muzzle

CEFRB2

/ˈmʌzəl/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The nose and mouth area of an animal's face.

  2. 02

    verb

    To put a covering over an animal's mouth.

Examples

  • I need to buy a muzzle for my dog.

  • Why doesn't your dog wear a muzzle?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.

  2. A person's mouth.

  3. The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

More examples

In context

  • Those who want to muzzle everyone else are likely nothing less than pseudovirtuous.

  • Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

  • The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, / The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes, […]

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Origin

noun

From earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old French musel, museau, muzeau (modern French museau), from Late Latin mūsus (“snout”), probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”). Doublet of museau. Displaced native Middle English kevel from Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), see English cavel.