tongue noun (MOUTH PART)
B1 [ C ] the large, soft piece of flesh in the mouth that you can move, and is used for tasting, speaking, etc.:
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- 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!
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tongue noun (LANGUAGE)
immigrants struggling to learn a foreign tongue
an ancient tongue
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