mouth
(noun) the opening of a jar or bottle; “the jar had a wide mouth”
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”
mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
(noun) the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; “he stuffed his mouth with candy”
sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth
(noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder; “don’t give me any of your sass”
mouth
(noun) the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water; “New York is at the mouth of the Hudson”
mouth
(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”
mouth
(noun) a person conceived as a consumer of food; “he has four mouths to feed”
mouthpiece, mouth
(noun) a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
(verb) express in speech; “She talks a lot of nonsense”; “This depressed patient does not verbalize”
mouth
(verb) articulate silently; form words with the lips only; “She mouthed a swear word”
mouth
(verb) touch with the mouth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mouth (plural mouths)
(anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
An outlet, aperture or orifice.
(slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
(saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
(obsolete) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
(obsolete) Cry; voice.
(obsolete) Speech; language; testimony.
(obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
• See also mouth
mouth (third-person singular simple present mouths, present participle mouthing, simple past and past participle mouthed)
(transitive) To speak; to utter.
(transitive) To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
(transitive) To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
(transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
(obsolete) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
(obsolete) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
(obsolete) To make mouths at.
Source: Wiktionary
Mouth, n.; pl. Mouths. Etym: [OE. mouth, mu, AS. m; akin to D. mond, OS. m, G. mund, Icel. mu, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m, Icel. m, and Skr. mukha mouth.]
1. 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.
2. Hence:
Definition: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as: (a) 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. (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. (e) The entrance into a harbor.
3. (Saddlery)
Definition: The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece. Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives. Addison.
5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] Dryden.
6. Speech; language; testimony. That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Matt. xviii. 16.
7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow. Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. Shak. Down in the mouth, chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.] -- Mouth friend, one who professes friendship insincerely. Shak.
– Mouth glass, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth.
– Mouth honor, honor given in words, but not felt. Shak.
– Mouth organ. (Mus.) (a) Pan's pipes. See Pandean. (b) An harmonicon.
– Mouth pipe, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound.
– To stop the mouth, to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound. The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Ps. lxiii. 11. Whose mouths must be stopped. Titus i. 11.
Mouth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mouthed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mouthing.]
1. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour. Dryden.
2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner. "Mouthing big phrases." Hare. Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes. Tennyson.
3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub. Sir T. Browne.
4. To make mouths at. [R.] R. Blair.
Mouth, v. i.
1. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant. I'll bellow out for Rome, and for my country, And mouth at Cæsar, till I shake the senate. Addison.
2. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss. [R.] Shak.
3. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt. Well I know, when I am gone, How she mouths behind my back. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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