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Complete Definition of "mouth"

wikipedia|Mouth
English

Etymology
Old English mÅ«Ã¾

Noun
en-noun

anatomy The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.

#: "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.

The end of a river out of which water flows.
An outlet, aperture or orifice.

#: The mouth of a cave

slang A loud or overly talkative person.

#: My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.

Translations
trans-top|the opening of an animal through which food is ingested
Arabic: Arab|Ù�Ù� (fam) m
Armenian: Õ¢Õ¥Ö�Õ¡Õ¶ (beran)
Bosnian: usta n pluralonly
Catalan: boca f
Chinese: å�´ (zuÇ�)
Croatian: usta n pluralonly
Czech: Ãºsta n|p (esp. human), pusa f (informal), tlama f (esp. animal)
Danish: mund c
Dutch: mond m
Estonian: suu
Ewe: nu n
Finnish: suu
French: bouche f
German: Mund m (esp. human), Maul n (esp. animal)
Greek: Ï�Ï�Ï�Î¼Î± n
:* Ancient Greek: Ï�Ï�Ï�Î¼Î± (stoma) n
Hebrew: ×¤×�|×¤Ö¶Ö¼×� (pe) m
Hungarian: szÃ¡j
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Icelandic: munnur m, kjaftur (vulgar) m
Italian: bocca f
Japanese: å�£ (ã��ã�¡, kuchi)
Korean: ì�� (ip)
Maltese: Ä§alq m?
Norwegian: munn m
Occitan: boca f
Persian: fa-Arab|Ø¯Ù�Ø§Ù� (dahÃ¢n)
Polish: usta n|p, paszcza f, gÄ�ba f
Portuguese: t|pt|boca|f
Romanian: gurÄ� f
Russian: Ñ�Ð¾Ñ� (rot) m, Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ð° (ustÃ¡) p poetic
Slovene: usta n|p
Spanish: t|es|boca|f
Swahili: kinywa (nc 7/8)
Swedish: mun#Swedish|mun m
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trans-top|an outlet, aperture or orifice
Estonian: suu
Finnish: suu
French: embouchure f
Greek: Ï�Ï�Ï�Î¼Î¹Î¿ n

Icelandic: munnur m, op n
trans-mid
Italian: imboccatÃ¹ra f, imbÃ³cco m
Persian: fa-Arab|Ø¯Ù�Ø§Ù�Ù� (dahÃ¢ne), fa-Arab|Ø³Ù�Ø±Ø§Ø® (surÃ¢x)
Polish: otwÃ³r m, ujÅ�cie n, wylot m
Portuguese: boca, entrada, orifÃcio f
Russian: Ð¾Ñ�Ð²ÐµÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ð¸Ðµ (otvÃ©rstije) n, Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ðµ (Ãºstâ��je) n
Slovene: ustje n
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trans-top|the end of a river out of which water flows
Croatian: uÅ¡Ä�e n
Czech: ÃºstÃ n
Estonian: suu
Finnish: suu
French: embouchure f
German: MÃ¼ndung f
Greek: ÎµÎºÎ²Î¿Î»ÎÏ� f|p
Ancient Greek: Ï�Ï�Ï�Î¼Î± (stoma) n
Icelandic: mynni n
trans-mid
Italian: foce f
Korean: í��êµ¬ (æ²³å�£, hagu)
Maltese: bokka f
Polish: ujÅ�cie n
Portuguese: foz f
Russian: Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ðµ (Ãºstâ��je) n
Slovene: ustje n
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Verb
en-verb

transitive To speak about something.

#: He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.

transitive To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.

#: The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.

transitive To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.

#: The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.

Derived terms
a closed mouth gathers no feet
all mouth and pants/all mouth and trousers|trousers, all mouth and no pants/all mouth and no trousers|trousers, all mouth
badmouth
big mouth
mouth-breather
mouthbrooder
mouthful
mouth music
mouth off
mouthwash
mouthy
loudmouth/loud-mouth, loudmouthed/loud-mouthed
out of the mouths of babes
put one's foot in one's mouth
shoot one's mouth off
straight from the horse's mouth
word of mouth


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