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📖 Определения и значения для слова mouth

📒 the opening in the face used for speaking, eating, etc.; the area inside the head behind this opening

  • She opened her mouth to say something.
  • His mouth twisted into a wry smile.
  • Their mouths fell open (= they were surprised).

📒 a person considered only as somebody who needs to be provided with food

  • Now there would be another mouth to feed.
  • The world will not be able to support all these extra hungry mouths.
  • Twins would mean two extra mouths to feed.

📒 the place where a river joins the sea

  • A number of industries sprang up around the mouth of the river.
  • Pelicans are found close to river mouths.

📒 the entrance or opening of something

  • the mouth of a cave/pit
  • Up ahead was the tunnel mouth.
  • They drew nearer to the mouth of the cave.

📒 a particular way of speaking

  • He has a foul mouth on him!
  • Watch your mouth! (= stop saying things that are rude and/or offensive)

📒 having the type or shape of mouth mentioned

  • a round, wide-mouthed face
  • a narrow-mouthed cave

📒 having a particular way of speaking

  • a rather crude-mouthed individual

📒 if you say somebody is all mouth, you mean that they talk a lot about doing something, but are, in fact, not brave enough to do it

📒 having rich parents

📒 used to say that somebody seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really

📒 because people tell each other and not because they read about it

  • The news spread by word of mouth.
  • The restaurant does not advertise, but relies on word of mouth for custom.

📒 unhappy and depressed

📒 to have a mass of small bubbles in and around its mouth, especially because it is sick or angry

  • The dog started foaming at the mouth.

📒 to be very angry

📒 given by somebody who is directly involved and therefore likely to be accurate

📒 to be bad at keeping secrets

📒 to talk too much, especially about your own abilities and achievements

📒 somebody feels nervous or frightened about something

  • My heart was in my mouth as I opened the envelope.

📒 to not talk about something to somebody because it is a secret or because it will upset or annoy them

  • I've warned them to keep their mouths shut about this.
  • Now she's upset—why couldn't you keep your mouth shut?
  • The athletes were warned to keep their mouths shut about politics.

📒 to make you feel upset or ashamed afterwards

  • The whole business left a bad taste in my mouth.

📒 to spend all the money you earn on basic needs such as food without being able to save any money

📒 to refuse or criticize something that is given to you for nothing

  • I’m never one to look a gift horse in the mouth.

📒 used when you realize that you have said something that you should not have said

📒 to be soft and very good to eat

  • They serve steaks that just melt in your mouth.

📒 used when a small child has just said something that seems very wise or clever

📒 to say or do something that upsets, offends or embarrasses somebody

  • I really put my foot in my mouth with Ella—I didn't know she'd split up with Tom.

📒 to support what you say by doing something practical; to show by your actions that you really mean something

📒 to suggest that somebody has said something when in fact they have not

  • He felt after the interview that the police officers had been trying to put words into his mouth.

📒 to talk too much, in a way that is not sensible

📒 to talk about something in a way that shows that you are too proud of it

📒 to talk about something that is private or secret

📒 a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet or stop talking

📒 to take away somebody’s job so that they are no longer able to earn enough money to live

📒 to say what somebody else was going to say

  • I was about to say we should cancel the trip, but she took the words right out of my mouth.

📒 to be careful what you say in order not to offend somebody or make them angry

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