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Definisjon av tongue

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Noun
tongue - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
lingua, glossa, clapper
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
articulator a movable speech organ
oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris, mouth the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth"
pharynx, throat the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat
tongue - the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
flap any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
boot a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
tongue - the tongue of certain animals used as meat
organs, variety meat edible viscera of a butchered animal
beef tongue the tongue of a cow eaten as meat
tongue - a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
manner of speaking, delivery, speech your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
tongue - any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
knife
tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
natural language
artificial language a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose
linguistic communication, language the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
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 language, amerind, amerindian language, american indian, indian any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
eskimo-aleut, eskimo-aleut language the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut
chukchi language, chukchi 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 language, hmong, miao a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong
austronesian language, austronesian the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia
papuan language, papuan 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 language, indo-hittite, indo-european 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
elamitic, susian, elamite an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites
cassite, kassite an ancient language spoken by the Kassites
caucasian language, caucasian a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere
dravidian language, dravidic, dravidian 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)
tongue - metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
clapper
striker the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
bell a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
tongue - a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
spit
ness, cape a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

Verb
tongue - articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
spiel, play speak at great length (about something)
music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
double tongue, triple-tongue play fast notes on a wind instrument
tongue - lick or explore with the tongue
lick, lap pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand"
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Substantiv
tongue - The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
tongue - A language.
tongue - Glossolalia.
tongue - In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot, so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth.
tongue - Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.
tongue - An individual point of flame from a fire.

Verb
tongue - On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound alveolar plosive.
tongue - To talk; to prate.
tongue - To kiss involving the touching of both tongues, and/or licking.
tongue - To manipulate with the tongue.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • The tongue is a group of muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for mastication. It is the primary organ of taste, as much of the upper surface of the tongue is covered in papillae and taste buds. It is sensitive and kept moist by saliva, and is richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • tongue
    The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds.
  • tongue
    In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot.
  • tongue
    A person's manner of speaking.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) tongue
  • Presens: tongue / tongues
  • Preteritum: tongued
  • Perfektum: (have) tongued

Substantiv

  • Entall: tongue
  • Flertall: tongues

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