Caw vs. Jaw
Cawnoun
The harsh cry of a crow.
Jawnoun
One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
Cawverb
To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
Jawnoun
The part of the face below the mouth.
‘His jaw dropped in amazement.’;
Cawinterjection
Cry of a crow.
Jawnoun
(figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.
‘the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.’;
Cawverb
To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.
‘Rising and cawing at the gun's report.’;
Jawnoun
A notch or opening.
Cawnoun
The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.
Jawnoun
A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
‘the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.’;
Cawnoun
the sound made by corvine birds
Jawnoun
One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
‘the jaws of a vise; the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.’;
Cawverb
utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens
Jawnoun
(nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
Jawnoun
Impudent or abusive talk.
Jawnoun
(slang) Axle guard.
Jawnoun
(snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
Jawverb
(transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Jawverb
(intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
Jawverb
To talk; to converse.
Jawverb
(of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
Jawadjective
(used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump)
Jawnoun
One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
Jawnoun
Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
Jawnoun
A notch or opening.
Jawnoun
The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
Jawnoun
Impudent or abusive talk.
Jawverb
To scold; to clamor.
Jawverb
To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose.
Jawverb
To assail or abuse by scolding.
Jawnoun
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
Jawnoun
the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
Jawnoun
holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
Jawverb
talk socially without exchanging too much information;
‘the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze’;
Jawverb
talk incessantly and tiresomely
Jawverb
chew (food);
‘He jawed his bubble gum’; ‘Chew your food and don't swallow it!’; ‘The cows were masticating the grass’;
Jawverb
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’;
Jaw
The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food. The term jaws is also broadly applied to the whole of the structures constituting the vault of the mouth and serving to open and close it and is part of the body plan of humans and most animals.
