mouth
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7.4
- noun
- /maʊθ/
- In our large family, we often have extra mouths to feed during the holidays.
- mouths to feed
- hand-to-mouth
- living hand-to-mouth
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- More manageable, not so many mouths to feed.
Examples
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For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'd be out getting a job, doing something, anything to put food in their mouth.
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Yeah, we got, we got a new mouth to feed soon.
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- Another mouth to feed.
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"The thought of another mouth to feed dropped a black shadow over my heart.
Fiction book (1990) -
"We're living hand to mouth," he says, and adds that its future is uncertain.
Academic text (2002) -
But optimists say that each extra mouth brings two hands and a brain.
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A few less mouths to feed.
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The need to provide food, like a father, to fill the mouths of his hungry men.
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Men without clans -- living hand to mouth in the forest, or raiding cattle from the borderlands.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
125
1.0
A person or animal that eats food to live
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
14
8.1
To show very strong anger or excitement in a way people can see
8
6.0
Show support by giving money or doing something to help
4
8.8
To punish someone by putting soap in their mouth for swearing
1
8.2
To make someone lose the job or money they need to live
- Informal
1
9.4
Say things quickly without thinking that may hurt people or make you sorry later
Seems very innocent and quiet but is not really kind
- Informal
To not pay attention and miss what is happening around you, for example because you are daydreaming
- Informal
A feeling of being very nervous and afraid because something scary or unknown might happen
To support your words by giving money or doing work
To say different things to different people to hide the truth
- Informal
To tell someone off for saying rude words, sometimes by putting soap in their mouth
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.1
To breathe air into someone's lungs using your mouth when they are not breathing
- Specialized
2
3.8
A very contagious viral disease of animals like cows or sheep that causes fever and mouth and hoof sores
1
4.2
A contagious disease that causes fever and painful sores on the mouth and feet of animals like cows and sheep
- Specialized
1
3.7
The top inside surface of the mouth that separates it from the nose
- Specialized
1
9.3
A very painful gum infection that causes mouth sores, bleeding and bad breath
A small wild orchid with a single bright pink fragrant flower that opens wide in bogs
A small North American orchid with one leaf and green flowers with very thin petals
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mouth was also used for a person who eats because each person is a 'mouth' to feed. So when people say 'many mouths to feed' they mean many people who need food.