mouth
To speak; to utterTo speak; to utter.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Don't speak with your mouth full.
Redet nicht mit vollem Mund. — MUIRIEL
Sprich nicht mit vollem Mund. — MUIRIEL
Sprich nicht mit vollem Mund! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mit vollem Munde spricht man nicht! — Waldelfe
Не разговаривай с набитым ртом. — tirpitz
Не разговаривай с полным ртом. — shanghainese
Не говори с набитым ртом. — saiko
Не говори с набитым ртом! — marafon
Не разговаривайте с полным ртом. — marafon
Не говори с полным ртом. — Sir
Не балакай з повним ротом. — aandrusiak
Не розмовляй з повним ротом. — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — aandrusiak
ruНе разговаривай с набитым ртом. — tirpitz
deRedet nicht mit vollem Mund. — MUIRIEL
Why don't you give your mouth a rest?
Чому б тобі не замовкнути? — deniko
ruА что бы тебе не дать языку отдохнуть? — Ooneykcall
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Дарованому коневі в зуби не заглядають. — Ahha
ruДарёному коню в зубы не смотрят. — al_ex_an_der
deEinem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul. — xtofu80
Keep your mouth shut.
Тримай рот на замку. — deniko
ruМолчи! — Arkadeko
deHalt den Mund! — Dejo
The baby opened his mouth.
Немовля відкрило рот. — ChickenKiev
ruРебёнок открыл рот. — marafon
deDas Baby öffnete seinen Mund. — xtofu80
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
See also
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