muzzle
To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating…To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.
» Why doesn't your dog wear a muzzle?
Warum trägt dein Hund keinen Maulkorb?
Warum trägt Ihr Hund keinen Maulkorb?
Почему ваша собака без намордника?
Чому твій собака не в наморднику?
Чому ваш собака не в наморднику?
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.
(figuratively, transitive)To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.
Those who want to muzzle everyone else are likely nothing less than pseudovirtuous.
jemandem einen Maulkorb verpassen
tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
(intransitive)To bring the muzzle or mouth near.
fit with a muzzle
(obsolete, transitive)To veil, mask, muffle.
(obsolete, transitive)To fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle.
Examples
17 sentencesWhy doesn't your dog wear a muzzle?
Чому твій собака не в наморднику? — deniko
ruПочему ваша собака без намордника? — odexed
deWarum trägt dein Hund keinen Maulkorb? — raggione
I need to buy a muzzle for my dog.
ruМне нужно купить собаке намордник. — marafon
Tom stroked the horse's muzzle.
The government is trying to muzzle the press.
ruПравительство пытается заткнуть рот прессе. — marafon
Coyotes have longer and pointier muzzles than wolves.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old FreFrom earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old French musel, museau, muzeau (modern French museau), from Late Latin mūsus (“snout”), probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”). Doublet of museau. Displaced native Middle English kevel from Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), see English cavel.
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Forms
muzzles, muzzling, muzzled, muzzledSynonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 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