Collocations for mouth - noun
ADJ.
big, cavernous, enormous, generous, huge, large, wide | small | beautiful, chiselled, handsome, lovely, pretty, sensual, sensuous, well-shaped | firm, hard, strong
A smile played around his strong mouth.
A smile played around his strong mouth.
soft | hot, warm | loose, slack | full, full-lipped | lipless, thin | toothless | lopsided | wet | dry, tight
A tight mouth was the only sign of her nerves.
A tight mouth was the only sign of her nerves.
gaping, half-open, open | cruel | hungry | swollen
VERB + MOUTH
open, shut | cover
He covered his mouth to hide his yawn.
He covered his mouth to hide his yawn.
wipe
He wiped his greasy mouth on his sleeve.
He wiped his greasy mouth on his sleeve.
fill
He coughed as the blood filled his mouth.
He coughed as the blood filled his mouth.
foam at, froth at
The dog was foaming at the mouth and near death.
The dog was foaming at the mouth and near death.
MOUTH + VERB
drop open, fall open, hang open, open, sag open
Our mouths dropped open in surprise.
Our mouths dropped open in surprise.
close, shut | be contorted, be distorted, be set, compress, contort, harden, purse, set, thin, tighten, turn down, twist
His mouth compressed into a thin, hard line.
His mouth compressed into a thin, hard line.
MOUTH + NOUN
ulcer
PREP.
about/around your ~
There were lines of tension about his mouth.
There were lines of tension about his mouth.
across your ~
A cool smile played across her mouth.
A cool smile played across her mouth.
in your ~
I could taste blood in my mouth.
I could taste blood in my mouth.
over your ~
She put her hand over her mouth to stifle the cough.
She put her hand over her mouth to stifle the cough.
PHRASES
the back/roof of the mouth
I was so thirsty my tongue was sticking to the roof of my mouth.
I was so thirsty my tongue was sticking to the roof of my mouth.
the corner/side of the mouth
There was blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. | The corners of her mouth turned up in a slight smile.
There was blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. | The corners of her mouth turned up in a slight smile.
keep your mouth shut
(= don''t speak),
(= don''t speak),
(have, etc.) your mouth full
(= full of food) Don''t talk with your mouth full!
(= full of food) Don''t talk with your mouth full!
a mouth to feed
Twins would mean two extra mouths to feed.
Twins would mean two extra mouths to feed.
mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation)
He pulled the boy from the river and gave him mouth-to-mouth.
He pulled the boy from the river and gave him mouth-to-mouth.