mouth
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (8)mouths
- the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge“he stuffed his mouth with candy”Synonyms: oral cavityoral fissurerima orisType of rimaKinds trap, cakeholeParts tongue, palate, gingiva, salivary gland, buccal cavity, dentition
- 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”Type of orifice, openingKinds beak, cytostomePart of face, human faceParts lip, oral cavity, lingual artery, lingual vein
- 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”Type of opening, gap
- the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water“New York is at the mouth of the Hudson”Type of geological formation, formation
- a person conceived as a consumer of food“he has four mouths to feed”Type of eater, feeder
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)Synonyms: mouthpieceType of spokesperson, interpreter
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder“don't give me any of your sass”Synonyms: sasssassingbacktalkback talklip
- the opening of a jar or bottle“the jar had a wide mouth”
Verb (3)mouths, mouthed, mouthing
- express in speech“She talks a lot of nonsense”“This depressed patient does not verbalize”Synonyms: talkspeakutterverbalizeverbaliseMore general communicate, intercommunicateMore specific shout, sing, mumble, deliver, whisper, read, murmur, snap, talk of, begin +31 moreSimilar verbalize, verbalise
- articulate silently; form words with the lips only“She mouthed a swear word”More general feign, shamMore specific lip-synch, lip-sync
- touch with the mouthMore general touch
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Translations
Noun opening in the face for eating and speaking
- Spanish
- boca
- French
- bouche
- German
- Mund
- Italian
- bocca
- Portuguese
- boca
- Turkish
- ağız
- Russian
- рот rot
- Arabic
- فَم fam
- Chinese
- 嘴巴 zuǐba
- Japanese
- 口 kuchi
36 more languages
- Dutch
- mond
- Polish
- usta
- Swedish
- mun
- Greek
- στόμα stóma
- Korean
- 입 ip
- Indonesian
- mulut
- Vietnamese
- miệng
- Hungarian
- száj
- Portuguese (PT)
- boca
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 嘴巴 zuǐbā
- Albanian
- gojë
- Breton
- genoù
- Catalan
- boca
- Corsican
- bocca
- Czech
- ústa
- Danish
- mund
- Esperanto
- buŝo
- Estonian
- suu
- Finnish
- suu
- Georgian
- პირი ṗiri
- Hebrew
- פֶּה pe
- Icelandic
- munnur
- Kurdish
- dev
- Latvian
- mute
- Lithuanian
- burna
- Malagasy
- vava
- Norwegian
- munn
- Romanian
- gură
- Scottish Gaelic
- beul
- Serbo-Croatian
- usta
- Slovak
- ústa
- Slovenian
- usta
- Swahili
- kinywa
- Walloon
- boke
- Welsh
- ceg
- Yiddish
- מויל moyl
Noun mouth of a river, estuary
- Spanish
- desembocadura
- French
- embouchure
- German
- Mündung
- Italian
- foce
- Portuguese
- foz
- Turkish
- ağız
- Russian
- у́стье ústʹje
- Chinese
- 河口 hékǒu
- Japanese
- 河口 kakō
- Dutch
- monding
23 more languages
- Polish
- ujście
- Swedish
- mynning
- Korean
- 하구 hagu
- Indonesian
- muara
- Vietnamese
- cửa sông
- Hungarian
- torkolat
- Portuguese (PT)
- foz
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 河口 hékǒu
- Breton
- aber
- Catalan
- desembocadura
- Czech
- ústí
- Esperanto
- marenfluejo
- Estonian
- suu
- Finnish
- suu
- Georgian
- შესართავი shesartavi
- Latvian
- grīva
- Norwegian
- munning
- Romanian
- gură
- Scottish Gaelic
- beul
- Serbo-Croatian
- ušće
- Slovenian
- ustje
- Swahili
- mdomo
- Welsh
- aber
Noun an outlet, aperture or orifice
- Spanish
- boca
- French
- embouchure
- Portuguese
- boca
- Turkish
- ağız
- Russian
- отве́рстие otvérstije
- Polish
- ujście
- Swedish
- mynning
- Vietnamese
- miệng
- Portuguese (PT)
- boca
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 口 kǒu
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. mouth, muþ, AS. mūð; akin to D. mond, OS. mūð, G. mund, Icel. muðr, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. munþs, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. mūla, Icel. mūli, and Skr. mukha mouth.
1. 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.
2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as: (a) 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. (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. (e) The entrance into a harbor.
3. Saddlery The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.— Joseph Addison
5. Cry; voice. obsolete John Dryden
6. Speech; language; testimony.
That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.— Matt. xviii. 16.
7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.— William Shakespeare
Down at the mouth or Down in the mouth, chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. obsolete or colloquial — Mouth friend, one who professes friendship insincerely. William Shakespeare — Mouth glass, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth. — Mouth honor, honor given in words, but not felt. William Shakespeare — Mouth organ. Music (a) Pan's pipes. See Pandean. (b) An harmonicon. — Mouth pipe, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound. — To stop the mouth, to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound. — To put one's foot in one's mouth, to say something which causes one embarrassment. — To run off at the mouth, to speak excessively. — To talk out of both sides of one's mouth, to say things which are contradictory.
The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.— Ps. lxiii. 11.
Whose mouths must be stopped.— Titus i. 11.
1. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour. John Dryden
2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner; as, mouthing platitudes. “Mouthing big phrases.” Agustus Wm., and Hare, Julius Charles Hare
Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes.— Alfred Tennyson
3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub. Sir Thomas Browne
4. To make mouths at. rare Robert Blair
1. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
I'll bellow out for Rome, and for my country, And mouth at Caesar, till I shake the senate.— Joseph Addison
2. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss. rare William Shakespeare
3. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.
Well I know, when I am gone, How she mouths behind my back.— Alfred Tennyson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC