"tongued" meaning in English

See tongued in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tonged}} Middle English tonged, {{suf|en|tongue|-ed}} tongue + -ed, {{cog|ang|ġetynġe|t=skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent}} Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tongued (not comparable)
  1. Resembling a tongue. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongued-en-adj-UUeAyRKE
  2. (in combination) Having a particular manner of speaking. Tags: in-compounds, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongued-en-adj-Cku0hzew Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 65 17 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 0 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 64 17 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 73 13 14
  3. (of wagons and farm implements) Having a tongue for towing. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tongued-en-adj-Ea2uX9Pz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: acid-tongued, blue-tongued lizard, blue-tongued skink, Cadena's long-tongued bat, close-tongued, disc-tongued frog, double-tongued, false-tngued, fork-tongued, foul-tongued, free-tongued, golden-tongued, honey-tongued, long-tongued, loose-tongued, lying-tongued, many-tongued, one-tongued, Patton's long-tongued bat, quick-tongued, sharp-tongued, silver-tongued, single-tongued, slick-tongued, sly-tongued, smooth-tongued, soft-tongued, sweet-tongued, three-tongued, treble-tongued, twi-tongued, two-tongued, venomous-tongued

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tongued
  1. simple past and past participle of tongue Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: tongue
    Sense id: en-tongued-en-verb-Pdsj53Xi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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