mouth
/maʊð/ verb C2- To speak; to utter. · He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.· How can you get up there and mouth such clichés?
- To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame. · The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.· She mouthed a warning to me as the teacher entered the room.
- To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
- To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
- To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
- To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow. · The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
- To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
- To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
He/she/it mouths · Past mouthed · Past participle mouthed · -ing form mouthing
Verb forms
- Base form
- mouth
- He/she/it
- mouths
- Past
- mouthed
- Past participle
- mouthed
- -ing form
- mouthing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.
For some minutes it puffed away without speaking, but at last it unfolded its arms, took the hookah out of its mouth again, and said, “So you think you’re changed, do you?”
“You’ll get used to it in time,” said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again.
In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned once or twice, and shook itself.
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