mouth
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 →
2) An opening or entrance: "the mouth of a cave". tree →
3) The place where a river flows into the sea: "the river mouth". tree →
4) As a verb, to make the shape of words with your lips without sound. tree →
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 →
- Don't talk with your mouth full. tree →
- Cover your mouth when you cough. tree →
- Never put coins in your mouth. tree →
- The river mouth is near the town. tree →
- Bats came out of the mouth of the cave. tree →
- The cake looked mouth-watering. tree →
- She mouthed "thank you" across the room. tree →
- Don’t open your mouth to answer. tree →
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.
- Caimans and crocodiles bask with their mouths open to let heat escape and cool down; it is not a threat or a yawn.
- A sneeze is a reflex that blasts air out of the nose and mouth to clear something irritating, like dust or pepper.
- Menthol in mint switches on the nerve sensors that detect cold, so the mouth feels cool though it is not colder.
- Crocodiles cannot sweat, so they lie with their mouths open to let heat out and go into water or shade.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «mouth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.