mouth
To speak; to utterTo speak; to utter.
» Don't speak with your mouth full.
Redet nicht mit vollem Mund.
Sprich nicht mit vollem Mund.
Sprich nicht mit vollem Mund!
Mit vollem Munde spricht man nicht!
Не разговаривай с набитым ртом.
Не разговаривай с полным ртом.
Не говори с набитым ртом.
Не говори с набитым ртом!
Не разговаривайте с полным ртом.
Не говори с полным ртом.
Не балакай з повним ротом.
Не розмовляй з повним ротом.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To speak; to utter.
He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
How can you get up there and mouth such clichés?
(transitive)To represent (words or sounds) by making the actions of speech, but silently, without producing sound; to frame.
The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
She mouthed a warning to me as the teacher entered the room.
(intransitive, transitive)To move the mouth, with or without sound; to form (air or words) with the mouth, with or without sound.
articulate silently; form words with the lips only
(ambitransitive)To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
touch with the mouth
(transitive)To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
To carry in the mouth.
To form a mouth or opening in.
To examine the teeth of.
(obsolete)To make mouths at
Examples
1269 sentencesDon't speak with your mouth full.
Не балакай з повним ротом.
ruНе разговаривай с набитым ртом.
deRedet nicht mit vollem Mund.
Why don't you give your mouth a rest?
Чому б тобі не замовкнути?
ruА что бы тебе не дать языку отдохнуть?
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Дарованому коневі в зуби не заглядають.
ruДарёному коню в зубы не смотрят.
deEinem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul.
Keep your mouth shut.
Тримай рот на замку.
ruМолчи!
deHalt den Mund!
The baby opened his mouth.
Немовля відкрило рот.
ruРебёнок открыл рот.
deDas Baby öffnete seinen Mund.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from ProtFrom Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”).
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Forms
mouths, mouthing, mouthed, mouthedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- mouth shut
- his mouth shut
- opened his mouth
- keep your mouth
- your mouth full
- keep his mouth
- with your mouth
- your mouth shut
- my mouth shut
- mouth full
- kept my mouth
- in his mouth