Mouths - English meaning

noun

The means or opportunity to approach or enter a place.

Usage examples:

The staircase gives access to the top floor

verb

Approach or enter (a place).

Usage examples:

Single rooms have private facilities accessed via the balcony

The right to enter

noun

An opening, hole, or gap.

Usage examples:

The bell ropes passed through apertures in the ceiling

verb

Cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

Usage examples:

They bake their own bread and cakes

noun

A dish consisting of a mixture of ingredients cooked in an oven.

Usage examples:

A vegetable bake

noun

A person's mouth.

Usage examples:

Shut your bake!

noun

A person's mouth.

Usage examples:

He couldn't keep his big bazoo shut

noun

A person's mouth

Usage examples:

He was cramming food into his cakehole with alarming speed., shut your cakehole!

noun

Cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife.

Usage examples:

They chopped up the pulpit for firewood

noun

A trademark; a brand of goods.

plural noun

A person's or animal's mouth or jaws.

Usage examples:

A smack in the chops

noun

A hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle, or in the framework of a cupboard.

Usage examples:

She looked for her key and opened the door

noun

An entrance to a room or building through a door.

Usage examples:

Beth stood there in the doorway

noun

The space for a door through which you go into and out of a room or building

noun

An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.

Usage examples:

The southern entrance of the palace

verb

Fill (someone) with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention.

Usage examples:

I was entranced by the city's beauty

noun

A door, gate, etc., by which you can enter a building or place

Usage examples:

[ c ] there are two entrances – one at the front and one at the back of the building., [ u ] entran…

noun

An act of going or coming in.

Usage examples:

The door was locked, but he forced an entry

noun

A way in to somewhere or something; an entrance.

Usage examples:

For these reasons, split ductless systems are frequently found in educational and healthcare facili…

noun

A way out of a building, room, or passenger vehicle.

Usage examples:

She slipped out by the rear exit

verb

Go out of or leave a place.

Usage examples:

He exited from the changing rooms

verb

Move out of or depart from

noun

A hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge.

Usage examples:

She closed the front gate

verb

Confine (a pupil or student) to school or college.

Usage examples:

He was gated for the rest of term

noun

(in place names) a street.

Usage examples:

Kirkgate

noun

An opening that can be closed by a gate.

Usage examples:

We turned into a gateway leading to a cottage

noun

A place through which you have to go to get to another place, esp. a tall and wide entrance through a wall

Usage examples:

Fig. the new airport is regarded as the most convenient gateway to southeast asia.

noun

Something in a system that allows you to use its other parts

Usage examples:

The site's aim is to provide a central gateway for e-commerce services., the bank is your gateway t…

noun

A lump of a viscous or slimy substance.

Usage examples:

A gob of phlegm

verb

Spit.

Usage examples:

It implies not gobbing on passersby, not binge drinking while getting pregnant at the age of 12, no…

noun

An american sailor.

noun

The action or fact of going in or entering; the capacity or right of entrance.

Usage examples:

In fact, most ports are designed for easy ingress and egress.

noun

The act of entering something

Usage examples:

There had been an ingress of water into the site.

noun

A small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river.

Usage examples:

It is a land of undulating hills and hollows, dips and drumlins, rivers, inlets, estuaries and lake…

noun

A narrow channel of water that goes from a sea or lake into the land or between islands

noun

Each of the upper and lower bony structures in vertebrates forming the framework of the mouth and containing the teeth.

Usage examples:

In others, the way the upper and lower jaws meet can cause teeth to look unsightly and lead to an i…

verb

Talk at length; chatter.

Usage examples:

I was too busy to spend time jawing with the rest of the crew

plural noun

The mouth, including the teeth

Usage examples:

The lion opened its jaws and roared.

noun

A person who kisses someone, especially in a particular way.

Usage examples:

He's a good kisser

noun

Used with an adjective to describe how someone kisses

Usage examples:

Oh, he's a wonderful kisser, my boyfriend!, she punched him right in the kisser.

noun

Either of the two fleshy parts which form the upper and lower edges of the opening of the mouth.

Usage examples:

He kissed her on the lips

verb

(of water) lap against.

Usage examples:

Beaches lipped by the surf rimming the pacific

noun

The jaws or throat of a voracious animal.

Usage examples:

A gigantic wolfhound with a fearful, gaping maw

noun

A soft, wet, pulpy mass.

Usage examples:

Red lentils cook quickly and soon turn to mush

verb

Reduce (a substance) to a soft, wet, pulpy mass.

Usage examples:

I reached over to his plate with my spoon and mushed together his pie with slice of flan

exclamation

A command urging on dogs pulling a sled during a journey across snow.

noun

The projecting part of the face, including the nose and mouth, of an animal such as a dog or horse.

Usage examples:

She patted the horse's velvety muzzle

verb

Put a muzzle on (an animal).

Usage examples:

The dog should have been muzzled

noun

The mouth and nose of an animal, esp. a dog or a horse, or a covering put over this in order to prevent the animal from biting

Usage examples:

Frank will continue to muzzle his critics., dangerous dogs should be muzzled.

noun

A space or gap that allows passage or access.

Usage examples:

An opening in the roof would get rid of the smoke

adjective

Coming at the beginning of something; initial.

Usage examples:

She stole the show with her opening remark

verb

Move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision.

Usage examples:

She opened the door and went in

noun

An opening, particularly one in the body such as a nostril or the anus.

Usage examples:

On the left there was an obstructing lesion noted at the orifice of the left upper lobe bronchus.

noun

An opening or hole, especially one in the body, such as the mouth

Usage examples:

Humorous i was stuffing cake into every available orifice., formal the driver was bleeding from eve…

noun

A doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large and imposing one.

Usage examples:

I drove past the studios; the gates seemed like portals to some other world.

adjective

Relating to an opening in an organ through which major blood vessels pass, especially the transverse fissure of the liver.

Usage examples:

The liver biopsy specimen showed portal triads and sinusoids infiltrated with lymphoid cells.

noun

A large and often highly decorated entrance to a building

Usage examples:

We entered the side portal of the cathedral., the portal lets you access specific information from …

noun

An affectionate term for a cat.

Usage examples:

Dangly baubles can be too tantalizing for even the best behaved pusses

noun

A person's face, mouth, or expression.

Usage examples:

They hush up with little smiles on their pusses

noun

A device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.

Usage examples:

The squirrels ravaged the saplings, despite the baited traps

verb

Short for trapdoor.

verb

Put trappings on (a horse).

Usage examples:

The horses were trapped with black velvet

noun

An opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space.

Usage examples:

Remove any debris blocking the vents

verb

Give free expression to (a strong emotion).

Usage examples:

We vent our spleen on drug barons

noun

An opening or slit in a garment, especially in the lower part of the seam at the back of a coat.

Usage examples:

It's made from super 120's italian wool and features a three-button closure, side vents and picksti…

verb

Give a sharp, shrill bark.

Usage examples:

The dachshunds yapped at his heels

noun

A sharp, shrill bark.

Usage examples:

Frenzied yaps of delight

verb

(of a small dog) to make short, high sounds

Usage examples:

If you weren’t so busy yapping you wouldn’t have missed our exit.