Thesaurus: mouth

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1. n. 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.
2. n. An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;
3. n. 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.
4. n. The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.
5. n. The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.
6. n. The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.
7. n. The entrance into a harbor.
8. n. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
9. n. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
10. n. Cry; voice.
11. n. Speech; language; testimony.
12. n. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
13. v. t. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
14. v. t. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
15. v. t. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.
16. v. t. To make mouths at.
17. v. i. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
18. v. i. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.
19. v. i. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.