Princeton's WordNet

1. jaw(noun)

   the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

2. jaw(noun)

   the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

3. jaw(verb)

   holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

4. chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit(verb)

   talk socially without exchanging too much information

   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

5. yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away(verb)

   talk incessantly and tiresomely

6. chew, masticate, manducate, jaw(verb)

   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. 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(verb)

   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"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. jaw(noun)ʤˈɔ

   the bones that form the mouth and hold the teeth

   the shark's jaws; his lower jaw was broken

2. jawʤˈɔ

   the lower part of sb's face

   a family with strong jaws

Wiktionary

1. jaw(Noun)

   One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

2. jaw(Noun)

   The part of the face below the mouth.

   His jaw dropped in amazement.

3. jaw(Noun)

   Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.

   the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.

4. jaw(Noun)

   A notch or opening.

5. jaw(Noun)

   A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.

   the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.

6. jaw(Noun)

   One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.

   the jaws of a vise; the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.

7. jaw(Noun)

   The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.

8. jaw(Noun)

   Impudent or abusive talk.

9. jaw(Noun)

   Axle guard.

10. jaw(Verb)

    To assail or abuse by scolding.

11. jaw(Verb)

    To scold; to clamor.

12. jaw(Verb)

    To talk; to converse.

13. jaw(Verb)

    (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.

Origin: From jawe, jowe, geowe, alteration of (in early Modern English chawe, chaw), from kawōn (compare Middle Dutch kauwe, kouwe, German dialect Käu ‘jaw, donkey jowl’), gradation-variant of (compare Old English cian (pl.) ‘gills’, West Frisian kiuw ‘gill’, Dutch kieuw ‘gill’), noun from kewwanan (compare English chew). More at chew. Alteration probably influenced by jolle, chaul, which it replaced (see jowl).

Webster Dictionary

1. Jaw(noun)

   one of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth

2. Jaw(noun)

   hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering

3. Jaw(noun)

   in the plural, the mouth

4. Jaw(noun)

   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. Jaw(noun)

   a notch or opening

6. Jaw(noun)

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

7. Jaw(noun)

   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. Jaw(noun)

   the inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast

9. Jaw(noun)

   impudent or abusive talk

10. Jaw(verb)

    to scold; to clamor

11. Jaw(verb)

    to assail or abuse by scolding

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.

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