| jaw | | |
| n. (body) | 1. jaw | the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. |
| ~ bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates. |
| ~ jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla | the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth. |
| ~ maxilla, maxillary, upper jaw, upper jawbone | the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium. |
| ~ alveolar arch | the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set. |
| ~ alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge | a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth. |
| ~ skull | the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates. |
| ~ chop | a jaw.; "I'll hit him on the chops" |
| n. (body) | 2. jaw | the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth. |
| ~ face, human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
| ~ feature, lineament | the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin.; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. jaw | holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object. |
| ~ alligator clip, bulldog clip | a clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws. |
| ~ chuck | a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill. |
| ~ holding device | a device for holding something. |
| ~ pair of pliers, pliers, plyers | a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws. |
| ~ bench vise, vise | a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place. |
| ~ spanner, wrench | a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt. |
| v. (communication) | 4. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit | talk socially without exchanging too much information.; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" |
| ~ converse, discourse | carry on a conversation. |
| ~ jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze | talk idly or casually and in a friendly way. |
| v. (communication) | 5. jaw, rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away | talk incessantly and tiresomely. |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| v. (consumption) | 6. chew, jaw, manducate, masticate | chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" |
| ~ chomp, champ | chew noisily.; "The boy chomped his sandwich" |
| ~ champ | chafe at the bit, like horses. |
| ~ gum, mumble | grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty.; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food" |
| ~ chaw | chew without swallowing.; "chaw tobacco" |
| ~ munch, crunch | chew noisily.; "The children crunched the celery sticks" |
| ~ grind, grate | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together.; "grate one's teeth in anger" |
| ~ gnaw | bite or chew on with the teeth.; "gnaw an old cracker" |
| v. (communication) | 7. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce | censure severely or angrily.; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" |
| ~ castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct | censure severely.; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" |
| ~ brush down, tell off | reprimand.; "She told the misbehaving student off" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
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