South vs Mouth - What's the difference?
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One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map.
Toward the south; southward.
from the south.
Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
Toward the south; southward.
Downward.
In an adverse direction or trend.
(meteorology) Of wind, from the south.
To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
(astronomy) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
(anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
* , chapter=7
, title= The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
An outlet, aperture or orifice.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
(saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
(obsolete) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
* Addison
(obsolete) Cry; voice.
(obsolete) Speech; language; testimony.
* Bible, Matt. xviii. 16
(obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
* Shakespeare
To speak; to utter.
* Hare
To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
(obsolete) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
(obsolete) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
(obsolete) To make mouths at.
As a proper noun south
is (us) those states which formed the confederacy during the american civil war.As a noun mouth is
(anatomy) the opening of a creature through which food is ingested.As a verb mouth is
to speak; to utter.south
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Noun
(-)Derived terms
* magnetic south * south by east * south by west * southbound * southeast * southed * southerly * southern * southerner * southing * south-southeast * south-southwest * southward * southwardly * southwards * southwestCoordinate terms
* (compass point) east, north, westAdjective
(-)Adverb
(-)Verb
(en verb)- The moon souths at nine.
Anagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsmouth
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(wikipedia mouth)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs.
citation, passage=‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’}}
- Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.
- (Dryden)
- that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established
- Counterfeit sad looks, / Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en verb)- He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
- mouthing big phrases
- The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
- The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
- (Dryden)
- (Sir Thomas Browne)