jaw

• censure severely or angrily
• talk socially without exchanging too much information
• chew (food)
• To scold
• 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
• holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
• talk incessantly and tiresomely
• One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth
• Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering
• In the plural, the mouth
• Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action
• A notch or opening
• A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place
• 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
• The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast
• Impudent or abusive talk
• To assail or abuse by scolding
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Bahrain
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Saudi Arabia in Ar Riyad

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