Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tongued en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /tʌŋd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Resembling a tongue.
  2. (in-compounds, not-comparable) Having a particular manner of speaking.
    • He's a sharp-toungued boy.
  3. (not-comparable, of wagons and farm implements) Having a tongue for towing.

Antonyms

tongueless

Deriveds

long-tongued bat · full-tongued · treble-tongued · lying-tongued · fork-tongued · long-tongued · foul-tongued · single-tongued · free-tongued · two-tongued · slick-tongued · golden-tongued · sharp-tongued · blue-tongued lizard · blue-tongued skink · disc-tongued frog · honey-tongued · loose-tongued · silver-tongued · close-tongued · false-tongued · double-tongued · soft-tongued · smooth-tongued · acid-tongued · tonguedness · Patton's long-tongued bat · twi-tongued · one-tongued · quick-tongued · sly-tongued · many-tongued · Cadena's long-tongued bat · three-tongued · fiery-tongued · Pallas's long-tongued bat · venomous-tongued · sweet-tongued

tongued en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /tʌŋd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of tongue
    form of tongue