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