tongue : Idioms & Phrases

• noun ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
  adder's tongue.
  

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• noun ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
  adder's tongue.
  

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Ad"der's-tongue` noun

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1. (Bot.) (a) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. (b) The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray.

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• noun the tongue of a cow eaten as meat
  

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Bird's"-tongue` noun

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1. (Bot.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).

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• noun a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue
  black tongue; furry tongue.
  

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• noun a heavy plow with a single wide blade; used chiefly in cotton fields
  

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• noun the tongue of a calf eaten as meat
  

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Close"-tongued` adjective

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1. Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak.

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• noun common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay
  Florida strap fern; cow-tongue fern.
  

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Deer's"-tongue` noun

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1. (Bot.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla. Wood.

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• noun foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
  umbrella arum; Amorphophallus rivieri; snake palm.
  

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Dog's"-tongue` noun

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1. (Bot.) Hound's-tongue.

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• verb play fast notes on a wind instrument
  double tongue.
  

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Dou"ble-tongue` noun

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1. Deceit; duplicity.

   Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folk and wickedly behind. Chaucer.

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• adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
  double-dealing; two-faced; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; ambidextrous.
  
  • she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
  • a double-dealing double agent
  • a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray

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Dou"ble-tongued` adjective

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1. Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.

   Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii. 8.

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Dou"ble-tongu`ing noun

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1. (Mus.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.

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• noun any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum
  earthtongue.
  

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Earth"-tongue` noun

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1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

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• noun a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape
  egg-and-anchor; egg-and-dart.
  

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Free"-tongued` adjective

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1. Speaking without reserve. Bp. Hall.

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• noun a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue
  black tongue; furry tongue.
  

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• verb articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
  utter; express; verbalise; verbalize.
  
  • She expressed her anger
  • He uttered a curse

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• adjective satellite artfully persuasive in speech
  glib; glib-tongued.
  
  • a glib tongue
  • a smooth-tongued hypocrite

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• (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea ptarmica), growing wild in the British islands.

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• noun a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue
  black tongue; furry tongue.
  

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• noun tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya
  Olfersia cervina; Polybotria cervina; Polybotrya cervina; hart's-tongue.
  
• noun Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
  Phyllitis scolopendrium; Asplenium scolopendrium; hart's-tongue.
  

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• noun tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya
  Olfersia cervina; Polybotria cervina; Polybotrya cervina; hart's-tongue.
  
• noun Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
  Phyllitis scolopendrium; Asplenium scolopendrium; hart's-tongue.
  
• noun common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay
  Florida strap fern; cow-tongue fern.
  

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Hart"-tongue` noun

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1. (Bot.) (a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. (b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnæus. It is also found in Florida.

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Hon"ey-tongued` adjective

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1. Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.

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• noun perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers
  Cynoglossum virginaticum.
  
• noun biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers
  Cynoglossum officinale.
  

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Hound's"-tongue` noun

Etymology

AS. hundes tunge.

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1. (Bot.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue.

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• a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. Knight.

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Long"-tongue` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) The wryneck.

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Long"-tongued` adjective

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1. Having a long tongue.
2. Talkative; babbling; loquacious. Shak.

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• noun one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
  first language; maternal language.
  

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• . (a) A language from which another language has had its origin . (b) The language of one's native land; native tongue.

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• noun stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant
  Sansevieria trifasciata; snake plant.
  
• noun an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
  dumb cane; Dieffenbachia sequine; mother-in-law plant.
  

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• noun Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat
  Salpiglossis sinuata.
  

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Pleas"ant-tongued` adjective

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1. Of pleasing speech.

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• (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root.

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Ser"pent-tongued` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.

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• noun a bitter or critical manner of speaking
  

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Shrill"-tongued` adjective

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1. Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak.

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• adjective satellite expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  facile; eloquent; fluent; smooth-spoken; silver.
  
  • able to dazzle with his facile tongue
  • silver speech

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• noun an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking
  

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• adjective satellite artfully persuasive in speech
  glib; glib-tongued.
  
  • a glib tongue
  • a smooth-tongued hypocrite

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Smooth"-tongued` adjective

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1. Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.

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Snake's-tongue` noun

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1. (Bot.) Same as Adder's-tongue.

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• verb speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy
  
  • The parishioners spoke in tongues

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Split"-tongued` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards.

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• to keep silence. Shak.

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• in hunter's phrase, to bark; said of dogs.

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• to be silent.

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• to reproach or upbarid; to revile. Obs.

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• noun a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board
  

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• (Anat.), the hyoid bone.

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• noun a thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throat
  

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• noun east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
  felt fern; Cyclophorus lingua; Pyrrosia lingua.
  

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• . See under Grafting.

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• noun a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue
  ankyloglossia.
  

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• noun an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly
  
  • `rubber baby buggy bumper' is a tongue twister

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• noun wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals
  pentastomid.
  

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• noun left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
  tonguefish.
  

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• noun orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base
  tongueflower.
  

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• adjective satellite cleverly amusing in tone
  facetious; bantering.
  
  • a bantering tone
  • facetious remarks
  • tongue-in-cheek advice
• adverb in a bantering fashion
  banteringly.
  
  • he spoke to her banteringly
• adverb not seriously
  facetiously; jokingly.
  
  • I meant it facetiously

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• noun rebuking a person harshly
  chiding; objurgation; scolding.
  

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Tongue"-pad` noun

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1. A great talker. Obs.

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• adjective satellite shaped like a tongue
  lingulate.
  

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Tongue"-shaped` adjective

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1. Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.

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Tongue"-shell` noun

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1. Any species of Lingula.

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• verb deprive of speech
  tongue-tie.
  
  • When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied

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Tongue"-tie` noun

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1. (Med.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the frænum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. Dunglison.

Tongue"-tie` transitive verb

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1. To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.

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• verb deprive of speech
  tongue-tie.
  
  • When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied
• adjective satellite unable to express yourself clearly or fluently
  incoherent.
  
  • felt tongue-tied with embarrassment
  • incoherent with grief

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Tongue"-tied` adjective

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1. Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short frænum.
2. Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.

   Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity. Shak.

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• noun a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards
  match plane.
  

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• verb play fast notes on a wind instrument
  double tongue.
  

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Trump"et-tongued` adjective

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1. Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.

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Two"-tongued` adjective

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1. Double-tongued; deceitful. Sandys.

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• (Zoöl.), a balanoglossus.

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• noun eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors
  amberbell; Erythronium americanum; trout lily.
  

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