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Dictionary definition: mouth
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Webster's NewWorld Dictionary
01-01-1988
mouth (for n. mouth; for v. mouth) n., mouths (mouthz)
1. the opening through which an animal takes in food; specif., the cavity, or the entire structure, in the head of any of the higher animals which contains the teeth and tongue and through which sounds are uttered
2. a)the mouth regarded as the organ of chewing and tasting b)the mouth regarded as the organ of speech
3. a person or animal regarded as a being needing food {six mouths to feed}
4. the lips, or the part of the face surrounding the lips
5. a wry expression of the face; grimace
6. any opening regarded as like the mouth; specif., a)the part of a river, stream, etc. where the water ...