shoehorn vs tongue

shoehorn

noun
  • A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place. 

  • Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium. 

verb
  • To use a shoehorn. 

  • To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to. 

  • To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious. 

tongue

noun
  • In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth). 

  • This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows). 

  • Manner of speaking, often habitually. 

  • A language. 

  • Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part. 

  • A reed. 

  • A small sole (type of fish). 

  • Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect. 

  • Glossolalia. 

  • An individual point of flame from a fire. 

  • A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake. 

  • A division of formation; A layer or member of a formation that pinches out in one direction. 

  • The power of articulate utterance; speech generally. 

  • The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. 

  • The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked. 

  • 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. 

  • A projection, or slender appendage or fixture. 

  • A person speaking in a specified manner (most often plural). 

  • The clapper of a bell. 

verb
  • On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive). 

  • To join by means of a tongue and groove. 

  • To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections. 

  • To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex. 

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