Meaning of tongue In English

• 0 the large, soft piece of flesh in the mouth that you can move, and is used for tasting, speaking, etc.:

  • I burned my tongue on some soup last night.

• 1 a part of an object that is tongue-shaped, especially the piece of material that is under the laces in a shoe

• 2 a language:

  • immigrants struggling to learn a foreign tongue

  • an ancient tongue

• 3 a person's way of expressing their ideas and feelings:

  • She is a prolific writer with critical views and a sharp (= severe and critical) tongue.

• 4 the movable part in the mouth that is used in tasting and swallowing food and, in people, in producing speech

• 5 a language:

  • McAdam could speak the Eskimo tongue, too.