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tongue - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity |
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lingua,
glossa,
clapper |
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organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
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articulator a movable speech organ
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mouth,
oral cavity,
oral fissure,
rima oris the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth"
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pharynx,
throat the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat
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gustatory organ,
tastebud,
taste bud an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
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tongue - the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot |
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flap any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
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boot a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
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shoe footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
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tongue - the tongue of certain animals used as meat |
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organs,
variety meat edible viscera of a butchered animal
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beef tongue the tongue of a cow eaten as meat
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calf's tongue the tongue of a calf eaten as meat
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tongue - a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue" |
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delivery,
manner of speaking,
speech the act of delivering a child
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sharp tongue a bitter or critical manner of speaking
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tongue - any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" |
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knife |
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projection any structure that branches out from a central support
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| verbo |
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tongue - articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments |
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play,
spiel engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
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music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
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music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
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double tongue,
triple-tongue play fast notes on a wind instrument
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tongue - lick or explore with the tongue |
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lap,
lick take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
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