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Definition of 'Mouse' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) mouse
any of numerous small rodents of various families, having small ears and a long, thin tail, esp. an Old World mouse, Mus musculus, introduced worldwide.

2.  mouse
a quiet, timid person.

3.  mouse
a palm-sized device equipped with one or more buttons, used to point at and select items on a computer screen, with the displayed pointer controlled by means of analogous movement of the device on a nearby surface.

4.  mouse
Informal. a black eye.

5.  mouse
Slang. a girl; woman.

6. (v.i.) mouse
to hunt for or catch mice.

7.  mouse
to prowl about, as if in search of something.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME mous, OE mūs; c. OFris, OS, OHG

Definition of 'Mouse' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) mouse
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

2. (noun) shiner, black eye, mouse
a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

3. (noun) mouse
person who is quiet or timid

4. (verb) mouse, computer mouse
a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
"a mouse takes much more room than a trackball"

5. (verb) sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot
to go stealthily or furtively
"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

6. (verb) mouse
manipulate the mouse of a computer


Definition of 'Mouse' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) mouse
in mourning
a small rodent with a long tail
a field mouse

2.  mouse
a device attached to a computer that you move around and click in order to activate programs, etc.
Double click on the mouse.


Definition of 'Mouse' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Mouse
any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest

2. (noun) Mouse
a knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping

3. (noun) Mouse
same as 2d Mousing, 2

4. (noun) Mouse
a familiar term of endearment

5. (noun) Mouse
a dark-colored swelling caused by a blow

6. (noun) Mouse
a match used in firing guns or blasting

7. (verb) Mouse
to watch for and catch mice

8. (verb) Mouse
to watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something

9. (verb) Mouse
to tear, as a cat devours a mouse

10. (verb) Mouse
to furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2


Translation of 'Mouse' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: any of several types of small furry gnawing animal with a long tail, found in houses and in fields.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: muis Arabic flag Arabic: فأْر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мишка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rato Czech flag Czech: myš German flag German: die Maus
Danish flag Danish: mus Greek flag Greek: ποντίκι Spanish flag Spanish: ratón
Estonian flag Estonian: hiir Farsi flag Farsi: موش Finnish flag Finnish: hiiri
French flag French: souris Hebrew flag Hebrew: עַכבָּר Hindi flag Hindi: चुहिया, चूहा
Croatian flag Croatian: miš Hungarian flag Hungarian: egér Indonesian flag Indonesian: tikus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mús Italian flag Italian: topo Japanese flag Japanese: ねずみ
Korean flag Korean: 쥐, 생쥐 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pelė Latvian flag Latvian: pele
Malay flag Malay: tikus Dutch flag Dutch: muis Norwegian flag Norwegian: mus
Polish flag Polish: mysz Persian flag Persian: موش Pashto flag Pashto: موږک
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rato Romanian flag Romanian: şoarece Russian flag Russian: мышь
Slovak flag Slovak: myš Slovenian flag Slovenian: miš Serbian flag Serbian: miš
Swedish flag Swedish: mus Thai flag Thai: หนู Turkish flag Turkish: fare
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 老鼠 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: миша Urdu flag Urdu: چوہا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chuột Chinese flag Chinese: 

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