mouse
Any mammal of the many rodent families that have a small body and a long tailAny mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
» Is the mouse dead or alive?
Мышь дохлая или живая?
Мышка дохлая или живая?
Миша жива або мертва?
Meaning
12 senses(broadly)Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
Near-synonyms: murine, murid, vole (all parasynonymous with this broad sense)
Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
(broadly)Such a rodent that is of the genus Mus.
Maus, Muus
мышьmyšʹ, мы́шкаmýška
ми́шаmýša, мишmyš, ми́шкаmýška
(broadly, figuratively)A quiet or shy person.
She's probably hiding in her room, she always does when we have company. She's our little mouse.
graue Maus
мышьmyšʹ, мы́шкаmýška
person who is quiet or timid
An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
My mouse needs new batteries.
Maus, Computermaus, Rechnermaus
мы́шкаmýška, мышьmyšʹ
ми́шкаmýška, ми́шаmýša
An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
(broadly)An on-screen pointer controlled by a mouse device.
Move the mouse over the icon.
A facial hematoma or black eye.
A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
A match used in firing guns or blasting.
A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
(historical)A small cushion for a woman's hair.
Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
(broadly, figuratively, obsolete)A familiar term of endearment.
Examples
588 sentencesIs the mouse dead or alive?
Миша жива або мертва?
ruМышь дохлая или живая?
This mouse was killed by my cat.
Цю мишу задушив мій кіт.
ruЭта мышка была убита моей кошкой.
deDiese Maus wurde von meiner Katze getötet.
I saw a snake eating a mouse.
Я бачив, як змія їсть мишу.
ruЯ видел, как змея ест мышь.
Tom wasn't able to catch the mouse.
Том не зміг зловити мишу.
ruТом не смог поймать мышь.
He stood up and looked at the mouse.
Він підвівся і подивився на мишу.
ruОн встал и посмотрел на мышь.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, fInherited from Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.
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Forms
plural: mice / mousesSynonyms
7 synonyms- a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad:computer mouse
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye:shinerblack eye
Word family
119 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
3 patterns- catch the mouse
- afraid of mice
- mouse in the