{"def":{"short":"the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)","long":["tongue",["tongue (of men)",["tongue (literally)","tongue (organ of speech)"],"language","tongue (of animals)","tongue (of fire)","wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)"]]},"deriv":"or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from H3960","pronun":{"ipa":"lɔːˈʃon̪","ipa_mod":"lɑːˈʃo̞wn","sbl":"lāšôn","dic":"law-SHONE","dic_mod":"la-SHONE"}}