tongue

1. (countable, uncountable)The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

2. (countable, uncountable)Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).

   cold tongue with mustard

   Zunge

   язы́кjazýk

   язи́кjazýk

   the tongue of certain animals used as meat

3. (countable, uncountable)Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.

4. (countable, metonymically, uncountable)A language.

   He was speaking in his native tongue.

5. (countable, uncountable)A manner of speaking, often habitually.

   She can have a sharp tongue when she's annoyed.

   a manner of speaking

6. (countable, usually plural, uncountable)A person speaking in a specified manner.

7. (countable, uncountable)The power of articulate utterance; speech generally.

   I was so overwhelmed my tongue deserted me.

8. (countable, in the plural, often, uncountable)Glossolalia.

9. (countable, uncountable)In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).

   Zunge, Lasche

   язычо́кjazyčók

   the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

10. (countable, uncountable)Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part.

11. (countable, uncountable)A projection, or slender appendage or fixture.

    the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance

12. (countable, uncountable)A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake.

    a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

1. That child stuck out his tongue at me.

   Те дитя вистромило мені язика. — marko

   ruТот ребёнок показал мне язык. — Lenin_1917

   deDas Kind hat mir die Zunge herausgestreckt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Tom bit his tongue while he was talking.

   Том прикусив язика, коли балакав. — deniko

   ruТом прикусил язык, когда говорил. — odexed

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3. She has a sharp tongue.

   У неї гострий язик. — deniko

   ruУ неё острый язык. — odexed

   deSie hat eine scharfe Zunge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. Tom has a loose tongue.

   Том базікало. — deniko

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5. French is my native tongue.

   Французька — моя рідна мова. — deniko

   deFranzösisch ist meine Muttersprache. — nabeel_tahir

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