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3. depressor
noun. any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves.
Synonyms
5. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language.
Synonyms
- natural language
- Khoisan language
- Afroasiatic language
- Eskimo-Aleut language
- Munda-Mon-Khmer
- Eskimo-Aleut
- Caucasian
- Nilo-Saharan language
- Chukchi
- Dravidian
- mother tongue
- Sino-Tibetan language
- Caucasian language
- Chukchi language
- Austro-Asiatic
- Papuan
- Austronesian
- Cassite
- Afroasiatic
- Ural-Altaic
- first language
- maternal language
- Niger-Kordofanian
- Elamite
- Sino-Tibetan
- Indian
- Austronesian language
- Afrasian language
- Afro-Asiatic
- Susian
- Indo-Hittite
- American-Indian language
- Afrasian
- Austro-Asiatic language
- Hmong
- Papuan language
- tone language
- creole
- Miao
- Nilo-Saharan
- Dravidic
- Indo-European language
- Amerind
- Basque
- tonal language
- language
- Indo-European
- Niger-Kordofanian language
- American Indian
- Elamitic
- Khoisan
- Hmong language
- Kassite
- linguistic communication
- Amerindian language
- Hamito-Semitic
Antonyms
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] any long thin projection that is transient.
Synonyms
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] a manner of speaking.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] the tongue of certain animals used as meat.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Sentences with tongue-depressor
1. Noun Phrase
Peel apart the areas where your skin is stuck together using a tongue depressor or other blunt object such as a bar of soap or a spoon.
2. Noun Phrase
Place a length of wooden tongue depressor under your stone and immerse in the water.
3. Noun Phrase
If you make your own out of a tongue depressor, make sure it is clean and has no cracks or splinters that might further hurt the thumb.
4. Noun Phrase
Mix a quarter-sized amount of the stone patch gel on a piece of cardboard, using a wooden tongue depressor**.
