"bemouth" meaning in English

See bemouth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bemouths [present, singular, third-person], bemouthing [participle, present], bemouthed [participle, past], bemouthed [past]
Etymology: From be- + mouth. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|mouth}} be- + mouth Head templates: {{en-verb}} bemouth (third-person singular simple present bemouths, present participle bemouthing, simple past and past participle bemouthed)
  1. (transitive) To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bemouth-en-verb-BSs5JA1G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 59 41
  2. (transitive) To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bemouth-en-verb-gk9fUyIf

Inflected forms

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