mouse /mows/

1. Any of several small rodents of the genus Mus, often found in houses and fields
2. Extended to various voles and other animals more or less like the mouse, such as the flitter-mouse or shrew-mouse
3. A device, usu linked to a computer, which is moved by hand over a flat surface thereby causing the cursor to move correspondingly on screen (computing)
4. A small lead weight used in inserting a sash cord into a window frame
5. A term of endearment (obsolete)
6. A muscle (obsolete)
7. Part of a hindleg of beef, next to the round (also mouseˈ-buttock or mouseˈpiece; dialect)
8. A match for firing a cannon or mine (obsolete)
9. A knot or knob to prevent slipping (also mousˈing; nautical)
10. A black eye, or discoloured swelling (slang)
11. A timid, shy, colourless person

1. To hunt for mice or as if for mice
2. To prowl

1. To treat or to tear as a cat does a mouse
2. To paw or handle amorously (archaic)
3. To secure with a mouse (nautical)

mouseˈkin (archaic) or mousˈie noun

A young or little mouse

mouser /mowˈzer or mowˈsər/ noun

1. A cat good at catching mice
2. A prying person (archaic)

mousery /mowsˈər-i/ noun

A place where mice habitually gather

mousey or mousy /mowsˈi/ adjective (mousˈier; mousˈiest)

1. Like a mouse in colour or smell
2. Full of or infested with mice
3. Noiseless, stealthy
4. (of hair) of a dull light-brown or greyish-brown colour
5. (of a person) shy or unassertive

mousˈily adverb

mousˈiness noun

mousing /mowˈzing or mowˈsing/ noun and adjective

mousle /mowzˈl/ transitive verb

To pull about roughly or disrespectfully

mouseˈbird noun

Any of several small African birds (genera Colius and Urocolius) with a long tail and crested head

mouseˈ-colour noun

The grey colour of a mouse

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