tongue
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Types & categories
- organ hypernym
- articulator hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
Types & categories
- spiel hypernym
- double tongue hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Types & categories
- language hypernym
- mother tongue hyponym
- tone language hyponym
- creole hyponym
- Amerind hyponym
- Eskimo-Aleut hyponym
- Chukchi language hyponym
- Sino-Tibetan hyponym
- Austro-Asiatic hyponym
- Hmong language hyponym
- Austronesian language hyponym
- Papuan language hyponym
- Khoisan hyponym
- Indo-European language hyponym
- Ural-Altaic hyponym
- Basque hyponym
- Elamitic hyponym
- Cassite hyponym
- Caucasian language hyponym
- Dravidic hyponym
- Afroasiatic hyponym
- Niger-Kordofanian hyponym
- Nilo-Saharan hyponym
Related & opposite
- artificial language antonym
Sense 4 verb
lick or explore with the tongue
Types & categories
- lick hypernym
Related & opposite
- tongue derivation
Sense 5 noun
any long thin projection that is transient
tongues of flame licked at the walls
Types & categories
- projection hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a manner of speaking
he spoke with a thick tongue
Types & categories
- manner of speaking hypernym
- sharp tongue hyponym
Sense 7 noun
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
Types & categories
- cape hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sand substance meronym
Sense 8 noun
the tongue of certain animals used as meat
Types & categories
- variety meat hypernym
- beef tongue hyponym
- calf's tongue hyponym
Sense 9 noun
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
Types & categories
- flap hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 10 noun
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
Types & categories
- striker hypernym
Parts & wholes
- bell part holonym
Related & opposite
- clap derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tongue |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tongue |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lingual |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lingual |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | mouth |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | throat |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tastebud |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organ |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | articulator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tongue |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spiel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | double tongue |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | artificial language |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | language |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mother tongue |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tone language |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | creole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Amerind |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Eskimo-Aleut |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Chukchi language |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Sino-Tibetan |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Austro-Asiatic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Hmong language |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Austronesian language |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Papuan language |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Khoisan |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Indo-European language |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Ural-Altaic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Basque |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Elamitic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Cassite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Caucasian language |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Dravidic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Afroasiatic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Niger-Kordofanian |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Nilo-Saharan |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tongue |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lick |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | projection |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | manner of speaking |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sharp tongue |
| 7 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | sand |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | cape |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | variety meat |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | beef tongue |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | calf's tongue |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | boot |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | shoe |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | flap |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | clap |
| 10 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bell |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | striker |