mouth

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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. 2noun

   An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.

5. 5noun

   The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.

6. 6noun

   The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.

7. 7noun

   The entrance into a harbor.

8. 8noun

   The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

9. 9noun

   A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.

10. 10noun

    Cry; voice.

11. 11noun

    Speech; language; testimony.

12. 12noun

    A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

13. 13transitive verb

    To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.

14. 14transitive verb

    To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.

15. 15transitive verb

    To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.

16. 16transitive verb

    To make mouths at.

17. 17intransitive verb

    To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.

18. 18intransitive verb

    To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.

19. 19intransitive verb

    To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.

20. 20noun

    the opening of a jar or bottle

    "the jar had a wide mouth"

21. 21noun

    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"

22. 22noun

    the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

    "he stuffed his mouth with candy"

23. 23noun

    an impudent or insolent rejoinder

    "don't give me any of your sass"

    Synonyms

    backtalklipsasssassing
24. 24noun

    the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water

    "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson"

25. 25noun

    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"

26. 26noun

    a person conceived as a consumer of food

    "he has four mouths to feed"

27. 27noun

    a spokesperson (as a lawyer)

    Synonyms

    mouthpiece
28. 28verb

    express in speech

    "She talks a lot of nonsense"

    "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

    Synonyms

    speaktalkutterverbaliseverbalize
29. 29verb

    articulate silently; form words with the lips only

    "She mouthed a swear word"

30. 30verb

    touch with the mouth