maw

  • 11maw — maw1 [mô] n. [ME mawe < OE maga, akin to Ger magen, stomach < IE base * mak , skin, bag > Welsh megin, bellows] 1. a) Archaic the stomach or its cavity b) the stomach of an animal; specif., the fourth stomach of a cud chewing animal 2.… …

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  • 12maw — gor·maw; maw·ken; maw·kin; maw·ther; purre·maw; wac·ca·maw; maw; …

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  • 13MAW — Diese Seite wird derzeit im Sinne der Richtlinien für Begriffsklärungen auf der Diskussionsseite des Wikiprojektes Begriffsklärungen diskutiert. Hilf mit, die Mängel zu beseitigen, und beteilige dich an der Diskussion! Hinweise zur Überarbeitung …

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  • 14MAW — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. MAW, sigle formé des trois lettres M, A et W, peut signifier : Malawi, selon la liste des codes pays du CIO, Masters At Work, duo de musique House.… …

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  • 15maw — maw1 /maw/, n. 1. the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, esp. a carnivorous mammal. 2. the crop or craw of a fowl. 3. the stomach, esp. that of an animal. 4. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of… …

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  • 16Maw — This interesting and unusual name has three possible origins, the first of which is Anglo Saxon, and is from the Old English pre 7th Century personal name Mawa , recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Mauua and in 1199 as Mawe . The personal… …

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  • 17maw — UK [mɔː] / US [mɔ] noun [countable] Word forms maw : singular maw plural maws literary 1) something that seems to open up and suck you in completely the giant maw of show business 2) a mouth …

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  • 18maw — I. /mɔ / (say maw) noun 1. the mouth, throat, or gullet as concerned in devouring (now chiefly of animals or in figurative use): *How frightening when life in its urgency opens its iron maw to crunch the soul of a 12 year old child. –vasso… …

  • 19maw — noun /mɔː,mɔ,mɑ/ a) the stomach, especially of an animal So Death shall be deceavd his glut, and with us two / Be forcd to satisfie his Ravnous Maw. b) the upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a… …

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  • 20maw — [[t]mɔ͟ː[/t]] maws N COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp If you describe something as a maw, you mean that it is like a big open mouth which swallows everything near it. [LITERARY] Cale s best work has plunged fearlessly into the dripping maw of… …

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