mouth

Meanings

Noun

• The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
• The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
• An outlet, aperture or orifice.
• A loud or overly talkative person.
• The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
• A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
• Speech; language; testimony.
• A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Verb

• To speak; to utter.
• To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
• To form with the mouth.
• To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
• To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
• To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
• 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 make mouths at
• To form a mouth or opening in.
• To examine the teeth of.

Origin

• From Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-. Cognate with Scots mooth ("mouth"), North Frisian müd, müth, müss, West Frisian mûn ("mouth"), Dutch mond ("mouth"), muide and mui, German Mund ("mouth"), Swedish mun ("mouth"), Norwegian munn ("mouth"), Faroese muður, munnur, Icelandic munnur ("mouth"), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 ("mouth"), Latin mentum ("chin") and mandō, Ancient Greek μάσταξ ("jaws, mouth") and μασάομαι, Albanian mjekër ("chin, beard"), Welsh mant ("jawbone"), Hittite ("chin").
• The verb is from Middle English mouthen, from the noun.