mouth

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mouth[1,noun] mouth[2,verb] bad-mouth down in the mouth foot-and-mouth disease hand, foot and mouth disease hand-to-mouth hoof-and-mouth disease horse[1,noun] mouth harp

Main Entry: ¹mouth
Pronunciation: 'mauth
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural mouths /'mau[th]z also 'mauz, 'mauths; in synecdochic compounds like "blabbermouths" ths more frequently/
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English muth; akin to Old High German mund mouth and perhaps to Latin mentum chin
1 a : the natural opening through which food passes into the body of an animal and which in vertebrates is typically bounded externally by the lips and internally by the pharynx and encloses the tongue, gums, and teeth b : GRIMACE <made a mouth> c : an individual requiring food <had too many mouths to feed>
2 a : VOICE, SPEECH <finally gave mouth to her feelings> b : MOUTHPIECE 3a c (1) : a tendency to excessive talk (2) : saucy or disrespectful language : IMPUDENCE
3 : something that resembles a mouth especially in affording entrance or exit: as a : the place where a stream enters a larger body of water b : the surface opening of an underground cavity c : the opening of a container d : an opening in the side of an organ flue pipe
- mouth·like /'mauth-"lIk/ adjective
- down in the mouth : DEJECTED, SULKY