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mouths definition and meaning

n. 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.
n. An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;
n. 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.
n. The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.
n. The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.
n. The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.
n. The entrance into a harbor.
n. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
n. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
n. Cry; voice.
n. Speech; language; testimony.
n. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
v. t. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
v. t. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
v. t. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.
v. t. To make mouths at.
v. i. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
v. i. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.
v. i. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.
pl. of Mouth

Crossword clues for mouths

- bay opening
- Embouchure
- Oral cavity
- Scowl
- Bay openings
- Mine entrances