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tongue

noun

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Sense 1 noun

a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

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Sense 2 verb

articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

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Sense 3 noun

a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

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Sense 4 verb

lick or explore with the tongue

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Sense 5 noun

any long thin projection that is transient

tongues of flame licked at the walls

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Sense 6 noun

a manner of speaking

he spoke with a thick tongue

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Sense 7 noun

a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

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Sense 8 noun

the tongue of certain animals used as meat

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Sense 9 noun

the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

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Sense 10 noun

metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

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SenseRelationGroupWord
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