tongue

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for tongue

tongue 🔊 /tʌˈŋ/

tongue : දිව

tongue : ජීහ්වය

tongue : දිවත

tongue : භාෂාව

tongue : ජීව්හ

tongue definition

Noun.

  1. an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
  2. The power of articulate utterance; speech.
  3. Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
  4. Honorable discourse; eulogy.
  5. A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
  6. Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
  7. A people having a distinct language.
  8. The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
  9. The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
  10. The lingua of an insect.
  11. Any small sole.
  12. That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
  13. A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
  14. A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
  15. A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
  16. The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
  17. The clapper of a bell.
  18. 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.
  19. Same as Reed, n., 5.

Transitive verb.

  1. To speak; to utter.
  2. To chide; to scold.
  3. To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
  4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To talk; to prate.
  2. To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.