mouth
160
7.4
- noun
- /maʊθ/
:
boca
- In our large family, we often have extra mouths to feed during the holidays.
- mouths to feed
- hand-to-mouth
- living hand-to-mouth
More manageable, not so many mouths to feed.
- 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
115
1.0
A person or animal that eats food to live
Antonyms
Idioms
8
6.5
To support your words by giving money or doing work
- Informal
5
7.4
To tell someone off for saying rude words, sometimes by putting soap in their mouth
3
6.0
Show support by giving money or doing something to help
- Informal
1
7.3
A feeling of being very nervous and afraid because something scary or unknown might happen
1
9.9
To say different things to different people to hide the truth
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
1
8.8
To punish someone by putting soap in their mouth for swearing
- Informal
To not pay attention and miss what is happening around you, for example because you are daydreaming
Compounds
- Specialized
4
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.