mouth

Meaning

Noun

1. The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
2. 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.
3. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
4. (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
5. (slang) A gossip.
6. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
7. (obsolete) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
8. (obsolete) Speech; language; testimony.
9. (obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Verb

1. (transitive) To speak; to utter.
2. (transitive) To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
4. (ambitransitive) To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
5. To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
6. (transitive) To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
7. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
8. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
9. To carry in the mouth.
10. (obsolete) To make mouths at
11. To form a mouth or opening in.
12. To examine the teeth of.

Synonyms

opening

face

orifice

beak

lip

estuary

lips

👄

hole

🕳️

mouthpiece

speak

🗣️

maw

utter

muzzle

verbalize

tunnel

entrance

spout

snout

head

gob

nozzle

oral cavity

talk

🗣️

backtalk

gap

outfall

oral fissure

sass

gate

door

🚪

river mouth

rima oris

verbalise

back talk

brim

aperture

sassing

slot

mouth to feed

os

pharynx

lacuna

point

inlet

intake

abyss

jaws

edge

eater

bill

Translations

bouche

boca

bocca

Mund

👄

boca

mond

στόμα

embouchure

boca

ağız

Mündung

فم

Maul

os

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maʊθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mouth

Inherited from Old English: mūþ

Cognate with Scots: mooth

Cognate with Northern Frisian: müd

Cognate with Western Frisian: mûn

Cognate with Dutch: mond

Cognate with German: Mund

Cognate with Swedish: mun

Cognate with Norwegian: munn

Cognate with Danish: mund

Cognate with Faroese: muður

Cognate with Icelandic: munnur

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃

Cognate with Latin: mentum

Cognate with Ancient Greek: μάσταξ

Cognate with Albanian: mjekër

Cognate with Welsh: mant

Cognate with Hittite:

Inherited from Middle English: mouthen

In summary

From Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”).
Cognate with Scots mooth (“mouth”), North Frisian mös, müs, Mür (“mouth”), West Frisian mûn (“mouth”), Dutch mond (“mouth”), muide (“river mouth”) and mui (“riptide”), German Mund (“mouth”), Luxembourgish Mond (“mouth”), Danish mund (“mouth”), Faroese muður, munnur (“mouth”), Icelandic munnur (“mouth”), Swedish mun (“mouth”), Norwegian munn (“mouth”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs, “mouth”), Latin mentum (“chin”) and mandō (“to chew”), Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “jaws, mouth”) and μασάομαι (masáomai, “to chew”), Albanian mjekër (“chin, beard”), Welsh mant (“jawbone”), Hittite [script needed] (mēni, “chin”). The verb is from Middle English mouthen, from the noun.

Sentences

It brought his heart into his mouth .

Young girl wearing white holding colorful paper by her mouth .

It is navigable for approximately upstream from its mouth on the Delaware .