tongue

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Inflections of 'tongue' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
tongues
v 3rd person singular
tonguing
v pres p
tongued
v past
tongued
v past p

tongue
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Sense: Noun: movable muscle in the mouth
Synonyms:
organ of taste, organ of speech, taste organ, speech organ
Sense: Noun: language
Synonyms:
language Collocations, dialect, vernacular, talk Collocations, lingo, speech Collocations, jargon Collocations, argot, cant, -speak (as suffix, informal)

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