Meaning of mouth | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
2. mouth, oral cavity
3. entrance, opening
4. The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
5. estuary
6. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
7. A loud or overly talkative person.
   slang
8. A gossip.
   slang
9. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
10. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
    obsolete
11. Speech; language; testimony.
    obsolete
12. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“"Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.”

“I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.”

“The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.”

“The Yalu is mainly useful in floating down immense rafts of wood, which find their way from the town of Antung, at the mouth of the river, to the port of Newchwang, and to Chefoo and Tientsin for the provinces of Shantung and Chihli.”

“But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses.”

“‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’”

“But why give a tunnel mouth any decoration whatsoever?”

“My kid sister is a real mouth; she never shuts up.”

“Siobhán, you know Donna's a mouth.”

“Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.”

“that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established”

“Counterfeit sad looks, / Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.”

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