[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mouth.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / mouth

[← M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/M/)

# mouth

«mouth» in Mova's school dictionary: **The opening in the face used for eating, speaking and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (mouth, mouths); verb (mouth, mouths, mouthed — say silently)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The opening in the face used for eating, speaking and breathing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#m1)

2) An opening or entrance: "the mouth of a cave". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#m2)

3) The place where a river flows into the sea: "the river mouth". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#m3)

4) As a verb, to make the shape of words with your lips without sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, digestion begins in the mouth: teeth chew and saliva softens food. In health: brush teeth, don't put small objects or unknown things in your mouth; cover your mouth when you cough. In geography, a river's mouth is where it ends. Phrases: mouth-watering, word of mouth, keep your mouth shut, big mouth.

### examples

- Open your mouth wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x1)
- Don't talk with your mouth full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x2)
- Cover your mouth when you cough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x3)
- Never put coins in your mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x4)
- The river mouth is near the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x5)
- Bats came out of the mouth of the cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x6)
- The cake looked mouth-watering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x7)
- She mouthed "thank you" across the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x8)
- Don’t open your mouth to answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x9)

### note

Plural "mouths". Digestion begins in the mouth. A river's "mouth" is its end, not its start (the start is the "source").

### In the corpora

- [Crocodiles lay eggs in nests; the mother guards them and carries the hatchlings to water in her mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/9/)
- [Caimans and crocodiles bask with their mouths open to let heat escape and cool down; it is not a threat or a yawn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/42-the-capybara/16/)
- [A sneeze is a reflex that blasts air out of the nose and mouth to clear something irritating, like dust or pepper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/13/)
- [Menthol in mint switches on the nerve sensors that detect cold, so the mouth feels cool though it is not colder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/12/)
- [Crocodiles cannot sweat, so they lie with their mouths open to let heat out and go into water or shade.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mouth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.