📖 M — The English dictionary · page 47

mourner — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who feels or shows sadness because someone has died, especially a person at a funeral.↗ Example: Hundreds of mourners came to the funeral.↗ · The mourners stood quietly by the grave.↗ · A mourner laid a bunch of white flowers.↗ · The church was full of mourners.↗ · Mourners shared happy memories of their grandad.↗ · The mourners walked slowly behind the coffin.↗ · Here the young chief mourner came to receive him.↗ · I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will lead him also, and requite with comforts him and his mourners.↗ (Prophets ISA.57.18, JPS 1917)↗ · I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.↗ (Writings JOB.29.25, JPS 1917)↗

mournful — Everyday, meaning 1: Mournful means full of sorrow or sadness, showing grief.↗ Example: Why are you so mournful? she asks.↗ · He looked very mournful after the game.↗ · A mournful wind blew over the moor.↗ · I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.↗ (Writings PSA.35.14, JPS 1917)↗

mournfully — Everyday, meaning 1: Mournfully means in a sad, sorrowful way, as if grieving.↗ Example: "Died!" mournfully repeated the old woman.↗ · "She does not see me yet," he thought mournfully.↗ · "That is the King," he said mournfully.↗ · Ye have said: 'It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked mournfully because of the LORD of hosts?↗ (Prophets MAL.3.14, JPS 1917)↗

mourning — Everyday, meaning 1: Great sadness shown after someone dies.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The time when people show sadness after a death, often with special customs or black clothes: a period of mourning.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb form) -ing form of «mourn»: they are mourning their grandad.↗ Example: The whole town was in mourning after the accident.↗ · They wore black as a sign of mourning.↗ · The country held a day of mourning.↗ · She is still mourning her old cat.↗ · The flags flew at half-mast for mourning.↗ · It is natural to feel sad when you are mourning someone.↗ · We were quiet out of respect for the mourning family.↗ · There was great mourning throughout the land.↗ · And Esau said in his heart: 'Let the days of mourning for my father be at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.'↗ (Torah GEN.27.41, JPS 1917)↗ · And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.↗ (Torah DEU.34.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they wailed with a very great and sore wailing; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.↗ (Torah GEN.50.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?'↗ (Writings PSA.42.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?↗ (Writings PSA.43.2, JPS 1917)↗ · In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks.↗ (Writings DAN.10.2, JPS 1917)↗

mouse — Everyday, meaning 1: A mouse is a very small animal with a long thin tail, round ears and sharp teeth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A computer mouse is a small tool you move by hand to point and click on a screen.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A shy, quiet person is sometimes called a mouse.↗ Example: The mouse jumped 12 inches less than the frog.↗ · How far did the mouse jump?↗ · There are 6 mice in the barn.↗ · How much farther did the grasshopper jump than the mouse?↗ · The mouse ate some cheese.↗ · Click the mouse to open the file.↗ · She was as quiet as a mouse.↗ · Our cat chased a mouse into the garden.↗ · A mouse is a mammal.↗ · The story is about a brave little mouse.↗ · "Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse.↗ · And these are they which are unclean unto you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kinds, (Torah LEV.11.29, JPS 1917)↗ · And they put the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.↗ (Prophets 1SA.6.11, JPS 1917)↗ · They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the detestable thing, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.↗ (Prophets ISA.66.17, JPS 1917)↗

mouser — Everyday, meaning 1: A mouser is a cat (or sometimes another animal) that is good at catching mice.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK) The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is the official cat at 10 Downing Street, the home of the British Prime Minister.↗ Example: Our farm cat is an excellent mouser.↗ · The bakery kept a mouser to protect the flour.↗ · Larry is the Chief Mouser at 10 Downing Street.↗ · Ships once carried mousers to catch rats and mice.↗ · That lazy cat is no mouser; the mice walk past it.↗ · A mouser can catch several mice a night.↗ · "You may have her, and you will find that she is a good mouser too."↗

moustache — Everyday, meaning 1: A moustache is hair that grows on a man's upper lip, between the nose and the mouth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A milk moustache is a white line of milk left on the upper lip after drinking.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Some animals and insects have long feelers near their mouths called moustaches.↗ Example: Grandad has a big grey moustache.↗ · The villain twirled his curly moustache.↗ · You've got a milk moustache!↗ · Dad grew a moustache for Movember.↗ · Hercule Poirot is famous for his neat moustache.↗ · The walrus has a moustache of stiff whiskers.↗ · When the king had so said, the door opened of itself, and they went in, while the king gnawed his moustache in anger.↗

mousy — Everyday, meaning 1: (of hair) A dull light brown colour, like a mouse.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a person) Quiet, shy and not easily noticed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Like a mouse or smelling of mice.↗ Example: She had mousy brown hair tied in a ponytail.↗ · The new boy was mousy and hardly spoke.↗ · The old shed had a mousy smell.↗ · A mousy little clerk sat behind the desk.↗ · Don't call people mousy – it can hurt their feelings.↗ · The mousy kitten hid under the sofa.↗

mouth — Everyday, meaning 1: The opening in the face used for eating, speaking and breathing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An opening or entrance.↗ e.g. "the mouth of a cave".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The place where a river flows into the sea.↗ e.g. "the river mouth".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: As a verb, to make the shape of words with your lips without sound.↗ Example: Open your mouth wide.↗ · Don't talk with your mouth full.↗ · Cover your mouth when you cough.↗ · Never put coins in your mouth.↗ · The river mouth is near the town.↗ · Bats came out of the mouth of the cave.↗ · The cake looked mouth-watering.↗ · She mouthed "thank you" across the room.↗ · Don’t open your mouth to answer.↗ · And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.↗ (Torah GEN.29.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.'↗ (Torah GEN.24.57, JPS 1917)↗ · Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.'↗ (Torah EXO.4.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Set the horn to thy mouth.↗ (Prophets HOS.8.1, JPS 1917)↗ · I lay my hand upon my mouth.↗ (Writings JOB.40.4, JPS 1917)↗ · After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.↗ (Writings JOB.3.1, JPS 1917)↗

mouthful — Everyday, meaning 1: The amount of food or drink that fills your mouth or that you put in at one time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A long word or name that is hard to say: «mastication» is a mouthful.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) give someone a mouthful: to say rude or angry words to them (UK).↗ Example: Don't talk with your mouth full — swallow that mouthful first!↗ · He took a big mouthful of cake.↗ · Just have one mouthful of broccoli.↗ · Her full name is a real mouthful.↗ · «Meteorological» is a bit of a mouthful.↗ · The old man gave the boys a mouthful for kicking the ball into his garden.↗ · I swallowed a mouthful of sea water.↗ · Take small mouthfuls so you don't choke.↗ · ‘Oh! what a mouthful of great white teeth you have, Grandmother!’↗

mouthpart — Everyday, meaning 1: Mouthparts are the parts around an insect's or other small animal's mouth that it uses to bite, suck or chew food.↗ Example: A butterfly's mouthpart is like a long straw.↗ · Mosquitoes have sharp mouthparts for piercing skin.↗ · Ants use their mouthparts to carry food.↗ · Scientists study insect mouthparts under a microscope.↗ · A grasshopper has strong chewing mouthparts.↗ · The bee uses its mouthparts to drink nectar.↗

mouthpiece — Everyday, meaning 1: The part of a musical instrument, phone or other device that you put to or near your mouth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A soft guard worn in the mouth to protect the teeth in sports (also «mouthguard»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person who speaks for someone else.↗ Example: Blow gently into the mouthpiece of the recorder.↗ · Clean the mouthpiece of your trumpet after practice.↗ · Rugby players wear a mouthpiece to protect their teeth.↗ · Speak into the mouthpiece of the old telephone.↗ · The snorkel has a rubber mouthpiece.↗ · Don't share your mouthpiece with others.↗ · They have requested me, Madam, to be their mouthpiece."↗

mouthwash — Everyday, meaning 1: Mouthwash is a liquid you rinse around your mouth to clean it and make your breath fresh.↗ You spit it out; you do not swallow it.↗ Example: Rinse with mouthwash after brushing.↗ · Spit out the mouthwash; don't swallow it.↗ · The mouthwash tasted of mint.↗ · The dentist gave me a fluoride mouthwash.↗ · Mouthwash does not replace brushing your teeth.↗ · Keep mouthwash away from little children.↗

mouton — Everyday, meaning 1: (French) «Mouton» is the French word for sheep, and also for mutton (sheep meat); to an English ear it sounds like «moo-TON» with a nasal end.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In English, mouton is sheepskin that has been treated to look like beaver or seal fur, used for coats.↗ Example: (French) «Un mouton» means «a sheep».↗ · (French) «Les moutons sont dans le champ»: the sheep are in the field.↗ · The English word «mutton» comes from French «mouton».↗ · Grandma's old coat has a mouton collar.↗ · (French) Le Petit Prince asks the pilot to draw him a mouton.↗ · In French class we counted moutons.↗ · (French) «Revenons à nos moutons» means «let's get back to the subject».↗ · A mouton is just a sheep, not a special animal.↗

movable — Everyday, meaning 1: Able to be moved from one place to another; not fixed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Of a holiday or festival: falling on a different date each year, like Easter.↗ Example: The desks in our classroom are movable.↗ · The puppet has movable arms and legs.↗ · Your elbow is a movable joint.↗ · Gutenberg printed books with movable type.↗ · Easter is a movable holiday.↗ · The bridge has a movable part that lifts for ships.↗ · Make a card with a movable picture using a split pin.↗ · Then the young couple returned by means of the movable stone, and brought up all the glass vessels filled with smoke.↗

move — Everyday, meaning 1: To move is to go from one place to another, or to change position.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To move something is to carry or push it to another place.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To move house is to go and live in a new home.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A move is a turn or step in a game, or an action: «a smart move».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To move someone is to make them feel strong feelings, like being sad or touched.↗ Example: He moves 5 chairs to the other room.↗ · The ant moves 3 cm each minute.↗ · They moved 12 boxes into the truck.↗ · In the game she made 4 moves.↗ · Please don't move while I take the photo.↗ · A push or a pull can make a ball move.↗ · We are moving to Toronto next summer.↗ · It's your move, so roll the dice.↗ · Even the leaves had ceased to move.↗ · When thou comest into thy neighbour's standing corn, then thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.↗ (Torah DEU.23.25, JPS 1917)↗ · And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.↗ (Prophets JDG.13.25, JPS 1917)↗ · They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.↗ (Prophets JER.10.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Nay, he will not ever be threshing it; and though the roller of his wagon and its sharp edges move noisily, he doth not crush it.↗ (Prophets ISA.28.28, JPS 1917)↗

moved — Everyday, meaning 1: Moved is the past form of move: it already went or was carried somewhere else.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Moved also means you went to live in a new home.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: If you are moved, a story or music made you feel strong feelings.↗ Example: She moved 8 books to the top shelf.↗ · 5 students moved to another class.↗ · The family moved to a new house.↗ · He moved 3 cars from the first row.↗ · The rock moved when we pushed it hard.↗ · Grandpa was moved by the song and smiled.↗ · Our neighbours moved away last year.↗ · The teacher moved Sam's desk near the window.↗ · At length the father badger moved away.↗ · Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.↗ (Torah GEN.13.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.↗ (Torah GEN.13.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth, and every man; (Torah GEN.7.21, JPS 1917)↗ · He that doeth these things shall never be moved.↗ (Writings PSA.15.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.↗ (Writings 1CH.21.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Now I had said in my security: 'I shall never be moved.'↗ (Writings PSA.30.7, JPS 1917)↗