mouth
verb/maʊð/
/maʊð/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they mouth | /maʊð/ /maʊð/ |
| he / she / it mouths | /maʊðz/ /maʊðz/ |
| past simple mouthed | /maʊðd/ /maʊðd/ |
| past participle mouthed | /maʊðd/ /maʊðd/ |
| -ing form mouthing | /ˈmaʊðɪŋ/ /ˈmaʊðɪŋ/ |
- mouth something | + speech to move your lips as if you were saying something, but without making a sound
- He mouthed a few obscenities at us and then moved off.
- mouth something | + speech (disapproving) to say something that you do not really feel, believe or understand
- They're just mouthing empty slogans.
Word OriginOld English mūth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mond and German Mund, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mentum ‘chin’.
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