Results for mouth
Definitions of mouth:
part of speech: verb transitive
To utter with a swelling or pompous voice; to seize in the mouth; as, a dog mouths a bone.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
The opening in the head of an animal through which it receives food and utters sounds; an opening through which to go in or out; as, the mouth of a cave; an opening for putting anything in or out; as, the mouth of a bottle; instrument of speaking; grimace.
part of speech: noun
The opening in the head of an animal by which it eats and utters sound: opening or entrance, as of a bottle, river, etc.: the instrument of speaking: a speaker:- pl. MOUTHS.
part of speech: noun plural
The opening in the head of an animal by which food is received, and containing the organs of mastication and of voice; the instr. of speech; any opening or channel by which a thing is received or discharged; an entrance; the part of a river or creek where its waters join those of a sea or other large body of water.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To make faces.
Usage examples for mouth:
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Because it goes from mouth to mouth
"Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1", Edward William Cole -
I never opened my mouth
"Old Peter's Russian Tales", Arthur Ransome -
Learn to keep your mouth open.
"The Price She Paid", David Graham Phillips -
" Do your duty, my friend," she said, and shut her eyes and her mouth
"Terribly Intimate Portraits", Noël Coward