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tongue
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- pronunciation:
- tuhng
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
Your tongue is a part of your body that is in your mouth. You use your tongue to taste food and to move food around in your mouth. You also use your tongue to make sounds when you talk.
The pizza was hot and I burned my tongue.
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| definition 2: |
Sometimes "tongue" means language.
Nigeria is a country where many tongues are spoken.Mr. Bernard speaks English, but his native tongue is French.- synonyms:
- language
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| definition 3: |
A tongue is a part of a shoe or boot. The tongue is the piece of leather or other material that goes under the laces.
Mr. Larson made sure the tongue was all the way up before he tied the laces of his boot.- similar words:
- flap
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| related words: |
organ |
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| derivations: |
tongueless (adj.), tonguelike (adj.) |
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