TONGUE-TIE

Meaning of TONGUE-TIE in English

Function: noun

Date: circa 1852

: limited mobility of the tongue due to a short frenulum connecting its underside to the floor of the mouth

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TONGUE-TIE — I. transitive verb Etymology: back-formation from ~d Date: 1555 to deprive of speech or the power of distinct articulation, II. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONGUE-TIE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: back-formation from tongue-tied : to deprive of speech or the power of distinct articulation by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUE-TIE — (v. t.) To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.
Английский словарь Webster
TONGUE-TIE — (n.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins …
Английский словарь Webster
TONGUE-TIE — ( v. t. ) To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE-TIE — ( n. ) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE-TIE — /tung"tuy'/ , n. , v. , tongue-tied, tongue-tying . n. 1. impeded motion of the tongue caused esp. by shortness …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE-TIE — I. ˈtəŋ-ˌtī transitive verb Etymology: back-formation from tongue-tied Date: 1555 : to deprive of speech or the power of distinct …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE-TIE — vt to deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation. 2. tongue-tie ·noun impeded motion of …
Webster English vocab
TONGUE-TIE — Pronunciation: ' t ə ŋ - ˌ t ī Function: transitive verb Etymology: back-formation from tongue-tied Date: 1555 : to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TONGUE TIE — ■ noun a malformation which restricts the movement of the tongue.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TONGUE-TIE — [tongue-tie] vt [back-formation fr. tongue-tied] (1555): to deprive of speech or the power of distinct articulation [2]tongue-tie n (ca. 1852): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE-TIE — also called Ankyloglossia, congenital shortening of the flap of mucous membrane (frenum) beneath the tongue, a condition that sometimes interferes …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONGUE-TIE — сущ. косноязычие дефект речевого аппарата дефект речи, косноязычие
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE-TIE — n 1. дефект речевого аппарата 2. дефект речи, косноязычие
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONGUE-TIE — сущ.косноязычие
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TONGUE TIE — (n) дефект речевого аппарата; дефект речи; косноязычие
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TONGUE-TIE — n 1. дефект речевого аппарата 2. дефект речи, косноязычие
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TONGUE-TIE — n 1. дефект речевого аппарата 2. дефект речи, косноязычие
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE-TIE — сущ. косноязычие
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TONGUE-TIE — сущ. косноязычие
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TONGUE-TIE — анкилоглоссия (врожденное укорочение уздечки языка)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
TONGUE-TIE — сущ. косноязычие дефект речевого аппарата дефект речи, косноязычие
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE — Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, and …
Английский словарь Британика
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIE — I. ˈtī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English teg, tey, tye, from Old English tēag; akin to Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUE — — tongueless , adj. — tonguelike , adj. /tung/ , n. , v. tongued, tonguing . n. 1. Anat. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIE — /tuy/ , v. , tied, tying , n. v.t. 1. to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High German zunga tongue, Latin lingua Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIE — I. ˈtī noun Etymology: Middle English teg, tye, from Old English tēag; akin to Old Norse taug rope, Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE — noun any small sole. 2. tongue ·noun the clapper of a bell. 3. tongue ·noun ·same·as reed, ·noun, 5. 4. …
Webster English vocab
TIE — vt a knot; a fastening. 2. tie ·vt low shoes fastened with lacings. 3. tie ·vi to make a tie; …
Webster English vocab
TONGUE — [tongue] n [ME tunge, fr. OE; akin to OHG zunga tongue, L lingua] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a fleshy movable …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIE — [tie] n [ME teg, tye, fr. OE teag; akin to ON taug rope, OE teon to pull--more at tow] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE — in most vertebrates, an organ, capable of various muscular movements, located on the floor of the mouth. In some animals …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONGUE — / tʌŋ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the soft part in the mouth that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIE — / taɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( ties , tying , tied , tied ) FASTEN WITH …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. tongue 1 S3 W3 /tʌŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tunge ] 1 . MOUTH …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIE — I. tie 1 S2 W3 /taɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle tied , present participle tying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIE — v. & n. --v. (tying) 1 tr. attach or fasten with string or cord etc. (tie the dog to the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONGUE — n. & v. n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIE — v. & n. v. (tying) 1 tr. attach or fasten with string or cord etc. (tie the dog to the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1. the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Oxford English vocab
TIE — v. & n. --v. (tying) 1. tr. attach or fasten with string or cord etc. (tie the dog to the …
Oxford English vocab
TONGUE — ( tongues) 1. Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIE — ( ties, tying, tied) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES click your tongue (= make a short sound with your tongue to show disapproval …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a shirt and tie ▪ I have to wear a shirt and tie to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONGUE — n. Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TIE — Synonyms and related words : Roman collar, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, accent, accent mark, accord, accouple, accumulate, addition, adherence, adhesion, adjunct, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONGUE — See: AT THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE, CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE, HOLD ONE'S TONGUE, KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S …
Slang English vocab
TONGUE — n. long tongue tongue lash tongue tied tongue walk
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TIE — I. noun 1 worn around the neck with a shirt ADJECTIVE ▪ undone ▪ His ~ was undone. ▪ loose …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TIE — n. 25B6; verb they tied Max to a chair : BIND, tie up, tether, hitch, strap, truss, fetter, rope, chain, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONGUE — See: AT THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE, CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE, HOLD ONE'S TONGUE, KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S …
Словарь английских идиом
TONGUE — сущ. 1) а) язык furred/dirty/foul/coated tongue ≈ обложенный язык (у больного) б) язык (еда) 2) что-л., имеющее форму языка, напоминающее …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIE — 1. сущ. 1) а) узел б) завязка, шнурок; мн. полуботинки в) галстук to loosen one's tie ≈ ослабить узел галстука …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE — tongue.ogg 1. tʌŋ n 1. 1> язык furred /dirty, foul, coated/ tongue - обложенный язык ( больного ) to put …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TIE — tie.ogg 1. taı n 1. бечёвка, лента, шнур; узел, петля; скрепа; скоба the dog broke its tie - собака сорвалась …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONGUE — 1) язык; язычок 2) гребень валка; рельефный калибр валка 3) шпунт; шип; гребень || соединять в шпунт или в гребень; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TIE — 1) связь; стяжка; затяжка || соединять; связывать; затягивать 2) поперечина; траверса 3) поперечное ребро ( жёсткости ) 4) натяжной элемент …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TONGUE — 1) язык; язычок 2) гребень валка; рельефный калибр валка 3) шпунт; шип; гребень || соединять в шпунт или в гребень; соединять на …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TIE — 1) связь; стяжка; затяжка || соединять; связывать; затягивать 2) поперечина; траверса 3) поперечное ребро (жёсткости) 4) натяжной элемент 5) подвеска (решётки фермы) 6) поперечная арматура, …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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