jaw
/d͡ʒɔ/ noun B2- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- The part of the face below the mouth. · His jaw dropped in amazement.
- Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance. · the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
- A notch or opening.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place. · the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them. · the jaws of a vise; the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
- The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- Impudent, abusive, or worthless talk.
Plural jaws
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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With gently smiling jaws!”
“You are old,” said the youth, “and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak— Pray, how did you manage to do it?”
And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,
A Wolf accustomed to moving his own cubs can, if necessary, mouth an egg without breaking it, and though Father Wolf’s jaws closed right on the child’s back not a tooth even scratched the skin as he laid it down among the cubs.
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