"tongue" | Definition and Related Words

tongue

Noun

A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity (synset 105308571)
is a type of:
- organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
- articulator - a movable speech organ
has: gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
is a part of:
- mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- pharynx, throat - the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
same as: clapper, glossa, lingua
A human written or spoken language used by a community;
Opposed to e.g. a computer language (synset 106916947)
is a type of: language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
subtypes:
- first language, maternal language, mother tongue - one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
- tonal language, tone language - a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings
- creole - a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
- american indian, american-indian language, amerind, amerindian language, indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
- eskimo-aleut, eskimo-aleut language - the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut
- chukchi, chukchi language - an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women
- sino-tibetan, sino-tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia
- austro-asiatic, austro-asiatic language, munda-mon-khmer - a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia
- hmong, hmong language, miao - a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong
- austronesian, austronesian language - the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia
- papuan, papuan language - any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
- khoisan, khoisan language - a family of languages spoken in southern Africa
- indo-european, indo-european language, indo-hittite - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
- ural-altaic - a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian)
- basque - the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language
- elamite, elamitic, susian - an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites
- cassite, kassite - an ancient language spoken by the Kassites
- caucasian, caucasian language - a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere
- dravidian, dravidian language, dravidic - a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka
- afrasian, afrasian language, afro-asiatic, afroasiatic, afroasiatic language, hamito-semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
- niger-kordofanian, niger-kordofanian language - the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)
- nilo-saharan, nilo-saharan language - a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania
same as: natural language
Any long thin projection that is transient (synset 113941420)
"tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"

is a type of: projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something

same as: knife
A manner of speaking (synset 107096390)
"he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"

is a type of: delivery, manner of speaking, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

subtypes: sharp tongue - a bitter or critical manner of speaking
A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea (synset 109465499)
is a type of: cape, ness - a strip of land projecting into a body of water

substance holonym: sand - a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

same as: spit
The tongue of certain animals used as meat (synset 107668604)
is a type of: organs, variety meat - edible viscera of a butchered animal
subtypes:
- beef tongue - the tongue of a cow eaten as meat
- calf's tongue - the tongue of a calf eaten as meat
The flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot (synset 104458265)
is a type of: flap - any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
is a part of:
- boot - footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
- 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
Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side (synset 103041213)
is a type of: striker - the part of a mechanical device that strikes something

is a part of: bell - a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

same as: clapper

Verb

Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments (synset 201738181)
referred to in:
- music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
- music - (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)
is a type of: play, spiel - replay (as a melody)

subtypes: double tongue, triple-tongue - play fast notes on a wind instrument
Lick or explore with the tongue (synset 201434986)
is a type of: lap, lick - pass the tongue over

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