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Definition of "jaw"

jaw

Từ điển Collocation

jaw noun

¹ bone that contains teeth

ADJ. bottom, lower | top, upper | firm, strong | clenched, set | slack | jutting, lantern (= in which the lower part sticks out), thrusting | pointed, square | broken, dislocated, fractured

VERB + JAW clench, set | finger, rub, stroke He fingered his jaw thoughtfully. | break, dislocate, fracture

JAW + VERB drop, sag My jaw dropped in astonishment when I saw the size of the audience. | be set, clench, set, tighten Her jaw was set, ready for a fight. | jut His jaw jutted stubbornly forward; he would not be denied.

JAW + NOUN bone, muscle | injury

PREP. in your ~ A muscle in his jaw pulsed angrily. | on your ~ He had two days' growth of stubble on his jaw. | to the ~ a punch to the jaw | under your ~ She had a fold of flesh under her jaw.

PHRASES the line/set of your jaw The stern set of the officer's jaw made Tony realize he was in trouble.

² jaws: mouth

ADJ. gaping, open | massive, powerful A shark can crush a boat with its massive jaws. | slavering The slavering jaws of the guard dog stopped anyone going near.

VERB + JAW clamp, close, lock, sink The dog locked its jaws on her leg and wouldn't let go. A spider sank its jaws into my ankle. | escape (from) The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws.

PREP. between its ~s The dog had his arm clamped between its jaws.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
• the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
• holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

v.

• talk socially without exchanging too much information; chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, claver, visit

  the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

• talk incessantly and tiresomely; yack, yack away, rattle on, yap away
• chew (food); chew, masticate, manducate

  He jawed his bubble gum

  Chew your food and don't swallow it!

  The cows were masticating the grass

• censure severely or angrily; call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast

  The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car

  The deputy ragged the Prime Minister

  The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

jaws|jawed|jawing
syn.: bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chaffer chat chatter chew chew out chew the fat chew up chide chitchat claver confab confabulate dress down gossip have words lambast lambaste lecture manducate masticate natter rag rattle on rebuke remonstrate reprimand reproof scold shoot the breeze take to task trounce visit yack yack away yap away