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  • 31mouth — {{11}}mouth (n.) O.E. muþ mouth, opening, door, gate, from P.Gmc. *munthaz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. muth, O.N. munnr, Dan. mund, M.Du. mont, Du. mond, O.H.G. mund, Ger. Mund, Goth. munþs mouth ), with characteristic loss of nasal consonant in Old… …

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  • 32mouth — I. noun (plural mouths) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mūth; akin to Old High German mund mouth and perhaps to Latin mentum chin Date: before 12th century 1. a. the natural opening through which food passes… …

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  • 33mouth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. oral cavity, lips, kisser (sl.), trap (sl.); muzzle; entrance, exit, inlet, outlet. See opening, edge, egress, ingress. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Oral cavity] Syn. maw, jaws, stoma, muzzle, lips, kisser* …

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  • 34mouth — noun (plural mouths) 1》 the opening and cavity in the lower part of the face, surrounded by the lips, through which food and air are taken and vocal sounds are emitted.     ↘the corresponding opening through which an animal takes in food. 2》 an… …

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  • 35mouth — n 1. orifice, oral opening or cavity, muzzle, Sl. kisser, Sl. yap, Sl. trap, Sl. bazoo, chops, jaw or jaws; jawbone, maxilla, mandible. 2. utterance, expression, ventilation, airing, voice, vocalization. 3. idle or empty talk, boasting, bragging …

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  • 36mouth — see out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks never look a gift horse in the mouth God never sends mouths but He sends meat a shut mouth catches no flies a sow may whistle, though it has an ill mouth for it o …

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  • 37mouth — Synonyms and related words: Brillat Savarin, Lucullus, access, announce, aperture, arm, armlet, articulate, audacity, back talk, backchat, bay, bayou, bazoo, be hypocritical, belt, betray, bight, bite, blandish, blow, blubber, blue, board and… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 38mouth — 1. noun /maʊθ,maʊð/ a) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested. Open your mouth and say aah, directed the doctor. b) The end of a river out of which water flows. The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring …

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  • 39mouth — 1. SYN: oral cavity. 2. The opening, usually the external opening, of a cavity or canal. See os (2), ostium, orifice, stoma (2). [A.S. muth] carp m. a m. like that of the carp, with downturning of the corners; observed in Cornelia de Lange …

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  • 40Mouth — Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is a medieval English surnames. It originates from the term maugh pronounced muff, and was a nickname for someone who was related by marriage to an important personality. Recorded as Muff, Maugh, Mough …

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