- mouth
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ big, cavernous, enormous, huge, large, wide▪ small, tiny▪ beautiful, perfect, pretty, rosebud, sensual, sensuous▪ red▪ firm, hard, strong▪
A smile played around his strong mouth.
▪ soft▪ hot, warm▪ slack▪ full▪ lipless, thin▪ toothless▪ wet▪ dry, tight▪A tight mouth was the only sign of her nerves.
▪ gaping, half-open, open▪ closed▪ smiling▪ hungry▪She has four hungry mouths to feed.
▪ sore, swollenVERB + MOUTH▪ open▪ clamp shut, close, shut, snap shut▪ cover▪He covered his mouth to hide his yawn.
▪ cup, gag▪Suddenly a hand cupped her mouth.
▪ wipe▪He wiped his greasy mouth on his sleeve.
▪ rinse, rinse out, wash out▪The dentist told him to rinse his mouth out.
▪ fill, stuff▪He coughed as the blood filled his mouth.
▪He began to stuff his mouth with pasta.
▪ foam at, froth at▪The dog was foaming at the mouth and near death.
▪ burn▪The hot coffee burned her mouth.
▪ kiss▪ purseMOUTH + VERB▪ drop, drop open, fall open, gape, hang open, open, sag open▪Our mouths dropped open in surprise.
▪ widen▪His mouth widened to a smile.
▪ close, shut▪ clamp shut, snap shut▪ be contorted, be set, compress, contort, harden, purse, set, tighten, turn down, twist▪His mouth compressed into a thin, hard line.
▪‘Get out!’ she shouted, her mouth contorted by emotion.
▪Her mouth suddenly set in a determined line.
▪ curl, curve, lift, quirk (esp. AmE), stretch, tilt, turn up▪Her mouth curved into a smile.
▪His mouth lifted in a wry smile.
▪ droop, sag▪ pout▪ twitch▪ quiver, tremble▪ water▪My mouth started watering when I smelled the food.
▪ be dry, go dry▪ taste like sthMOUTH + NOUN▪ sore, ulcer (BrE)▪ cancer▪ care (esp. AmE)▪Good mouth care is very important when you are having chemotherapy.
▪ rinsePREPOSITION▪ around your mouth▪There were lines of tension around his mouth.
▪ across your mouth▪A cool smile played across her mouth.
▪ in your mouth▪I could taste blood in my mouth.
▪ over your mouth▪She put her hand over her mouth to stifle the cough.
PHRASES▪ the back of the mouth, the roof of the mouth▪I was so thirsty my tongue was sticking to the roof of my mouth.
▪ the corner of the mouth, the side of the mouth▪There was blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
▪The corners of her mouth turned up in a slight smile.
▪ keep your mouth shut (= don't speak)▪ (have) your mouth full (= full of food)▪Don't talk with your mouth full!
▪ a mouth to feed▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Twins would mean two extra mouths to feed.
verb
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
