mouth

[Mouth]

There are many meanings of mouth, but they all relate to the hole from which you eat, speak, and breathe.

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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.

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
an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don''t give me any of your sass"

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the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water; "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson"

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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"

Noun
a spokesperson (as a lawyer)

Verb
express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

Verb
articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"

Verb
touch with the mouth

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;

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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.

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The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.

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The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.

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The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.

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The entrance into a harbor.

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The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

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A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.

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Cry; voice.

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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.

Mouth

Mouth , n.; pl. Mouths . [OE. mouth, mu, AS. m; akin to D. mond, OS. m, G. mund, Icel. mur, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. muns, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. mla, Icel. mli, 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: 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) 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.

5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] Dryden. 6. Speech; language; testimony.

That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.

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.

Whose mouths must be stopped.

Mouth

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.

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

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 C'91sar, till I shake the senate.

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.

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.

To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.

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Usage Examples

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

And at five o'clock in the morning we left to drive to Old Tucson, and I sat with my mouth open in the van. I was stunned by the beauty of that country.

A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put me in his car, and stuck his tongue in my mouth.

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.

And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.

Don't you have a machine that puts food into the mouth and pushes it down?

Asian food is very easy to like because it hits your mouth very differently than European food does. In European food, there may be two things to hit - maybe sweet and salty, maybe salty-savory, but Asian kind of works around, plus you have that distinct flavor that's usually working in Asian food.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.

Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.

A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been, you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.

I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didn't feel fair.

Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa.

Every speaker has a mouth An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet.