite mean?)
   • Ural-Altaic (what does Ural-Altaic mean?)
   • Basque (what does Basque mean?)
   • Elamitic (what does Elamitic mean?)
   • Elamite (what does Elamite mean?)
   • Susian (what does Susian mean?)
   • Kassite (what does Kassite mean?)
   • Cassite (what does Cassite mean?)
   • Caucasian (what does Caucasian mean?)
   • Caucasian language (what does Caucasian language mean?)
   • Dravidian (what does Dravidian mean?)
   • Dravidic (what does Dravidic mean?)
   • Dravidian language (what does Dravidian language mean?)
   • Afroasiatic (what does Afroasiatic mean?)
   • Afro-Asiatic (what does Afro-Asiatic mean?)
   • Afroasiatic language (what does Afroasiatic language mean?)
   • Afrasian (what does Afrasian mean?)
   • Afrasian language (what does Afrasian language mean?)
   • Hamito-Semitic (what does Hamito-Semitic mean?)
   • Niger-Kordofanian (what does Niger-Kordofanian mean?)
   • Niger-Kordofanian language (what does Niger-Kordofanian language mean?)
   • Nilo-Saharan (what does Nilo-Saharan mean?)
   • Nilo-Saharan language (what does Nilo-Saharan language mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a manner of speaking
   Usage Example(s)
   • he spoke with a thick tongue
   • she has a glib tongue
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • manner of speaking (what does manner of speaking mean?)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • delivery (what does delivery mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • sharp tongue (what does sharp tongue mean?)
6. Meaning
   • the tongue of certain animals used as meat
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • variety meat (what does variety meat mean?)
   • organs (what does organs mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • beef tongue (what does beef tongue mean?)
   • calf’s tongue (what does calf’s tongue mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
   Synonym(s)
   • spit (what does spit mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cape (what does cape mean?)
   • ness (what does ness mean?)
8. Meaning
   • any long thin projection that is transient
   Synonym(s)
   • knife (what does knife mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • tongues of flame licked at the walls
   • rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • projection (what does projection mean?)

TONGUE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • lick or explore with the tongue
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lick (what does lick mean?)
   • lap (what does lap mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tongue (what does tongue mean?)
   • lingua (what does lingua mean?)
   • glossa (what does glossa mean?)
   • clapper (what does clapper mean?)
2. Meaning
   • articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
   Hypernyms(s) tongue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • play (what does play mean?)
   • spiel (what does spiel mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • double tongue (what does double tongue mean?)
   • triple-tongue (what does triple-tongue mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tongue (what does tongue mean?)
   • lingua (what does lingua mean?)
   • glossa (what does glossa mean?)
   • clapper (what does clapper mean?)