mouse

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

mice

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

mouse

past (v2)

moused

past participle (v3)

moused

present participle

mousing

3rd person singular

mouses

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.

   • She's probably hiding in her room, she always does when we have company. She's our little mouse.
   • A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.
   • At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear, man, woman, or cat, in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

2. 2.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.

   • Move the mouse over the icon.
   • My mouse needs new batteries.

3. 3.A facial hematoma or black eye.

   • A mouse is not a large animal.

4. 4.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.

   • A mouse is not a large animal.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.

2. 2.To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.

   • Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.

3. 3.To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).

4. 4.To navigate by means of a computer mouse.

   • I had just moused to the File menu and the pull-down menu repeated the menu bar's hue a dozen shades lighter.
   • Unlike the Flamenco work, the Relation Browser allows users to quickly explore a document space using dynamic queries issued by mousing over facet elements in the interface.

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