单词 | maw |
释义 | maw1[ maw ] / mɔ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR maw ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal. the crop or craw of a fowl. the stomach, especially that of an animal. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell. the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind: the ravenous maw of Death. Origin of maw1before 900; Middle English mawe,Old English maga; cognate with Dutch maag,German Magen,Old Norse magi WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mawmall, maul, mawWords nearby mawmaverick, mavis, Mavors, mavourneen, mavun, maw, mawger, mawkin, mawkish, Mawlamyine, Mawlid Definition for maw (2 of 2)maw2 [ maw ] / mɔ / noun Informal.mother1. Origin of maw2variant of ma Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mawBritish Dictionary definitions for mawmaw / (mɔː) / nounthe mouth, throat, crop, or stomach of an animal, esp of a voracious animal informal the mouth or stomach of a greedy person Word Origin for mawOld English maga; related to Middle Dutch maghe, Old Norse magi Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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