mouth

See also: mouþ

mouth - English

Pronunciation

(noun):

  • enPR: mouth, IPA: /maʊθ/
  • (Canada) IPA: /mʌʊθ/

(verb):

  • (Canada) IPA: /mʌʊθ/, /maʊð/

Noun

mouth (plural mouths)

  1. (anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
    • "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.
  2. The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
    • The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.
  3. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
    • The mouth of a cave
  4. (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
    • My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.
  5. (saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
  6. (obsolete) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
  7. (obsolete) Speech; language; testimony.
  8. (obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Synonyms

  • See mouth

Derived terms

Pages starting with “mouth”.

Descendants

Translations

Verb

mouth (third-person singular simple present mouths, present participle mouthing, simple past and past participle mouthed)

  1. (transitive) To speak; to utter.
    • He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
  2. (transitive) To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
    • The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
  3. To form with the mouth.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
  5. To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
  6. (transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
    • The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
  7. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
  8. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
  9. To carry in the mouth.
  10. (obsolete) To make mouths at
  11. To form a mouth or opening in.
  12. (sheep husbandry) To examine the teeth of.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Maori: tametame, kōtamu, kōtamutamu
  • Serbo-Croatian: izustiti (sh)

mouth - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /muːθ/

Noun

mouth (plural mouths)

  1. mouth

Descendants

mouth - Yola

Noun

mouth

  1. Alternative form of meouth
Meaning and Definition of mouth
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