mouse
/maʊs/ verb C2- To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.
- To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire. · Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.
- To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
He/she/it mouses · Past moused · Past participle moused · -ing form mousing
Verb forms
- Base form
- mouse
- He/she/it
- mouses
- Past
- moused
- Past participle
- moused
- -ing form
- mousing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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## The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
A MOUSE who always lived on the land, by an unlucky chance formed an intimate acquaintance with a Frog, who lived for the most part in the water.
The Frog, one day intent on mischief, bound the foot of the Mouse tightly to his own.
Thus joined together, the Frog first of all led his friend the Mouse to the meadow where they were accustomed to find their food.
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