mouse

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Synonyms: muse, rouse, moue, douse, souse, house, louse, mousy, mousse, touse, mousie

Antonyms: muse, rouse, moue, douse, souse, house, louse, mousy, mousse, touse, mousie

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{sid|en|vaguely bounded subset of Q25916}} {{lb|en|broadly<!--i.e., broader than taxonomic use alone-->}} Any [[mammal]] of the many [[rodent]] families (especially {{taxfmt|Muridae|family}}) that have a small body and a long tail.
2. {{sid|en|computing}} {{lb|en|computing}} An [[input]] [[device]] that is moved over a [[pad]] or other [[flat]] [[surface]] to produce a corresponding movement of a [[pointer]] on a [[graphical]] [[display]].
3. {{lb|en|boxing}} A [[facial]] [[hematoma]] or [[black eye]].
4. {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[turn]] or [[lashing]] of [[spun]] [[yarn]] or small stuff, or a [[metallic]] [[clasp]] or [[fastening]], uniting the [[point]] and [[shank]] of a [[hook]] to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
5. A [[match]] used in firing guns or blasting.
6. {{lb|en|set theory}} A small [[model]] of (a [[fragment]] of) {{w|Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory}} with desirable properties (depending on the context).
7. {{lb|en|historical}} A small [[cushion]] for a woman's [[hair]].
8. Part of a [[hind leg]] of [[beef]], next to the [[round]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (''frequently used in the [[phrasal verb]]'' '''to [[mouse around]]''').
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. {{century|12}}
3. {{lb|en|transitive|nautical}} To close the mouth of a [[hook]] by a careful binding of [[marline]] or wire.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|computing}} To [[navigate]] by means of a computer mouse.
5. {{lb|en|obsolete|nonce|transitive}} To [[tear]], as a cat devours a mouse.

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|US|metonym|uncountable|with "the"}} {{w|The Walt Disney Company}}.
2. {{surname|en|from=German}}.

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