MOUTH | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of mouth in English mouthnoun uk /maʊθ/ us /maʊθ/

mouth noun (BODY PART)

Add to word list Add to word list A1 [ C ] the opening in the face of a person or animal, consisting of the lips and the space between them, or the space behind containing the teeth and the tongue: open your mouth Open your mouth wide and say "Ah". You shouldn't put so much food in your mouth at once.   Jo McRyan/The Image Bank/GettyImages

• He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole.
• It's not polite to talk with your mouth full.
• She gave him a great big kiss on the mouth.
• She punched him in the mouth and two of his teeth came out.
• She clapped her hand over her mouth to try to stop herself from laughing.

The mouth & throat

• adenoid
• alveolar
• alveolar ridge
• bronchial tube
• buccal
• hypopharynx
• Jacobson's organ
• jawline
• labial
• labially
• mandible
• oesophagus
• pharynx
• salivary duct
• salivary gland
• smacker
• sphenopalatine
• stomodeal
• stomodeum
• sublingual

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mouth noun (OPENING)

C1 [ C usually singular ] the opening of a narrow container, the opening of a hole or cave, or the place where a river flows into the sea: mouth of Quebec sits at the mouth of the St Lawrence River. Holes, hollows and dips

• anti-crack
• aperture
• blistered
• cavity
• cranny
• cratering
• hatch
• imprint
• indention
• interstice
• jaw
• ladder
• leaky
• micropore
• shaft
• slit
• slot
• snag
• spyhole
• thumbhole

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Parts of watercourses

Idioms

be all mouth be down in the mouth keep your mouth shut make someone's mouth water a mouth to feed out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) mouthverb [ T ] uk /maʊð/ us /maʊð/ to form words with the lips without making any sound: It looks to me as if the singers are only mouthing the words . [ + speech ] "Can we go?" mouthed Mary. to say something in a way that is not sincere: I don't want to stand here listening to you mouthing apologies. See also bad-mouth informal Saying & uttering

• (your) every word idiom
• add
• come out with something phrasal verb
• every
• fall from something phrasal verb
• find your voice idiom
• get in phrasal verb
• intone
• loud
• observe
• phrase
• quoth
• say
• spoken
• string
• talk sense idiom
• think
• verbalize
• volunteer
• worded

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Affected & insincere

Phrasal verbs

mouth off (about something) mouth off (to/at someone) (Definition of mouth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

mouth | American Dictionary

mouthnoun us /mɑʊθ/

mouth noun (BODY PART)

Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] the opening in the face used by a person or animal to eat and drink: I wish you wouldn’t chew with your mouth open.

mouth noun (OPENING)

[ C usually sing ] the opening of a hole or cave: We looked down into the mouth of the volcano. [ C usually sing ] The mouth of a river is the place where it flows into the sea. [ C usually sing ] The opening of a bottle or jar is also called a mouth. mouthverb [ T ] us /mɑʊð, mɑʊθ/

mouth verb [T] (BODY PART)

to move the lips as if speaking a word: I mouthed a single word, "Please."

Phrasal verb

mouth off (Definition of mouth from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of mouth

mouth They suggested that the dryness of the lips (as compared to surfaces inside the mouth) hinders the formation of a good seal. From the Cambridge English Corpus Artificial mouths are specifically constructed to mimic the situation in the oral cavity. From the Cambridge English Corpus The food object is manipulated toward the mouth, at which time a series of bite/swallow responses occur. From the Cambridge English Corpus Specifically, mouth opening and closing, hand closing and opening, and stepping forward and backward movements were studied. From the Cambridge English Corpus All the project's interviewers observed much tending of people as children: wiping hands, fixing bibs, and putting food directly into their mouths. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their voices show that attorneys were not always able to steer witnesses along by putting words in their mouths or by asking leading questions. From the Cambridge English Corpus In bottle feeding the tongue compresses the teat against the roof of the mouth. From the Cambridge English Corpus Novelists and dramatists put hitherto taboo dialogue into the mouths of characters whose real counterparts would be unlikely to use it. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, they would be promoted by word of mouth and the credibility of the worker. From the Cambridge English Corpus The deep draught estuary was easy to defend since it had a narrow mouth surrounded by mountains. From the Cambridge English Corpus The main dominance characteristics of rediae included large size, possession of a mouth and a muscular pharynx. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is the mouth part which enters the mucosa and the worm obtains nutrition from the host tissue. From the Cambridge English Corpus Generally, the masks are not pierced at the eyes, nose, or mouth. From the Cambridge English Corpus And openness was explicitly linked to articulation, inasmuch as one "opened oneself" to the extent that one opened one's mouth. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their mouth-parts are structurally modified to enable them to catch hold on to living objects which come within their reach. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of mouth These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of mouth?

Translations of mouth

in Chinese (Traditional) 身體一部分, 嘴，口, 口腔… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 身体一部分, 嘴，口, 口腔… See more in Spanish boca, entrada, desembocadura… See more in Portuguese boca, foz, desembocadura… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian तोंड, माणसाच्या वा प्राण्याच्या चेहऱ्यावरील ओठ असलेला व दात आणि जीभ असलेला भाग., मुख… See more 口, （ほら穴やトンネルの）入口, 河口… See more ağız, giriş, dudak hareketleriyle söylemek… See more bouche [feminine], embouchure [feminine], entrée [feminine]… See more boca, entrada, desembocadura… See more mond, geluidloos woorden vormen… See more ஒரு நபர் அல்லது விலங்கின் முகத்தில் உள்ள திறப்பு, உதடுகளையும் அவற்றுக்கிடையேயான இடத்தையும் உள்ளடக்கியது, அல்லது பற்கள் மற்றும் நாக்கைக் கொண்டிருப்பதற்குப் பின்னால் உள்ள இடம்… See more मुँह, (किसी कनस्तर, गुफा या नदी का) मुहाना… See more મોઢું, મોં, મુખ… See more mund, åbning, munding… See more mun, mynning, öppning… See more mulut, pintu masuk, menggerakkan mulut… See more der Mund, die Ein-, Ausfahrt… See more munn [masculine], munning [masculine], åpning [masculine]… See more منہ, دہانہ, دہن… See more рот, уста, шийка… See more ఒక మనిషికి గాని ఒక జంతువు గాని ముఖం మీద ఉండే తెరుచుకునే అవయవం. రెండు పెదవులు ఉండి వాటి మధ్య భాగం తెలుసుకుంటుంది లేదా దీని వెనక వైపు పళ్ళు నాలుక ఉంటాయి, ముఖద్వారం / సన్నటి పాత్రకున్న రంధ్రం, రంధ్రం లేదా గుహ తెరచుకున్న చోటు లేదా నది సముద్రంలోకి ప్రవహించే ప్రదేశం… See more মুখ, একজন ব্যক্তি বা প্রাণীর মুখ, একটি পাত্রের খোলা জায়গা… See more ústa, ústí, otvor… See more mulut, menggerakkan mulut… See more ปาก, ปากทาง, บุ้ยใบ้… See more miệng, cửa (hang, sông…)… See more usta, buzia, pysk… See more 입, 입구, (강이 바다로 흘러가는) 어귀… See more bocca, imboccatura, foce… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of mouth

• bad-mouth
• big mouth
• mouth guard
• mouth harp
• mouth organ
• potty mouth
• smart mouth

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• mouth off phrasal verb
• mouth off (about something) phrasal verb
• mouth off (to/at someone) phrasal verb

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• be all mouth idiom
• word of mouth idiom
• run your mouth idiom
• shut your mouth/face idiom
• by word of mouth idiom
• foam at the mouth phrase
• a mouth to feed idiom

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