Čo znamená tongue v angličtine a aká je definícia tongue?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť tongue výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

tongue Význam & definícia

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.

The tip of the tongue is sensitive to salt and sweet stimuli and the back of the tongue is sensitive to bitter stimuli.
The horse rasped my hand with his tongue as I fed him the apple.
The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade.
The doctor asked me to stick out my tongue and say 'aah'.
The tour guide kept sticking out her tongue and licking her lips - it was very distracting!
Could the vernaculars match the complexity and ' copiousness ' of the sacred and classical tongues ?
His eyes glow; his long, slender fingers are like tongues of flame; the colour of his skin is more a luminescence than a colour.
The tongues of dye are gradually carried along by the mass-transport current and consequently form one behind the other.