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dila [dí.lâ.] : tongue (n.)
Related words: gabinggabing; lab-it

Derivatives of dila
Notes:
One that functions or is shaped like a tongue.


Glosses:
tongue
n. (body)1. clapper, glossa, lingua, tonguea mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
~ organa fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
~ articulatora movable speech organ.
~ mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oristhe opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge.; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"
~ gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebudan oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue.
~ pharynx, throatthe passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone.
n. (communication)2. natural language, tonguea human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language.
~ language, linguistic communicationa systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols.; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
~ first language, maternal language, mother tongueone's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next.
~ tonal language, tone languagea language in which different tones distinguish different meanings.
~ creolea mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages.
~ american-indian language, amerind, amerindian language, american indian, indianany of the languages spoken by Amerindians.
~ eskimo-aleut, eskimo-aleut languagethe family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut.
~ chukchi language, chukchian indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women.
~ sino-tibetan, sino-tibetan languagethe family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia.
~ austro-asiatic, austro-asiatic language, munda-mon-khmera family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia.
~ hmong language, hmong, miaoa language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong.
~ austronesian language, austronesianthe family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia.
~ papuan language, papuanany of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages.
~ khoisan, khoisan languagea family of languages spoken in southern Africa.
~ indo-european language, indo-hittite, indo-europeanthe family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia.
~ ural-altaica (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian).
~ basquethe language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language.
~ elamitic, susian, elamitean extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites.
~ cassite, kassitean ancient language spoken by the Kassites.
~ caucasian language, caucasiana number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere.
~ dravidian language, dravidic, dravidiana large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka.
~ afrasian, afrasian language, afro-asiatic, afroasiatic, afroasiatic language, hamito-semitica large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.
~ niger-kordofanian, niger-kordofanian languagethe family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula).
~ nilo-saharan, nilo-saharan languagea family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania.
n. (shape)3. knife, tongueany long thin projection that is transient.; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
~ projectionany solid convex shape that juts out from something.
n. (communication)4. tonguea manner of speaking.; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
~ manner of speaking, delivery, speechyour characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally.; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
~ sharp tonguea bitter or critical manner of speaking.
n. (object)5. spit, tonguea narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.
~ cape, nessa strip of land projecting into a body of water.
~ sanda loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
n. (food)6. tonguethe tongue of certain animals used as meat.
~ organs, variety meatedible viscera of a butchered animal.
~ beef tonguethe tongue of a cow eaten as meat.
~ calf's tonguethe tongue of a calf eaten as meat.
n. (artifact)7. tonguethe flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot.
~ bootfootwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.
~ flapany broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely.; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
~ shoefootwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
n. (artifact)8. clapper, tonguemetal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side.
~ bella hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
~ strikerthe part of a mechanical device that strikes something.
v. (creation)9. tonguearticulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments.
~ musicmusical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest"
~ music(music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds).
~ spiel, playreplay (as a melody).; "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
~ double tongue, triple-tongueplay fast notes on a wind instrument.
v. (contact)10. tonguelick or explore with the tongue.
~ lap, lickpass the tongue over.; "the dog licked her hand"