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tongue n. [
lingua, glossa, clapper] a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
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tongue n. [
natural language] a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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tongue n. [
knife] any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
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tongue n. a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
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tongue v. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
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