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Meanings of tongue in English

Russian
язык
Portuguese
língua
Catalan
llengua
Spanish
lengua
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Mobile organ located inside the mouth.

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        язык
        Portuguese
        língua
        Catalan
        batall
        Spanish
        lengua

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

              língua
              Portuguese
              linguagem natural
              Catalan
              llengua
              Spanish
              lengua

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

                  linguagem natural
                  Catalan
                  llengua de terra

                  A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.

                        llengua de terra
                        Usage of tongue in English
                        1
                        Engywook's tongue went right to work: What have you seen and done?
                        The Neverending Story
                        2
                        It's very tongue-in-cheek social comment but it's still social comment, he said.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        The rest of the conversation was carried on in the same tongue.
                        Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 2
                        4
                        Studies had found that tip-of-the-tongue experiences are more common among older people.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        He claims, tongue-in-cheek, that he could patent such a product next year.
                        Wired
                        6
                        And General Tracy whispered something at the key-hole in a strange tongue.
                        The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
                        7
                        Then a warning voice in his ear said in the native tongue:-
                        Tales of Trail and Town
                        8
                        The whisky revived the courage and loosened the tongue of the youth.
                        The Redemption of David Corson
                        9
                        They played and sang and praised the Lord in the holy tongue.
                        The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2
                        10
                        However Oliver also lavishes praise on Australia during the undoubtedly tongue-in-cheek podcast.
                        News.com.au
                        11
                        A few days ago, however, she felt a scratch on her tongue.
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        Suddenly Norma gave a piteous whine; the reptile had bitten her tongue.
                        The Idiot
                        13
                        Mr. Parish lays down the following general principles of the Sussex tongue:-
                        Highways and Byways in Sussex
                        14
                        Then the tongue is placed in the mouth, bounded by the teeth.
                        Cicero's Tusculan Disputations / Also, Treatises On The Nature O...
                        15
                        That old black rascal has the smoothest tongue in the Green Forest.
                        Bowser the Hound
                        16
                        Again I touched the drug to my tongue; held it an instant.
                        Beyond the Vanishing Point
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                        Tongue through the time
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