mouth

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for mouth

mouth 🔊 /mawˈθ/

mouth : මුව

mouth : වාග්ද්වාරය

mouth : මුඛ

mouth : මුඛය

mouth : තුඩාව

mouth : මිය

mouth : කට

mouth definition

Noun.

  1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.
  2. An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;
  3. The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.
  4. The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.
  5. The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.
  6. The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.
  7. The entrance into a harbor.
  8. The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
  9. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
  10. Cry; voice.
  11. Speech; language; testimony.
  12. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Transitive verb.

  1. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
  2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
  3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.
  4. To make mouths at.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
  2. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.
  3. To make grimaces, Especially. in ridicule or contempt.