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maw

[ maw ]

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noun

the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
the crop or craw of a fowl.
the stomach, especially that of an animal.
a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal:
the gaping maw of hell.
the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind:
the ravenous maw of Death.

maw

[ maw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal.

mother ¹.

maw

/ ��ɔː /

noun

the mouth, throat, crop, or stomach of an animal, esp of a voracious animal
informal.
the mouth or stomach of a greedy person

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of maw¹

before 900; Middle English mawe, Old English maga; cognate with Dutch maag, German Magen, Old Norse magi

Origin of maw²

Variant of ma

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of maw¹

Old English maga; related to Middle Dutch maghe, Old Norse magi

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An Instagram video from the dealership showed a gaping maw where the vehicle reversed into the building.

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Even the movies aren’t really movies anymore, just raw material for the streaming maw.

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“I’m surprised Mr. Pollono hasn’t already been snapped up by the hungry maw of television,” Isherwood presciently remarked in an aside.

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If this much solar mass in a young universe was annually being forever lost into the gaping maw of a black hole, it would be less unusual.

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Sensing what seemed to be an epic blunder that would take us directly into the maw of vehicular misadventure, we exchanged nervous glances in the back seat and checked our watches.

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