Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Possessed of a tongue; provided or furnished with a tongue, in any sense of that word: used chiefly in composition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a tongue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
tongue - adjective Used in compounds such as
sharp-tongued to indicate a particular manner of speaking. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tongue .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination
- adjective having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination
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Examples
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When the boy had torn the steaming carcass across and cooled it, Jerry's meal began; nor did the meal cease till the last sliver of meat had been stripped and tongued from the bones and the bones crunched and crackled to fragments and swallowed.
Chapter 13 1917
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When the boy had torn the steaming carcass across and cooled it, Jerry’s meal began; nor did the meal cease till the last sliver of meat had been stripped and tongued from the bones and the bones crunched and crackled to fragments and swallowed.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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It is the noise the attempt would make in the world that would breed the subsequent attempts, by unsettling the rickety minds of men who envy the criminal his vast notoriety -- his obscure name tongued by stupendous
Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872
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It is the noise the attempt would make in the world that would breed the subsequent attempts, by unsettling the rickety minds of men who envy the criminal his vast notoriety -- his obscure name tongued by stupendous
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) Mark Twain 1872
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This tank should be "tongued" and dressed with red lead, or lined with zinc, to render it waterproof.
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[013] The first travelling boat, which was built by way of experiment, was planked differently from these two; the planks, which were of half-inch oak, being ingeniously "tongued" together with copper, in order to save the necessity of caulking in case of the wood shrinking.
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822
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Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew
The Volokh Conspiracy » Democracy and the Appeal of Socialism 2010
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Got anything sharp-tongued to say about that, Mr Cleese?
John Cleese on 40 years of 'Monty Python,' 'Fawlty Towers,' and sex! | EW.com 2009
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[F] rom the start, she was ferociously tart-tongued.
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I have a little more sharp-tongued arguments in my motions than is thought wise by some.
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