Etymology : Middle English, from Old English muth; akin to Old High German mund mouth and perhaps to Latin mentum chin
Pronunciation : 'mauth
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. facial feature above the chin and below the nose; part of the body used for eating and communicating; entrance, opening; point where a river runs into a sea; spout, nozzle; rudeness, insolent speech (Informal). express, give voice to; mumble; put into the mouth; rub or nuzzle with the lips. mouth\mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. mouths (mou&thlig;z). [oe. mouth, mu?, as. mū?; akin to d. mond, os. mū?, g. mund, icel. mu?r, munnr, sw. mun, dan. mund, goth. mun?s, and possibly l. mentum chin; or cf. d. muil mouth, muzzle, g. maul, ohg. mūla, icel. mūli, and skr. mukha mouth.].
2. the opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.
3. hence: an opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as: (a) the opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc. (b) the opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. (c) the opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. (d) the opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. (e) the entrance into a harbor.
4. (saddlery) the crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
5. a principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece. every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.
6. cry; voice. [obs.].
7. speech; language; testimony. that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. xviii.
8. 7. a wry face; a grimace; a mow. counterfeit sad looks, make mouths upon me when i turn my back.
9. The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.
10. An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.
11. The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.
12. The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.
13. The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.
14. The entrance into a harbor.
15. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
16. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
17. Cry; voice.
18. Speech; language; testimony.
19. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
20. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
21. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
22. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.
23. To make mouths at.
24. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
25. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.
26. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt. the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth" the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth" the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water; "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson" an opening that resembles a mouth ; "he rode into the mouth of the canyon"; "they built a fire at the mouth of the cave" a person conceived as a consumer of food; "he has four mouths to feed" articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word" touch with the mouth.
27. 1. Your mouth is the area of your face where your lips are or the space behind your lips where your teeth and tongue are. She clamped her hand against her mouth His mouth was full of peas. + -mouthed -mouthed He straightened up and looked at me, open-mouthed.
28. You can say that someone has a particular kind of mouth to indicate that they speak in a particular kind of way or that they say particular kinds of things. You've got such a crude mouth! + -mouthed -mouthed Simon, their smart-mouthed teenage son.
29. The mouth of a cave, hole, or bottle is its entrance or opening. By the mouth of the tunnel he bent to retie his lace. = entrance + -mouthed -mouthed He put the flowers in a wide-mouthed blue vase.
30. The mouth of a river is the place where it flows into the sea. the town at the mouth of the River Dart.
31. If you mouth something, you form words with your lips without making any sound. I mouthed a goodbye and hurried in behind Momma `It's for you,' he mouthed.
32. If you mouth something, you say it, especially without believing it or without understanding it. I mouthed some sympathetic platitudes.
33. If you have a number of mouths to feed, you have the responsibility of earning enough money to feed and look after that number of people. He had to feed his family on the equivalent of four hundred pounds a month and, with five mouths to feed, he found this very hard.
34. emphasis If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all. Sometimes I hardly dare open my mouth.
35. If you keep your mouth shut about something, you do not talk about it, especially because it is a secret. You wouldn't be here now if she'd kept her mouth shut.
36. to live hand to mouth: see:
hand heart in your mouth: see heart from the horse's mouth: see horse to put your money where your mouth is: see money shut your mouth: see shut to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth: see spoon word of mouth: see word. or oral cavity or buccal cavity Orifice through which food and air enter the body. It opens to the outside at the lips and empties into the throat at the rear and is bounded by the lips, cheeks, hard and soft palates, and glottis. Its chief structures are the teeth (see:
tooth), tongue, and palate. It is the site of chewing and speech formation. The mouth is lined by mucous membranes containing small glands that, along with the salivary glands, keep it moist and clear of food and other debris. mouth organ foot and mouth disease hoof and mouth disease.
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