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