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Definition of 'jaw'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) jaw
either of two tooth-bearing bones or bony structures, the mandible or maxilla, forming the framework of the vertebrate mouth.

2.  jaw
the part of the face covering these bones.

3.  jaw
jaws, anything resembling a pair of jaws in shape or in power to grasp or hold.

4.  jaw
one of two or more parts, as of a machine, that grasp or hold something or that attach to or mesh with similar parts.

5.  jaw
Slang.

6.  jaw
an idle chat.

7. (v.i.) jaw
Slang.

8.  jaw
to chat; gossip.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME jawe, jowe < OF joue; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'jaw'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) jaw
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

2. (noun) jaw
the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

3. (verb) jaw
holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

4. (verb) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

5. (verb) yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away
talk incessantly and tiresomely

6. (verb) chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
"He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

7. (verb) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

Definition of 'jaw'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) jaw
the bones that form the mouth and hold the teeth
the shark's jaws; his lower jaw was broken

2. jaw
the lower part of sb's face
a family with strong jaws

Definition of 'jaw'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) jaw
one of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth

2. (noun) jaw
hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering

3. (noun) jaw
in the plural, the mouth

4. (noun) jaw
fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death

5. (noun) jaw
a notch or opening

6. (noun) jaw
a notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard

7. (noun) jaw
one of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine

8. (noun) jaw
the inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast

9. (noun) jaw
impudent or abusive talk

10. (verb) jaw
to scold; to clamor

11. (verb) jaw
to assail or abuse by scolding

Definition of 'jaw'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. jaw
Bony structure of the mouth that holds the teeth. It consists of the MANDIBLE and the MAXILLA.

Translation of 'jaw'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: either of the two bones of the mouth in which the teeth are set the upper/lower jaw; His jaw was broken in the fight.
Afrikaans: kakebeen	Arabic: فَك	Bulgarian: челюст
Brazilian: maxilar	Czech: čelist	German: der Kiefer
Danish: kæbe	Greek: σαγόνι	Spanish: maxilar
Estonian: lõualuu	Farsi: فک	Finnish: leuka
French: mâchoire	Hebrew: לֶסֶת	Hindi: जबड़ा
Croatian: čeljust	Hungarian: állkapocs	Indonesian: rahang
Icelandic: kjálki	Italian: mascella, mandibola	Japanese: あご
Korean: 턱	Lithuanian: žandikaulis	Latvian: žoklis
Malay: rahang	Dutch: kaak	Norwegian: kjeve
Polish: szczęka	Persian: فک	Pashto: زامه
Portuguese: maxilar	Romanian: maxilar	Russian: челюсть
Slovak: čeľusť	Slovenian: čeljust	Serbian: vilica
Swedish: käke	Thai: ขากรรไกรบนหรือล่าง	Turkish: çene kemiği
Taiwanese: 頜	Ukrainian: щелепа	Urdu: جبڑا
Vietnamese: quai hàm	Chinese: 颌
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