Mouth | Mean of mouth in English Dictionary

/ˈmaʊθ/

• Noun
• the opening through which food passes into the body
1. He kissed her on the mouth.
2. He threatened to punch me in the mouth.
3. She stood there with her mouth agape/open.
4. I burned the roof of my mouth.
5. They told him to keep his mouth closed when chewing and not to talk with his mouth full.
6. He wiped his mouth with a napkin after eating.
7. She regretted saying it as soon as the words were out of her mouth.
8. The smell of the food made my mouth water.
9. The candy melts in your mouth.
10. He says something stupid every time he opens his mouth. [=every time he speaks]
11. The experience left a bad taste in my mouth. [=the experience left me feeling bad or disgusted]
12. The medication is taken by mouth.
• an opening in something
1. the mouth of a cave/bottle
• the place where a river enters the ocean
1. the mouth of the river = the river's mouth

• an unpleasant or offensive way of talking
1. That guy has quite a mouth on him.
2. He has a loud mouth.
3. He cursed and his mother angrily told him to watch his mouth. [=to not use offensive language]
• unhappy or depressed
1. I was surprised to see her looking so down in the mouth.
• to not say anything
1. When he starts talking about politics, I just keep my mouth shut.
• to not talk about something (such as a secret)
1. She told me to keep my mouth shut about the news. [=she told me not to tell anyone about the news]
2. I never tell him anything important because he doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut. [=he tells other people what he has been told]
• a person (such as a child) who needs to be fed
1. They can't afford another child. They already have too many (hungry) mouths to feed.
• Verb
• to say or repeat (something) without really meaning it or understanding it
1. She was just mouthing the usual meaningless platitudes about the need for reform.
• to form (words) with your lips without speaking
1. The librarian mouthed “quiet.”
2. silently mouthing the words to a song
• to talk in a loud, unpleasant, or rude way
1. He got in trouble again for mouthing off to his teacher.
2. She's always mouthing off about how much better she could run the company herself.