[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Anatomy.the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.", "Zoology.an organ in animals.", "the tongue of an , as an ox, beef, or sheep, used for food, often prepared by smoking or pickling.", "the human tongue as the organ of speech:No tongue must ever tell the secret.", "the faculty or power of speech:a sight no tongue can describe.", "speech or talk, especially mere glib or empty talk.", "manner or character of speech:a flattering tongue.", "the language of a particular people, region, or nation:the Hebrew tongue.", "a dialect.", "(in the Bible) a people or nation distinguished by its language.", "tongues,speech, often incomprehensible, typically uttered during moments of religious ecstasy.Compare speaking in tongues speaking in tongues, glossolalia .", "an object that resembles an 's tongue in shape, position, or function.", "a strip of leather or other material under the lacing or fastening of a shoe.", "a piece of metal suspended inside a bell that strikes against the side producing a sound; clapper.", "a vibrating reed or similar structure in a musical instrument, as in a clarinet, or in part of a musical instrument, as in an organ reed pipe.", "the pole extending from a carriage or other vehicle between the animals drawing it.", "a projecting strip along the center of the edge or end of a board, for fitting into a groove in another board.", "a narrow strip of land extending into a body of water; cape.", "a section of ice projecting outward from the submerged part of an iceberg.", "Machinery.a long, narrow projection on a machine.", "that part of a railroad switch that is shifted to direct the wheels of a locomotive or car to one or the other track of a railroad.", "the pin of a buckle, brooch, etc."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to articulate (tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.) by strokes of the tongue.", "Carpentry.to cut a tongue on (a board).to join or fit together by a tongue-and-groove joint.", "to cut a tongue on (a board).", "to join or fit together by a tongue-and-groove joint.", "to with the tongue.", "to articulate or pronounce.", "Archaic.to reproach or scold.to speak or utter.", "to reproach or scold.", "to speak or utter."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.", "to talk, especially idly or foolishly; chatter; prate.", "to project like a tongue."]}]