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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