mouth (down)

verb

Definition of mouth (down)next
as in to gobble (up or down)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouth (down)
  1. put away
  2. digest
  3. swallow
  4. wolf
  5. put down
  6. eat
  7. consume
Verb
  • Wash the sheets, take out the trash, put away clothes, clean the countertops.
    Jamel Valencia, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The Huskies are not ready to put away the soccer balls just yet.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 Nov. 2024
Definition of put away
Verb
  • Digestive discomfort: Sweet potatoes are high in fiber and starch, which can be hard for some people to digest when raw, potentially causing bloating or gas.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
  • It is literally stuffed into one day, eaten, chewed and digested.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of digest
Verb
  • All this could be a lot to swallow, both when Stewart was coming up and now.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • That would make a loss today, especially if Drew Allar is healthy, a bitter pill for the Nittany Lions to swallow.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of swallow
Verb
  • Every 30 days, expect an array of songs, diverse and delicious, served hot off the flat-top and waiting to be wolfed down.
    Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
  • All of that work, however, may have only been a prologue for her tour-de-force performance wolfing down a mile-high burger.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of wolf
Verb
  • Wealthy tech titans who have put down roots in the city — and see San Francisco as an international hub for high tech — poured millions of dollars into campaign contributions, pressing for an outcome that would infuse this famously liberal city with more centrist politics.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
  • This means putting down your phone and really engaging with your kids.
    Katherine Lewis, Parents, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of put down
Verb
  • New this year to True Nature is a retreat for those with eating disorders and their family members.
    Plain Dealer guest writer, cleveland.com, 19 July 2017
  • However hot dogs may have originated, the council estimates Americans will eat 7 billion of them between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day.
    Don Sweeney, sacbee, 19 July 2017
Definition of eat
Verb
  • In simple terms, your kids are consuming too much junk food.
    Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Yes, but: The share of Americans who consume news and talk about social issues either in person or online has been steadily decreasing over the last few years, the report found.
    Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of consume
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