mouth
IPA: mˈaʊθ
noun
- (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) Speech; language; testimony.
- (obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
verb
- (transitive) To speak; to utter.
- (transitive) To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but without producing sound.
- (transitive, intransitive) To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
- (transitive, intransitive) To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
- To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
- (transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
- To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
- To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
- To carry in the mouth.
- (obsolete) To make mouths at
- To form a mouth or opening in.
- (sheep husbandry) To examine the teeth of.
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Examples of "mouth" in Sentences
- The beak is the mouth of birds.
- It lingers in the mouth and body.
- The color of the mouth is yellow.
- The inside of the mouth is scarlet.
- That's a bit of a mouthful to put in.
- The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane epithelium of the mouth.
- Oral sex is the term given to genital stimulation by the mouth.
- He only has one working eye and a smirk in the right side of his mouth.
- An ambulance was called and mouth to mouth resuscitation was attempted.
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