-mouthed, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

mouth (mouths plural & 3rd person present) (mouthing present participle) (mouthed past tense & past participle )
Pronounced [PH:m][PH:a][PH:U][PH:T] for the noun, and [PH:m][PH:a][PH:U][PH:D] for the verb. The form mouths is pronounced [PH:m][PH:a][PH:U][PH:D][PH:z].

1  n-count Your mouth is the area of your face where your lips are or the space behind your lips where your teeth and tongue are.
oft poss N
She clamped her hand against her mouth..., His mouth was full of peas.
♦ -mouthed    comb in adj
He straightened up and looked at me, open-mouthed.

2  n-count You can say that someone has a particular kind of mouth to indicate that they speak in a particular kind of way or that they say particular kinds of things.
with supp, oft adj N
You've got such a crude mouth!
♦ -mouthed  comb in adj
...Simon, their smart-mouthed teenage son.

3  n-count The mouth of a cave, hole, or bottle is its entrance or opening.
usu with supp, oft N of n (=entrance)
By the mouth of the tunnel he bent to retie his lace.
♦ -mouthed  comb in adj
He put the flowers in a wide-mouthed blue vase.

4 n-count The mouth of a river is the place where it flows into the sea.
usu with supp
...the town at the mouth of the River Dart.

5  verb If you mouth something, you form words with your lips without making any sound.
I mouthed a goodbye and hurried in behind Momma...  V n
`It's for you,' he mouthed.  V with quote

6 verb If you mouth something, you say it, especially without believing it or without understanding it.
I mouthed some sympathetic platitudes... V n

7 If you have a number of mouths to feed, you have the responsibility of earning enough money to feed and look after that number of people.
♦ mouth to feed phrase N inflects
He had to feed his family on the equivalent of four hundred pounds a month and, with five mouths to feed, he found this very hard.

8 If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
♦ open your mouth phrase V and N inflect, with brd-neg (emphasis) Sometimes I hardly dare open my mouth...

9 If you keep your mouth shut about something, you do not talk about it, especially because it is a secret.
♦ keep your mouth shut phrase V and N inflect
You wouldn't be here now if she'd kept her mouth shut.

10
→ to live hand to mouth
→ hand
→ heart in your mouth
→ heart
→ from the horse's mouth
→ horse
→ to put your money where your mouth is
→ money
→ shut your mouth
→ shut
→ to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth
→ spoon
→ word of mouth
→ word