mouth
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/maʊθ/]
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Senses
1. mouth (noun) — sense 1
Definition: The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
Example: "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.
2. mouth (noun) — sense 2
Definition: The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
Example: The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.
3. mouth (noun) — sense 3
Definition: An outlet, aperture or orifice.
Example: But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses.
4. mouth (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To speak; to utter.
Example: He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
5. mouth (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame.
Example: The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
6. mouth (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
Example: But words are nothing to the misbelieving -- mere air mouthed into a sound.
Structure of the word
Roots:- men (think, Proto-Indo-European)
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