| Mouth |
n. |
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. |
| Mouth |
n. |
An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; |
| Mouth |
n. |
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. |
| Mouth |
n. |
The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. |
| Mouth |
n. |
The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. |
| Mouth |
n. |
The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. |
| Mouth |
n. |
The entrance into a harbor. |
| Mouth |
n. |
The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal. |
| Mouth |
n. |
A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece. |
| Mouth |
n. |
Cry; voice. |
| Mouth |
n. |
Speech; language; testimony. |
| Mouth |
n. |
A wry face; a grimace; a mow. |
| Mouth |
v. t. |
To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour. |
| Mouth |
v. t. |
To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner. |
| Mouth |
v. t. |
To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub. |
| Mouth |
v. t. |
To make mouths at. |
| Mouth |
v. i. |
To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant. |
| Mouth |
v. i. |
To put mouth to mouth; to kiss. |
| Mouth |
v. i. |
To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt. |
