JAW
\d͡ʒˈɔː], \dʒˈɔː], \dʒ_ˈɔː]\
Definitions of JAW
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- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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chew the fat; shoot the breeze
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chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
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the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
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the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
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the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
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the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
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talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
By Princeton University
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One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
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Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
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In the plural, the mouth.
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Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
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A notch or opening.
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A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
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One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
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The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
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Impudent or abusive talk.
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To scold; to clamor.
By Oddity Software
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One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
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Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
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In the plural, the mouth.
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Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
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A notch or opening.
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A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
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One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
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The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
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Impudent or abusive talk.
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To scold; to clamor.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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One of the bones of the mouth in which the teeth are set; also such bone with its attachments.
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Anything like or suggesting such an organ, as one of the gripping parts of a vise; often used figuratively; as, the jaws of death.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed; the mouth; anything like the jaw; the inner end of a boom or gaff.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A structure of vertebrates supported by bone or cartilage, naked or sheathed in horn, or bearing teeth or horny plates, forming part of the mouth, and helping to open or shut it; in invertebrates, a similarly placed structure.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A bone or a bony structure forming; a portion, fixed or movable, of the apparatus by which the teeth are brought together; also, in the lower animals, any structure serving a similar purpose; of an instrument, either one of the opposing parts by which it is made to grasp an object.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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