Definitions of MOUTH [ˈmaʊ si, -zi]

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Definition of 'MOUTH'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mouth
the opening through which an animal takes in food.

2.  mouth
a person or animal dependent on someone for sustenance:
another mouth to feed.

3.  mouth
the oral opening or cavity considered as the source of vocal utterance.

4.  mouth
utterance or expression:
to give mouth to one's thoughts.

5.  mouth
talk, esp. loud, empty, or boastful talk.

6.  mouth
disrespectful talk or language.

7.  mouth
a grimace made with the lips.

8.  mouth
an opening leading out of or into any cavity or hollow place or thing.

9.  mouth
the outfall at the lower end of a river or stream, where flowing water is discharged, as into a larger body of water.

10.  mouth
the opening between the jaws of a vise or the like.

11.  mouth
the lateral hole of an organ pipe.

12.  mouth
the lateral blowhole of a flute.

13. (v.t.) mouth
to utter in a sonorous or pompous manner, or with excessive mouth movements.

14.  mouth
to form (a word, sound, etc.) silently or indistinctly in one's mouth.

15.  mouth
to put or take into the mouth, as food.

16.  mouth
to press, rub, or chew at with the mouth or lips.

17. (v.i.) mouth
to speak sonorously and oratorically, or with excessive mouth movement.

18.  mouth
to grimace with the lips.

19.  mouth
Slang.

20.  mouth
to talk back; sass.

21.  mouth
to express one's opinions in a forceful or uninhibited manner.

22.  mouth
down in or at the mouth, dejected.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE mūth; c. OFris, OS

Definition of 'MOUTH'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
"he stuffed his mouth with candy"

2. (noun) mouth
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"

3. (noun) mouth
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"

4. (noun) mouth
the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
"New York is at the mouth of the Hudson"

5. (noun) mouth
a person conceived as a consumer of food
"he has four mouths to feed"

6. (noun) mouthpiece, mouth
a spokesperson (as a lawyer)

7. (noun) sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth
an impudent or insolent rejoinder
"don't give me any of your sass"

8. (verb) mouth
the opening of a jar or bottle
"the jar had a wide mouth"

9. (verb) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
express in speech
"She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

10. (verb) mouth
articulate silently; form words with the lips only
"She mouthed a swear word"

11. (verb) mouth
touch with the mouth

Definition of 'MOUTH'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) mouth
the part of your face that has your tongue and teeth in it
What does the dog have in his mouth?; His mouth fell open in surprise.

2.  mouth
open your mouth
to say sth
You opened your mouth and ruined the secret, didn't you!

3.  mouth
the place a river meets the ocean
strong currents at the mouth of the river

4.  mouth
the way into a cave, tunnel, etc.
the mouth of the cave/tunnel

Definition of 'MOUTH'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) MOUTH
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. (noun) MOUTH
an opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;

3. (noun) MOUTH
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

4. (noun) MOUTH
the opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den

5. (noun) MOUTH
the opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged

6. (noun) MOUTH
the opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged

7. (noun) MOUTH
the entrance into a harbor

8. (noun) MOUTH
the crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal

9. (noun) MOUTH
a principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece

10. (noun) MOUTH
cry; voice

11. (noun) MOUTH
speech; language; testimony

12. (noun) MOUTH
a wry face; a grimace; a mow

13. (verb) MOUTH
to take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour

14. (verb) MOUTH
to utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner

15. (verb) MOUTH
to form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub

16. (verb) MOUTH
to make mouths at

17. (verb) MOUTH
to speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant

18. (verb) MOUTH
to put mouth to mouth; to kiss

19. (verb) MOUTH
to make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt

Definition of 'MOUTH'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. MOUTH
The oval-shaped oral cavity located at the apex of the digestive tract and consisting of two parts: the vestibule and the oral cavity proper.

Translation of 'MOUTH'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the opening in the head by which a human or animal eats and speaks or makes noises What has the baby got in its mouth?
Afrikaans: mond	Arabic: فَم	Bulgarian: уста
Brazilian: boca	Czech: ústa	German: der Mund
Danish: mund	Greek: στόμα	Spanish: boca
Estonian: suu	Farsi: دهان	Finnish: suu
French: bouche	Hebrew: פֶּה	Hindi: मुंह
Croatian: usta, gubica	Hungarian: száj	Indonesian: mulut
Icelandic: munnur	Italian: bocca	Japanese: 口
Korean: 입	Lithuanian: burna	Latvian: mute
Malay: mulut	Dutch: mond	Norwegian: munn
Polish: usta, pysk, paszcza	Persian: دهان	Pashto: خوله
Portuguese: boca	Romanian: gură	Russian: рот
Slovak: ústa	Slovenian: usta	Serbian: usta
Swedish: mun	Thai: ปาก	Turkish: ağız
Taiwanese: 口	Ukrainian: рот; уста	Urdu: منہ، دہانہ
Vietnamese: miệng	Chinese: 口
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