MOUTH

Mouth

In animal anatomy, the mouth is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on the outside by the lips and inside by the pharynx and containing in higher vertebrates the tongue and teeth. This cavity is also known as the buccal cavity derived from the Latin bucca meaning a "cheek".

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mouth

Noun

  1. The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
  2. The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
  3. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
  4. A loud or overly talkative person.
  5. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
  6. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
  7. Cry; voice.
  8. Speech; language; testimony.
  9. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Verb

  1. To speak; to utter.
    He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
  2. To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
    The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
  3. To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
    The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
  4. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
  5. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
  6. To make mouths at.


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