tongue

n. flexible muscular organ in the bottom of the mouth (used for tasting, swallowing and human speech); animal's tongue that is used for food; language or dialect; tongue-shaped object

The tongue is the large bundle of skeletal muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing (deglutition). It is the primary organ of taste. Much of the surface of the tongue is covered in taste buds. The tongue, with its wide variety of possible movements, assists in forming the sounds of speech. It is sensitive and kept moist by saliva, and is richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels to help it move.
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Tongue the movable muscular organ on the floor of the mouth; it is the chief organ of taste, and aids in mastication, swallowing, and speech. [more]Tongue - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
(synonym) lingua, glossa, clapper
(hypernym) organ
(part-holonym) mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
(part-meronym) tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
2. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
(synonym) natural language
(hypernym) language, linguistic communication
(hyponym) mother tongue, maternal language, first language
3. any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
(synonym) knife
(hypernym) projection
4. a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
(hypernym) manner of speaking, speech, delivery
(hyponym) sharp tongue
5. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
(synonym) spit
(hypernym) cape, ness
(substance-meronym) sand
6. the tongue of certain animals used as meat
(hypernym) variety meat, organs
(hyponym) beef tongue
7. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
(hypernym) flap
(part-holonym) boot
8. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
(synonym) clapper
(hypernym) striker
(part-holonym) bell
Verb
1. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
(hypernym) play, spiel
(hyponym) double tongue, triple-tongue
(derivation) lingua, glossa, clapper
(classification) music
2. lick or explore with the tongue
(hypernym) lick, lap
(derivation) lingua, glossa, clapper

(n.)
A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
  

(n.)
A people having a distinct language.
  

(n.)
A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
  

(n.)
A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
  

(n.)
A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
  

(n.)
A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
  

(n.)
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
  

(n.)
Any small sole.
  

(n.)
Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
  

(n.)
Honorable discourse; eulogy.
  

(n.)
Same as Reed, n., 5.
  

(n.)
Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
  

(n.)
That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
  

(n.)
The clapper of a bell.
  

(n.)
The lingua of an insect.
  

(n.)
The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
  

(n.)
The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
  

(n.)
The power of articulate utterance; speech.
  

(n.)
The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
  

(v. i.)
To talk; to prate.
  

(v. i.)
To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
  

(v. t.)
To chide; to scold.
  

(v. t.)
To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
  

(v. t.)
To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
  

(v. t.)
To speak; to utter.