MOUTHED


Meaning of MOUTHED in English

|mau̇thd, -au̇tht adjective

Etymology: mouth (I) + -ed

1. : having a mouth

sat me down and took a mouthed shell — John Keats

— often used in combination

wide- mouthed jar

large- mouthed bass

many- mouthed delta

gentle- mouthed horse

bull- mouthed siren

2. obsolete

a. : having a mouth of similar shape

beaver … mouthed like a cony — Thomas Morton

b. : gaping , yawning

mouthed graves will give thee memory — Shakespeare

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.