tongue
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,053 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,393 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity also: lingua, glossa, clapper
- a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language also: natural language
- any long thin projection that is transient also: knife tongues of flame licked at the wallsrifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark
- a manner of speaking he spoke with a thick tongueshe has a glib tongue
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea also: spit
- the tongue of certain animals used as meat
tongue in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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My tongue clove to the roof of my mouth.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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No tongue can express the ecstasies and transports that my soul felt at the happy deliverance.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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The noise of the decks worried him, and he lay down, his tongue only a little pressed against his palate.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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Uncharitable woman! thy rash tongue Hath rais'd a fearful and prodigious storm: Be thou the cause of all ensuing harm.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1