'MAW' definitions:
Definition of 'maw'
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Definition of 'Maw'
From: GCIDE
- Maw \Maw\ (m[add]), n. [See Mew a gull.] (Zool.) A gull. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Maw'
From: GCIDE
- Maw \Maw\, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. [root]103.]
- 1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Bellies and maws of living creatures. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Unless you had more maw to do me good. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- Fish maw. (Zool.) See under Fish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Maw'
From: GCIDE
- Maw \Maw\, n. An old game at cards. --Sir A. Weldon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'maw'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abdomen,
- abomasum,
- bay window,
- bazoo,
- beerbelly,
- belly,
- breadbasket,
- chaps,
- chops,
- craw,
- crop,
- diaphragm,
- embonpoint,
- embouchure,
- first stomach,
- gab,
- gizzard,
- gob,
- gullet,
- gut,
- honeycomb stomach,
- jaw,
- jaws,
- jowls,
- kishkes,
- kisser,
- lips,
- mandibles,
- manyplies,
- maxilla,
- midriff,
- mouth,
- mug,
- mush,
- muzzle,
- omasum,
- oral cavity,
- paunch,
- pot,
- potbelly,
- potgut,
- premaxilla,
- psalterium,
- pusgut,
- rennet bag,
- reticulum,
- rumen,
- second stomach,
- spare tire,
- stomach,
- swagbelly,
- third stomach,
- trap,
- tum-tum,
- tummy,
- underbelly,
- ventripotence,
- yap
Acronyms for 'maw'
From: V.E.R.A.
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