Tra từ tongue - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity (Freq. 13)
• Syn:
lingua, glossa, clapper
• Derivationally related forms:
lingual (for: lingua)
• Hypernyms:
organ, articulator
• Part Holonyms:
mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris, throat, pharynx
• Part Meronyms:
tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
2. a human written or spoken language used by a community;
opposed to e.g. a computer language (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
natural language
• Ant:
artificial language (for: natural language)
• Hypernyms:
language, linguistic communication
• Hyponyms:
mother tongue, maternal language, first language, tone language, tonal language,
creole, Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian,
Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language, Chukchi, Chukchi language, Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language,
Austro-Asiatic, Austro-Asiatic language, Munda-Mon-Khmer, Hmong, Hmong language, Miao,
Austronesian, Austronesian language, Papuan, Papuan language, Khoisan, Khoisan language,
Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Ural-Altaic, Basque, Elamitic,
Elamite, Susian, Kassite, Cassite, Caucasian, Caucasian language,
Dravidian, Dravidic, Dravidian language, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language,
Afroasiatic language, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic, Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language,
Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language
3. any long thin projection that is transient (Freq. 2)
- tongues of flame licked at the walls
- rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark
• Syn:
knife
• Hypernyms:
projection
4. a manner of speaking (Freq. 1)
- he spoke with a thick tongue
- she has a glib tongue
• Hypernyms:
manner of speaking, speech, delivery
• Hyponyms:
sharp tongue
5. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
• Syn:
clapper
• Derivationally related forms:
clap (for: clapper)
• Hypernyms:
striker
• Part Holonyms:
bell
6. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
• Syn:
spit
• Hypernyms:
cape, ness
• Substance Meronyms:
sand
7. the tongue of certain animals used as meat
• Hypernyms:
variety meat, organs
• Hyponyms:
beef tongue, calf's tongue
8. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
• Hypernyms:
flap
• Part Holonyms:
boot, shoe

II - verb

1. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
play, spiel
• Hyponyms:
double tongue, triple-tongue
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. lick or explore with the tongue
• Hypernyms:
lick, lap
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody