A new user is preparing a class for 7-9 in Biology with the game Galactic Patrol

The definition of tongue

24 Definitions of: tongue

1. noun, a movable mass of muscular tissue attached to the floor of the mouth in most vertebrates. It is the organ of taste and aids the mastication and swallowing of food. In man it plays an important part in the articulation of speech sounds. Related adjs glottic, lingual
2. noun, an analogous organ in invertebrates
3. noun, the tongue of certain animals used as food
4. noun, a language, dialect, or idiom
5. noun, the ability to speak
6. noun, a manner of speaking
7. noun, utterance or voice (esp in the phrase give tongue)
8. noun, See gift of tongues
9. noun, anything which resembles a tongue in shape or function
10. noun, a promontory or spit of land
11. noun, a flap of leather on a shoe, either for decoration or under the laces or buckles to protect the instep
12. noun, music the reed of an oboe or similar instrument
13. noun, the clapper of a bell
14. noun, the harnessing pole of a horse-drawn vehicle
15. noun, a long and narrow projection on a machine or structural part that serves as a guide for assembly or as a securing device
16. noun, a projecting strip along an edge of a board that is made to fit a corresponding groove in the edge of another board
17. noun, hold one's tongue to keep quiet
18. noun, on the tip of one's tongue about to come to mind
19. noun, with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek. Also: tongue in cheek with insincere or ironical intent
20. verb, to articulate (notes played on a wind instrument) by the process of tonguing
21. verb, to lick, feel, or touch with the tongue
22. verb, carpentry to provide (a board) with a tongue
23. verb, (of a piece of land) to project into a body of water
24. verb, to reproach; scold
25. Show me some examples of this word: tongue
26. Show me the etymology of the word: tongue

Synonyms:	lingo (informal), language, speech, vernacular, talk, dialect, idiom, parlance, patois, argot	And more...

From Collins