[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mouth/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) / mouth # mouth noun (mouth, mouths); verb (mouth, mouths, mouthed — say silently) «mouth» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The opening in the face used for eating, speaking and breathing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#m1) 2. An opening or entrance: "the mouth of a cave". [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#m4) ### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x1) - Don't talk with your mouth full. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x2) - Cover your mouth when you cough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x3) - Never put coins in your mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x4) - The river mouth is near the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x5) - Bats came out of the mouth of the cave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x6) - The cake looked mouth-watering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x7) - She mouthed "thank you" across the room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/#x8) - Don’t open your mouth to answer. [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition Interpretation: God says he will be "with the mouth" of Moses, who felt he spoke poorly. Tradition teaches that speech is a powerful gift, and the Written Torah and the Oral Torah are said to come "from the mouth" of God. In the primary 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 - And the stone upon the well's mouth was great. (Torah GEN.29.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x1) - And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.' (Torah GEN.24.57, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x2) - Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.' (Torah EXO.4.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x3) - Set the horn to thy mouth. (Prophets HOS.8.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x4) - I lay my hand upon my mouth. (Writings JOB.40.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x5) - After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. (Writings JOB.3.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/#x6) ### Note Plural "mouths". Digestion begins in the mouth. A river's "mouth" is its end, not its start (the start is the "source"). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «mouth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«mouth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mouth.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «mouth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mouth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«mouth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mouth.html) on Mova free.