Mouth
[maʊθ]
Definition
(noun.) the opening of a jar or bottle; 'the jar had a wide mouth'.
(noun.) the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; 'she wiped lipstick from her mouth'.
(noun.) the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; 'he stuffed his mouth with candy'.
(noun.) the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water; 'New York is at the mouth of the Hudson'.
(noun.) an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge); 'he rode into the mouth of the canyon'; 'they built a fire at the mouth of the cave'.
(noun.) a person conceived as a consumer of food; 'he has four mouths to feed'.
(verb.) articulate silently; form words with the lips only; 'She mouthed a swear word'.
(verb.) touch with the mouth.
Checker: Marie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.
(n.) An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;
(n.) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.
(n.) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.
(n.) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.
(n.) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.
(n.) The entrance into a harbor.
(n.) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
(n.) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
(n.) Cry; voice.
(n.) Speech; language; testimony.
(n.) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
(v. t.) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
(v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
(v. t.) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.
(v. t.) To make mouths at.
(v. i.) To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
(v. i.) To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.
(v. i.) To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.
Typist: Sol
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Chaps, jaws, cavity between the jaws.[2]. Aperture (in a vessel for receiving or discharging any thing).[3]. Entrance (as of a cave or a river), inlet.
v. n. Vociferate, rant.
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Definition
n. the opening in the head of an animal by which it eats and utters sound: opening or entrance as of a bottle river &c.: the instrument of speaking: a speaker: cry voice utterance: taste or flavour in the mouth: a wry face a grimace:—pl. Mouths (mowthz).—ns. Mouth′-friend (Shak.) one who only professes friendship: Mouth′ful as much as fills the mouth: a small quantity:—pl. Mouth′fuls; Mouth′-hon′our (Shak.) honour or civility insincerely expressed.—adjs. Mouth′less without a mouth; Mouth′-made (Shak.) expressed by the mouth insincere.—n. Mouth′piece the piece of a musical instrument or tobacco-pipe held in the mouth: one who speaks for others.—By word of mouth by means of spoken words; Down in the mouth out of spirits: despondent; From hand to mouth (see Hand); Have one's heart in one's mouth (see Heart); Make a mouth or mouths to distort the face in mockery to pout; Make the mouth water (see Water); Stop the mouth to cause to be silent.
v.t. to utter with a voice over loud or swelling.—adjs. Mouth′able sounding well; Mouthed having a mouth.—ns. Mouth′er an affected speaker; Mouth′ing rant.—adj. Mouth′y ranting affected.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. In man the gateway to the soul; in woman the outlet of the heart.
Editor: Shelton
Examples
- His mouth was such a post-office of a mouth that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Lydgate did not speak, but tossed his head on one side, and twitched the corners of his mouth in despair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- His mouth, around which many a dimple played, was large enough to add to that manliness of expression, for which he was so celebrated. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Standing in the mouth of the cave he took off his jacket and shook it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Half a dozen able-bodied men were standing in a line from the well-mouth, holding a rope which passed over the well-roller into the depths below. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He covered with his hand the upper part of his face, but did not conceal his mouth, where I saw hovering an expression I liked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Why, I reckon she _is_ tol'able fair, said Haley, blowing the smoke out of his mouth. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Smith, embracing the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, had been added to my jurisdiction. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A certain set of words and phrases, as much belonging to tourists as the College and the Snuggery belonged to the jail, was always in their mouths. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If I did as you wish me to do, I should be bankrupt in a month; and would my bankruptcy put bread into your hungry children's mouths? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They had been treating their guard, I suppose, for they had a gaoler with them, and all three came out wiping their mouths on their hands. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Their noses were but longitudinal slits in the center of their faces, midway between their mouths and ears. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I washed her, I kept her clean, I fed her, I tried to amuse her; but she made mouths at me instead of speaking. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Let's rinse our mouths with a drop of burnt sherry; the last-comer shall stand it, Mivins shall fetch it, and I'll help to drink it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You are an ignorant foul-mouthed dago. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The foul-mouthed fellow at the top. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He moved a step or two till he was in front of Will, and said with full-mouthed haste, Excuse me, Mr. Ladislaw--was your mother's name Sarah Dunkirk? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So he went off cursing, like the foul-mouthed blackguard that he was, and swearing that he would have her yet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Maurice stared at him in open-mouthed astonishment, but in another moment Justinian vanished. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- What, cried out the many-mouthed mob, you are another lord, I suppose? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They were watching, open-eyed and open-mouthed, the thread of dark-red blood which wakened them up from their trance of passion. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Editor: Tracy