mouth
/maʊθ/ noun A1- The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested. · "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.· She kissed him on the mouth.
- The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river. · The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.
- An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- A loud or overly talkative person. · My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.
- A gossip.
- The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
Plural mouths
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He was a tall boy, with curly brown hair, roguish hazel eyes, and a mouth twisted into a teasing smile.
It has eight of these long legs, and as the monster crawls through the forest he seizes an animal with a leg and drags it to his mouth, where he eats it as a spider does a fly.
Its head was a small sack stuffed with straw, with eyes, nose, and mouth painted on it to represent a face.
“I am never hungry,” he said, “and it is a lucky thing I am not, for my mouth is only painted, and if I should cut a hole in it so I could eat, the straw I am stuffed with would come out, and that would spoil the shape of my head.”
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