tongues is a form of:

Tongue



Same as: reed
noun
1.
(The movable muscular structure in the mouth, used in tasting and also, in human beings, for talking, a language, power of speech, manner of speaking, anything like a tongue in shape or use, such as a leaping flame or the piece of leather under the laces of a shoe, animal's tongue used as food) Anatomy. long tongue អណ្ដាត, the French tongue ភាសា, wagon tongue ទូក (រទេះ), have a glib tongue មាត់ដាច, find one's tongue ចាប់និយាយ, on the tip of his tongue នៅចុងៗមាត់
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ភាសា
3.
(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) អណ្តាត
verb — past tense: tongued ; past participle: tongued ; present participle: tonguing ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (To modulate with tongue as notes of flute; to chide. -hold one's tongue to keep silent. -on the tip of one's tongue on the verge of being uttered. -slip of the tongue an inadvertent remark. -with one's tongue in one's cheek insincerely, mockingly) tongue a board បង្ខាំ
Example: Hold your tongue, A tongue to land, We use our tongues also in speaking, native tongue, The tongue of a wagon, a rough tongue, loose tongue, a bitter tongue, a sharp tongue. tongue one's tooth ដាក់អណ្ដាតអោយប៉ះ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
2.
A people having a distinct language.
3.
The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
4.
The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
5.
The lingua of an insect.
6.
Any small sole.
7.
That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
8.
A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
9.
A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
10.
A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
11.
The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
12.
The clapper of a bell.
13.
A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
14.
An organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
15.
The power of articulate utterance; speech.
16.
Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
17.
Honorable discourse; eulogy.
18.
A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
verb — past tense: tongued ; past participle: tongued ; present participle: tonguing ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
1.
To speak, to utter
2.
To chide, to scold
3.
To talk, to prate