Meaning

12 senses
  1. (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)

  2. 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

  3. (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

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. A facial hematoma or black eye.

  7. 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.

  8. A match used in firing guns or blasting.

  9. A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).

  10. (historical)A small cushion for a woman's hair.

  11. Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.

  12. 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 sentences
  1. Is the mouse dead or alive?

    Миша жива або мертва?

    ruМышь дохлая или живая?

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  2. 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.

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  3. I saw a snake eating a mouse.

    Я бачив, як змія їсть мишу.

    ruЯ видел, как змея ест мышь.

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  4. Tom wasn't able to catch the mouse.

    Том не зміг зловити мишу.

    ruТом не смог поймать мышь.

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  5. He stood up and looked at the mouse.

    Він підвівся і подивився на мишу.

    ruОн встал и посмотрел на мышь.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
rodent of the genus Mus:
Русский
By meaning 1
rodent of the genus Mus:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
rodent of the genus Mus:
shy person:
computing: input device:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, f

Inherited 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 / mouses
Singularmouse
Pluralmice / mouses

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • catch the mouse
  • afraid of mice
  • mouse in the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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