mouth
    n 1: the opening through which food is taken in and
         vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"
         [syn: mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris]
    2: the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face
       and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped
       lipstick from her mouth"
    3: an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge);
       "he rode into the mouth of the canyon"; "they built a fire at
       the mouth of the cave"
    4: the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water;
       "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson"
    5: a person conceived as a consumer of food; "he has four mouths
       to feed"
    6: a spokesperson (as a lawyer) [syn: mouthpiece, mouth]
    7: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your
       sass" [syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk,
       lip, mouth]
    8: the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth"
    v 1: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This
         depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk,
         speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise]
    2: articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She
       mouthed a swear word"
    3: touch with the mouth

Mouth \Mouth\ (mou[th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mouthed
   (mou[th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Mouthing.]
   1. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth
      or teeth; to chew; to devour. --Dryden.
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   2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak
      in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner; as, mouthing
      platitudes. "Mouthing big phrases." --Hare.
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            Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes.  --Tennyson.
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   3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her
      cub. --Sir T. Browne.
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   4. To make mouths at. [R.] --R. Blair.
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Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. Mouths (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth,
   mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth],
   G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth.
   mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil
   mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[=u]la, Icel. m[=u]li, and Skr.
   mukha mouth.]
   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.
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   2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice;
      aperture; as:
      (a) 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.
      (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit,
          well, or den.
      (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it
          is discharged.
      (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any
          stream are discharged.
      (e) The entrance into a harbor.
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   3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters
      the mouth of an animal.
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   4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a
      mouthpiece.
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            Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman
            belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street
            where he lives.                       --Addison.
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   5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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   6. Speech; language; testimony.
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            That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every
            word may be established.              --Matt. xviii.
                                                  16.
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   7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
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            Counterfeit sad looks,
            Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. --Shak.
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   Down at the mouth or Down in the mouth, chapfallen; of
      dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or
      Colloq.]

   Mouth friend, one who professes friendship insincerely.
      --Shak.

   Mouth glass, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or
      teeth.

   Mouth honor, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak.

   Mouth organ. (Mus.)
      (a) Pan's pipes. See Pandean.
      (b) An harmonicon.

   Mouth pipe, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the
      escaping air and make a sound.

   To stop the mouth, to silence or be silent; to put to
      shame; to confound.

   To put one's foot in one's mouth, to say something which
      causes one embarrassment.

   To run off at the mouth, to speak excessively.

   To talk out of both sides of one's mouth, to say things
      which are contradictory.
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            The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
                                                  --Ps. lxiii.
                                                  11.
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            Whose mouths must be stopped.         --Titus i. 11.
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Mouth \Mouth\, v. i.
   1. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to
      vociferate; to rant.
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            I'll bellow out for Rome, and for my country,
            And mouth at Caesar, till I shake the senate.
                                                  --Addison.
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   2. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss. [R.] --Shak.
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   3. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.
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            Well I know, when I am gone,
            How she mouths behind my back.        --Tennyson.
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MOUTH, n.  In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of
the heart.