mouth

/mauθ - mauð/

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Explanation of the Word "Mouth"

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

Advanced Usage:

• In literature, "mouth" can symbolize communication or expression. For example, "His mouth was a source of wisdom" suggests that the person shares valuable thoughts.

Word Variants:

• Mouthful (noun): The amount that can be held in the mouth, often referring to a large bite of food (e.g., "He took a mouthful of cake").
• Mouthpiece (noun): Can refer to the part of a device that you put in your mouth, or a spokesperson for someone (e.g., "The lawyer was the mouthpiece for the company").
• Mouthing (verb): The act of silently forming words.

Different Meanings:

• In a more figurative sense, "mouth" can refer to speaking or voicing opinions, as in "She has a loud mouth" meaning she talks a lot, often without thinking.

Synonyms:

• For the physical mouth: opening, oral cavity, jaws.
• For the act of speaking: speak, verbalize, articulate.

Idioms:

• “Put your money where your mouth is” means to take action to support what you say or believe.
• “A mouthful” can mean something hard to say or a lot of information to convey.

Phrasal Verbs:

• Mouth off: To talk back or speak in an impudent way (e.g., "He always mouths off to his teachers").
• Mouth to: To express something without saying it out loud (e.g., "She mouthed to him to be quiet").

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Noun

1. the opening of a jar or bottle
   • the jar had a wide mouth
2. an impudent or insolent rejoinder
   • don't give me any of your sass
3. a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
4. a person conceived as a consumer of food
   • he has four mouths to feed
5. the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
   • New York is at the mouth of the Hudson
6. an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
   • he rode into the mouth of the canyon
   • they built a fire at the mouth of the cave
7. 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
8. the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
   • he stuffed his mouth with candy

Verb

1. touch with the mouth
2. articulate silently; form words with the lips only
   • She mouthed a swear word
3. express in speech
   • She talks a lot of nonsense
   • This depressed patient does not verbalize

Synonyms

• sass
• sassing
• backtalk
• back talk
• lip
• mouthpiece
• oral cavity
• oral fissure
• rima oris
• talk
• speak
• utter
• verbalize
• verbalise