MOUTH
\mˈa͡ʊθ], \mˈaʊθ], \m_ˈaʊ_θ]\
Definitions of MOUTH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass"
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the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth"
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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"
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the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"
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the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water; "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson"
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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"
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a person conceived as a consumer of food; "he has four mouths to feed"
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express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
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articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"
By Princeton University
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an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass"
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the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth"
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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"
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the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"
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the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water; "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson"
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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"
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a person conceived as a consumer of food; "he has four mouths to feed"
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(informal) a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
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express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;
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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.
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The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.
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The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.
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The entrance into a harbor.
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The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
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A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
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Cry; voice.
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Speech; language; testimony.
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A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
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To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
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To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
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To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.
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To make mouths at.
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To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
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To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.
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To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;
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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.
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The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.
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The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.
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The entrance into a harbor.
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The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
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A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
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Cry; voice.
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Speech; language; testimony.
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A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
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To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
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To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
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To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.
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To make mouths at.
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To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
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To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.
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To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.
By Noah Webster.
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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.
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To utter with a swelling or pompous voice; to seize in the mouth; as, a dog mouths a bone.
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To make faces.
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Mouther.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Mouther.
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To speak unnaturally; rant; grimace.
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The orifice at which food is taken; any opening or orifice.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
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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.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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This word sometimes signifies the cavity situate between the jaws, and containing the tongue, &c.; - at others, the outher orifice of that cavity. The mouth, in the first acceptation, Cavitas seu Spatium Oris, is the cavity; bounded, above, by the palatine arch; below, by the toungue; before, by the lips; and behind, by the velum palati and pharynx. The sides of the mouth and the organs it contains are lined by a mucous membrane. The anterior aperture of the mouthis, sometimes, called facial- the posterior, pharyngeal. In the mouth are the teeth, gums, alveolar margins, tongue; the excretory ducts of the salivary glands, and those of a number of mucous follicles, &c. It is in this cavity that the food is cut, torn, or bruised by the teeth; is impregnated with salive, and formed into a mass or bolus, which is then subjected to the act of deglutition. The mouth contains the organs of taste; and it serves in respiration, articulation, expectoration, suction, &c.
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Os, Apertura, Orificium, Hiatus, Peristomium, is, also, applied to the open extremities of vessels or other canals.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The ingestive aperture of the alimentary canal, including, in the higher animals, the oral cavity, extending from the lips to the pharynx.
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The terminal opening of any channel. See os and ostium.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] The aperture between the lips; also, the cavity within the lips, containing the jaw, teeth, and tongue;- hence, an opening; orifice; aperture, as of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, or a cave, well, or den;- the opening through which the waters of any body or collection of water are discharged into another;- a principal speaker; mouth-piece;- speech; utterance;- boasting; vaunting;- a wry face; a grimace.
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