Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mouth
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n. & v. --n. (pl. mouths) 1 a an external opening in the head, through which most animals admit food and emit communicative sounds. b (in humans and some animals) the cavity behind it containing the means of biting and chewing and the vocal organs. 2 a the opening of a container such as a bag or sack. b the opening of a cave, volcano, etc. c the open end of a woodwind or brass instrument. d the muzzle of a gun. 3 the place where a river enters the sea. 4 colloq. a talkativeness. b impudent talk; cheek. 5 an individual regarded as needing sustenance (an extra mouth to feed). 6 a horse's readiness to feel and obey the pressure of the bit. --v. 1 tr. & intr. utter or speak solemnly or with affectations; rant, declaim (mouthing platitudes). 2 tr. utter very distinctly. 3 intr. a move the lips silently. b grimace. 4 tr. take (food) in the mouth. 5 tr. touch with the mouth. 6 tr. train the mouth of (a horse). Phrases and idioms give mouth (of a dog) bark, bay. keep one's mouth shut colloq. not reveal a secret. mouth-organ = HARMONICA. mouth-to-mouth (of resuscitation) in which a person breathes into a subject's lungs through the mouth. mouth-watering 1 (of food etc.) having a delicious smell or appearance. 2 tempting, alluring. put words into a person's mouth represent a person as having said something in a particular way. take the words out of a person's mouth say what another was about to say. Derivatives mouthed adj. (also in comb.). mouther n. mouthless adj. Etymology: OE muth f. Gmc
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I. noun (plural ~s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mūth; akin to Old High German mund ~ and perhaps to Latin mentum chin Date: before 12th century 1. the natural opening through which food passes into the body of an animal and which in vertebrates is typically bounded externally by the lips and internally by the pharynx and encloses the tongue, gums, and teeth, grimace , an individual requiring food , 2. voice, speech , ~piece 3a, c. a tendency to excessive talk, saucy or disrespectful language ; impudence, something that resembles a ~ especially in affording entrance or exit: as, the place where a stream enters a larger body of water, the surface opening of an underground cavity, the opening of a container, an opening in the side of an organ flue pipe, ~like adjective II. Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. speak, pronounce, to utter bombastically ; declaim, to repeat without comprehension or sincerity , to form soundlessly with the lips , to utter indistinctly ; mumble , to take into the ~, intransitive verb 1. to talk pompously ; rant, to talk insolently or impudently, to move the ~ especially so as to make faces, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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