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Definition: Jaw |
JawNoun1. The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. 2. The bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth. 3. Holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object. Verb1. Chew the fat; shoot the breeze. 2. Talk incessantly and tiresomely. 3. Chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass". 4. 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"; "check" is archaic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jaw" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Literature | Jaw Words of complaint; wrangling, abuse, jabber. "To jaw," to annoy with words, to jabber, wrangle, or abuse. The French gueule and gueuler are used in the same manner. Hold your jaw. Hold your tongue or jabber. What are you jawing about? What are you jabbering or wrangling about? A break-jaw word. A very long word, or one hard to pronounce. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical device for holding parts together during assembly. Source: European Union. (references) |
| That part of a holding device, frequently interchangeable, which the clamping mechanism forces against the piece to be clamped. Examples:the jaws of a vice, of a rotating chuck, of a work steady. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. In a crusher, one of a pair of nearly flat or ribbed faces separated by a wedge-shaped opening b. One or a set of two or more serrate-faced members between which an object may be grasped and held firmly, as in a vise, drill chuck, foot clamp, or pipe wrench c. In a clutch, one of a pair of toothed rings, the teeth of which faceeach other. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | JAW. Speech, discourse. Give us none of your jaw; let us have none of your discourse. A jaw-me-dead; a talkative fellow. Jaw work; a cry used in fairs by the sellers of nuts. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Sports & Leisure | The fore end of a gaff which half encircles the mast, the prongs of which are called cheeks or horns. It is also called throat. . . also chop BONMA 71 1-. . Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The jaw is either of the two opposable structures forming, or near the entrance to, the mouth. In most vertebrates, the jaws are bony or cartilaginous and oppose vertically, comprising an upper jaw and a lower jaw. In arthropods, the jaws are chitinous and oppose laterally, and may consist in mandibles, chelicerae, or, loosely, pedipalps. Their function is fundamentally for food acquisition, conveyance to the mouth, and/or initial processing (mastication or chewing). 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.
In vertebrates, the lower jaw or mandible is the mobile component that articulates at its posterior processes, or rami (singular ramus), with the temporal bones of the skull on either side; the word jaw used in the singular typically refers to the lower jaw. The upper jaw or maxilla is more or less fixed with the skull and is composed of two bones, the maxillae, fused intimately at the median line by a suture; incomplete closure of this suture and surrounding structures may be involved in the malformation known as cleft palate. The maxillary bones form parts of the roof of the mouth, the floor and sides of the nasal cavity, and the floor of the orbit or eye socket. The jaws typically accommodate the teeth or form the bases for the attachment of a beak.
In reptiles, the mandible is made up of five bones. In the evolution of mammals, four of these bones were reduced in size and incorporated into the ear. In their reduced form, they are known as the malleus and incus; along with the more ancient stapes, they are the ossicles. This adaptation is advantageous, not only because a one-bone jaw is stronger, but also because the malleus and incus improve hearing.
The term jaws is also used for articles resembling jaws in appearance or function, for example:
See also:
- the pincer-like grasping or crushing parts of a hand tool, as of pliers, a clamp, or a wrench
- the sides of a topographical pass or channel
- the space bounded by a croquet hoop, or the angled pair of cushions marking the entrance to the pocket of a billiards table
- metaphorically, the threshold of a usually perilous situation
- Jaws of Life (device)
- Jaws (movie)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Jaw."
Synonyms: JawSynonyms: jaws (n), bawl out (v), berate (v), chaffer (v), chat (v), chatter (v), chew (v), chew out (v), chew up (v), chide (v), chitchat (v), claver (v), confab (v), confabulate (v), dress down (v), gossip (v), have words (v), lambast (v), lambaste (v), lecture (v), manducate (v), masticate (v), natter (v), rag (v), rattle on (v), rebuke (v), remonstrate (v), reprimand (v), reproof (v), scold (v), trounce (v), visit (v), yack (v), yack away (v), yap away (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dejection | Melancholy as a gib cat; oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy; downcast, downhearted; down in the mouth, down in one;s luck; heavy-hearted; in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums; in doleful dumps, in bad humor; sullen; mumpish, dumpish, mopish, moping; moody, glum; sulky; (discontented); out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low; weary; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen, chopfallen, jaw fallen, crest fallen. |
Disapprobation | Execrate; exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate; abuse, abuse like a pickpocket; scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of; jaw; rail, rail at, rail in good set terms; bark at; anathematize, call names; call by hard names, call by ugly names; avile, revile; vilify, vilipend; bespatter; backbite; clapperclaw; rave against, thunder against, fulminate against; load with reproaches. |
Inelegance | Noun: inelegance; stiffness; Adjective: "unlettered Muse"; barbarism; slang; solecism; mannerism; (affectation); euphuism; fustian; cacophony; words that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jaw; marinism. |
Loquacity | Verb: be loquacious; Adjective: talk glibly, pour forth, patter; prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw; blather, blatter, blether; rattle, rattle on; twaddle, babble, gabble; outtalk; talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse; expatiate; (speak at length); gossip; (converse); din in the ears; (repeat); talk at random, talk nonsense; be hoarse with talking. |
Jaw; gabble; jabber, chatter; prate, prattle, cackle, clack; twaddle, rattle; caquet, caquetterie; blabber, bavardage, bibble-babble, gibble-gabble; small talk; (converse). | |
Taciturnity | Verb: be silent; adj.; keep silence, keep mum; hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw; not speak.; say nothing, keep one's counsel; seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth; put a bridle on one's tongue; bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth; make no sign, not let a word escape one; keep a secret; not have a word to say; hush up, hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips; render mute. |
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Screenplays | I know sometimes when I eat I get this clicking sound in my jaw (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers) This big guy hits the little guy with a club, and the little guy hits the big guy in the jaw! (The Monkees; writing credit: Dee Caruso; Gerald Gardner) Let me move you over here, in the unlikely event that she unhinges her jaw and swallows you whole (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) Don't break my heart and I won't have any reason to break your jaw. (7th Heaven; writing credit: Leslie Danon; Austin Reid) Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young) | |
Lyrics | I feel like an outlaw, broke my last fast jaw ("The Message"; performing artist: Grandmaster Flash) Pun I ain't got a glass jaw (Feelin' So Good; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez) Soft spoken with a broken jaw (Scar Tissue; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) | |
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 | In the 1950's, an Irish surgeon Denis Burkitt identified a jaw cancer in Ugandan children as an unusual form of malignancy as cancer tumors, now known as Burkitt's Lymphoma. Burkitt discovered that this cancer existed in Africa in hot, humid regions plagued by mosquitoes that spread malaria and viruses. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Animals with "dumb" rabies appear depressed, lethargic, and uncoordinated. Gradually they become completely paralyzed. When their throat and jaw muscles are paralyzed, the animals will drool and have difficulty swallowing. Credit: CDC. |
 | [J- Jaw Lock'd] / C.J. Grant invent. & del. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | An old wife next, with wrapt-up jaw,... / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [A man with a fractured jaw, properly bandaged]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Surgery - Plastic] : [Relief plaque to record original deformity in jaw wound.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Kleine Anatomie- jaw and spine] / Wunderlich. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Whitaker's jaw dropped and his eyes widened with wonder and pity. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Demonstration of the treatment for a broken jaw to Army dentists. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | String plucked on a jaw harp. | | String plucked on a jaw harp. |
| A spring coil being sprung; bouncing; jaw harp making a high-pitched boing sound. | | String plucked on a jaw harp. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She had but two teeth left, one in the upper and one in the lower jaw, and these she was continually rattling together |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He thrust forward his under jaw and uttered a dry short cough |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And then in pity she tore a strip from her own apron and tied up his jaw. |
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Health | Jaw exercises may help ease this problem. (references) | |
Arthritis in the jaw joint may also result from injury. (references) | ||
In fact, jaw clicking is fairly common in the general population. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Cuba | On August 20, Rodriguez Lobaina was beaten severely by a fellow inmate, resulting in hospitalization for a broken jaw. (references) |
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| "Jaw" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.85% of the time. "Jaw" is used about 975 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.85% | 954 | 7,614 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.82% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.72% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.51% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.1% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 975 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "jaw": big jaw ♦ chuck jaw ♦ clamping jaw ♦ concentric jaw chuck ♦ foot jaw ♦ glass jaw ♦ gripping jaw ♦ holding jaw ♦ Jaw Abnormalities ♦ jaw at ♦ Jaw bit ♦ jaw bone ♦ jaw breaker ♦ jaw chuck ♦ jaw crusher ♦ Jaw Cysts ♦ jaw fallen ♦ Jaw Fixation Techniques ♦ Jaw Fractures ♦ jaw muscle ♦ Jaw Neoplasms ♦ jaw out ♦ jaw relation record ♦ jaw relations ♦ Jaw rope ♦ jaw teeth ♦ jaw tooth ♦ jaw trap ♦ jaw vice ♦ lantern jaw ♦ lower jaw ♦ lumpy jaw ♦ phossy jaw ♦ screw wrench with one adjustable jaw ♦ set one's jaw ♦ the Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed ♦ upper jaw ♦ words that dislocate the jaw ♦ work holding jaw. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "jaw": jaw-ache, jaw-achers, Jaw-bone, jaw-bones, jaw-breaking, jaw-busted, jaw-cracking, jaw-dropping, Jaw-fall, Jaw-fallen, jaw-jaw, jaw-jutting, jaw-length, jaw-like, jaw-line, jaw-lock, jaw-locking, jaw-splitting, jaw-strake. | |
Ending with "jaw": three-jaw. | |
Containing "jaw": lion-jaw forceps, open-jaw charter, open-jaw fare. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
moose jaw | 192 | jaw problem | 21 |
jaw pain | 183 | jaw harp | 18 |
jaw surgery | 146 | sore jaw | 18 |
lock jaw | 126 | jaw moose times | 16 |
moose jaw times herald | 122 | drop jaw | 16 |
jaw | 78 | dislocated jaw | 16 |
moose jaw canada | 64 | moose jaw newspaper | 15 |
jaw crusher | 63 | moose jaw sask | 15 |
moose jaw saskatchewan | 59 | ear and jaw pain | 13 |
glass jaw | 47 | jaw disorder | 13 |
moose jaw real estate | 39 | clicking jaw | 13 |
jaw moose tunnel | 32 | pain in the jaw | 13 |
city of moose jaw | 31 | jaw fracture | 12 |
air jaw moose show | 30 | jaw wired | 12 |
jaw cancer | 30 | jaw moose weather | 12 |
broken jaw | 27 | jaw map moose | 12 |
moose jaw hotel | 24 | corrective jaw surgery | 12 |
jaw moose spa | 23 | jaw mineral moose spa | 11 |
popping jaw | 21 | glass jaw lyrics | 11 |
jaw moose warrior | 21 | garden jaw moose temple | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "jaw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtrëngim (clutch, coercion, compulsion, constriction, constringency, contraction, fastening, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hug, jam, jamming, pinch, pressure, restraint, squeeze, strangulation), shaj (abuse, ballyrag, berate, bullyrag, call names, carpet, castigate, chastise, chide, come down on, curse, dish it out, dress down, flay, inveigh, lay into, objurgate, offend, rag, rap, revile, scold, shake up, shout, shout at, swear, tell off, trounce, upbraid, vituperate), pushtim (capture, conquest, invasion, mastership, seizing, seizure, take over, taking), nofulla, nofull (chap, chuck, jawbone, jowl, maxillary), ngjeshje (compression, conciseness, congestion, cram, density, jam, jostle, squash, squeeze), ndrydhje (compression, constriction, dislocation, Rick, sprain, suppression, wrench, wrick), marrje (acquirement, assumption, metering, pickup, receipt, reception, recipiency, seizure, taking), llogje (gab), llafe (blah, claptrap, comment, gab, hassle, scuttlebutt, taradiddle, tattle, tittle tattle, waffle), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), grykë (defile, gap, gizzard, gob, inlet, jaws, lip, maw, mouth, muzzle, neck, neckband, nose, nozzle, orifice, outfall, ravine, spout, throat, vent). (various references) | |
Arabic | فك الكماشة, فك (break up, chap, detach, disassemble, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disjoint, dismantle, dissociate, disunite, free, jaws, jowl, loose, loosening, mandible, release, separate, set free, take apart, take to pieces, undo, unfasten, unfix, untangle, untie, untying, unwind), مدخل الوادى, وعظ (exhort, harangue, homiletics, lecture, moralize, plead a cause, preach, preaching, prophesy, pulpit, recommend, sermonize), وبخ (berate, blame, carpet, castigate, check, chide, dish up, dress down, lash, moralize, quarrel, rail, raspberry, rebuff, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, scotch, show up, slag, slate, snub, strafe, take to task, take up, task, tell off, tick off, tickle, upbraid), حنك (jaws, palate), تحدث (broadcast, converse, discourse, sing out, speak, talk, tell, yarn), خطب (affiance, contract, declaim, deliver, harangue, make a speech, speak, speechify), أطال الحديث, ثرثر (babble, blab, blabber, bluster, chatter, clack, clatter, crack, gabble, gas, gibber, give oneself airs, gossip, jabber, jangle, natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, quack, rap, rumble, shoot one's mouth off, smatter, talk, tattle, twaddle, twitter, yap). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чета конско (sermonize), чета морал (preachify), челюст (chap, chop, jowl, shoe, slipper), конско евангелие (jobation), газя (flounder, paddle, puddle, tick off, trample, wade), обидни приказки, меля (grind, mill, mince), приказвам (natter, prattle, shoot, speak, talk), дърдоря (cackle, dodder, gab, gabble, jabber, palaver, patter, prate, tattle), дърдорене (babble, burble, cackle, gab, gabble, patter, sputter, yap). (various references) | |
Chamorro | achamcham. (various references) | |
Chinese | 顎 (category, class, kind, like, palate, similar, to resemble, type), 下颌 (jaws). (various references) | |
Cornish | grüth. (various references) | |
Czech | tlachat (blab, cackle, chatter, gas, palaver, talk, tittle tattle, waffle, yap), pokec (chat), moralizovat (moralize), klábosit (chat, chatter, gossip, jazz, natter, talk), klábosení (chatter, chitchat, gossip, natter), kázání (dressing down, harangue, homily, lecture, predication, sermon), dáseò (gum), èelist (dog, jaw bone, jawbone, jowl). (various references) | |
Danish | kæbe (jawbone). (various references) | |
Dutch | kaak (cheek, jawbone), kakement (jawbone). (various references) | |
Esperanto | makzelo (jawbone). (various references) | |
Faeroese | kjálki (jawbone). (various references) | |
Farsi | فک 2 (Chaw, Jowl), پرچانگی کردن , هرزه دراءی کردن , گیره (Bend, Clamp, Cleat, Dog, Nip, Pawl, Pin, Pincer, Retainer, Trigger), وراجی (Cackle, Palaver, Yack), تنگنا (Bottleneck, Fix, Hairbreadth, Impasse, Pinch, Strait, Warpath), ارواره (Jib, Mandible), دم گیره . (various references) | |
Finnish | leuka (chin), kiinnitysleuka (clamp, clamping jaw, gripping jaw, holding jaw, work holding jaw), kiinitysleuka. (various references) | |
French | mâchoire (jawbone). (various references) | |
German | Kiefer (jawbone, jowl, pine, pine tree, pine-tree, Pinewood), klemmbacke (gripping jaw), Kinnlade (jawbone, maxilla), backe (block, cheek, jowl). (various references) | |
Greek | σαγόνι (chap, jowl). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מלתע" (grinder, incisor, premolar), מתלע" (incisor, tooth), לוע (gorge, maw, muzzle, pharynx, throat), ל"בר (say, speak, talk), לסת (jowl), שן (claw, jag, pawl, tooth). (various references) | |
Hungarian | állkapocs (chap, chop, jawbone, jaws, jowl, mandible). (various references) | |
Indonesian | rahang. (various references) | |
Italian | mandibola (jowl, mandible), mascella (cheek, jawbone, jowl, maxilla), ganascia (chuck jaw, clamping jaw, fishplate, gripping jaw, holding jaw, jaws, work holding jaw). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 齶 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あ" (chin). (various references) | |
Korean | 턱 (Chin, jaws, mandible, mandibular). (various references) | |
Manx | cabberaght (gab, garrulity, prattle, wagging tongue). (various references) | |
Maya | kama'ach. (various references) | |
Norwegian | skravle (chat, chatter, gab, gossip), kjeve, kjefte, gap. (various references) | |
Papago | tahtko. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kakumbein (jawbone). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | awjay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | queixada (jawbone, jowl, mandible), maxila (jawbone), mandíbula (jowl). (various references) | |
Romanian | vorbe de ocarã (name), sporovãialã (chatter, jabber, patter), panã (arrow, break down, chock, cleat, cotter, failure, feather, Gib, injury, peg, pen, pick, pinion, plug, plume, puncture, quill, quill pen, Spike, wedge), gurã (aperture, armful, Buss, chops, entrance, gab, gossip, influx, issue, kisser, lip, lips, mouth, mouthful, muzzle, orifice, pestering, plug, row, scolding, sip, speech, spout, squabble, vent), ghearã (claw, Fang, grapnel, pounce, spur, talon, ungula), falcã (chap), face moralã (lecture, preach), fãlci (masticator), dãscãli (reprimand, sermonize, teach, tease), dãdãci, conversaţie (chat, confabulation, conversation, dialogue, discourse, interlocution, talk), camã (cam, cog, lobe, nose, tappet), bate apa în piuã (talk through one's hat), înjurãturi (bad language), îndruga verzi şi uscate. (various references) | |
Romansch | missella. (various references) | |
Russian | челюсть (jawbone, jowl). (various references) | |
Scottish | peirceall (jawbone, the jaw), carbad (a chariot, carriage, chariot). (various references) | |
Sepedi | mohlagare. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vilica (jowl), rašlje (doodle-bug), gubica (gob, mug, neb), brbljati (babble, jabber, patter, prattle, yak, yap), čeljust (jaws, jowl, maw). (various references) | |
Shona | shaya. (various references) | |
Spanish | mandíbula (jawbone, mandible), mordaza (clamp, gag), maxilar (jawbone, maxillary). (various references) | |
Sranan | kakumbe (chin, jawbone). (various references) | |
Swazi | úm-hlâtsi. (various references) | |
Swedish | käke (jowl, mandible), käft (chops, gob, jawbone, jaws, mouth, muzzle, yap). (various references) | |
Tagalog | pangá (jawbone). (various references) | |
Thai | ขากรรไกร. (various references) | |
Turkish | çene (chap, chin, chinwag, chitchat, chop, eloquence, gab, glass jaw, jawbone, jowl, mandible). (various references) | |
Turkmen | дс (lower jaw). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | щелепа (chap, jowl), говорити довго і нудно, лихословити (calumniate, malign, slander, traduce), підборіддя (chin), повчати (catechize, edify, sermonize). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vịnh (lough), thôi đừng "lên lớp" nữa!, sự nhiều lời (clack), sự chỉnh (propriety, seemliness, snubbing), sự ba hoa sự răn dạy, h m, đừng ba hoa nữa!. (various references) | |
Welsh | gorcharfan (gum), ge+n (chin), cern (cheek). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mala, mandibula, mandibulam, maxilla, maxillae, maxillam, maxillas, maxillis. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ceafl. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | joue. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ekgonon kakon macairaV touV odontaV ecei kai taV mulaV tomidaV wste analiskein kai katesqiein touV tapeinouV apo thV ghV kai touV penhtaV autwn ex anqrwpwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Generatio quae pro dentibus gladios habet et commandit molaribus suis ut comedat inopes de terra et pauperes ex hominibus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Jeneracioun that for teth hath swerdis, and chewith with his wang teth; that he ete helpeles fro the erthe, and pore men fro men. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw-teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Adunay usa ka kaliwatan kansang mga ngipon ingon sa mga pinuti, ug ang ilang mga tango ingon sa mga cuchillo, Aron sa paglamoy sa mga kabus gikan sa yuta, ug sa hangul gikan sa kinataliwad-an sa mga tawo. |
| Croatian | Izrod komu su zubi maèevi i oènjaci noževi da proždiru nesretnike na zemlji i siromahe meðu ljudima! |
| Danish | en Slægt, hvis Tænder er Sværd hvis Kæber er skarpe Knive, så de æder de arme ud af Landet, de fattige ud af Menneskers Samfund. |
| Dutch | Een geslacht, welks tanden zwaarden, en welks baktanden messen zijn, om de ellendigen van de aarde en de nooddruftigen van onder de mensen te verteren. |
| Finnish | sukua, jonka hampaat ovat miekkoja ja leukaluut veitsiä syödäksensä kurjat maasta pois ja köyhät ihmisten joukosta! |
| French | Il est une race dont les dents sont des glaives Et les mâchoires des couteaux, Pour dévorer le malheureux sur la terre Et les indigents parmi les hommes. |
| German | eine Art, die Schwerter für Zähne hat und Messer für Backenzähne und verzehrt die Elenden im Lande und die Armen unter den Leuten. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ada orang yang mencari nafkah dengan cara yang kejam; mereka bengis dan memeras orang miskin dan orang lemah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | suatu bangsa yang giginya laksana pedang dan gigi gerahamnya laksana pisau, hendak makan habis akan segala orang miskin yang di dalam negeri, dan akan segala orang yang kekurangan di antara manusia. |
| Italian | C'è gente i cui denti sono spade e i cui molari sono coltelli, per divorare gli umili eliminandoli dalla terra e i poveri in mezzo agli uomini. |
| Maori | Tera te whakatupuranga, ko o ratou niho ano he hoari, ko o ratou niho purakau ano he maripi, hei horo i te hunga iti i runga i te whenua, i nga rawakore hoki i roto i nga tangata. |
| Norwegian | en ætt hvis tenner er sverd, og hvis jeksler er kniver, som eter arminger ut av landet og fattige ut av menneskenes tall. |
| Portuguese | Há gente cujos dentes são como espadas; e cujos queixais sao como facas, para devorarem da terra os aflitos, e os necessitados dentre os homens. |
| Rumanian | Este un neam de oameni, ai cqror dinyi sknt niwte sqbii, wi ale cqror mqsele sknt niwte cuyite, ca sq mqnknce pe cel nenorocit de pe pqmknt, wi pe cei lipsiyi dintre oameni. - |
| Russian | еУФШ ТП", Х ЛПФПТПЗП ЪХ'Щ--НЕЮЙ, Й ЮЕМАУФЙ--ОПЦЙ, ЮФП'Щ ПЦЙТБФШ 'Е"ОЩИ ОБ ЪЕНМЕ Й ОЙЭЙИ НЕЦ"Х МА"ШНЙ. |
| Swedish | ett släkte vars tänder äro svärd, och vars kindtänder äro knivar, så att de äta ut de betryckta ur landet och de fattiga ur människornas krets! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jaw": jawan, jawans, jawbone, jawboned, jawboner, jawboners, jawbones, jawboning, jawbonings, jawbreaker, jawbreakers, jawed, jawing, jawlike, jawline, jawlines, jaws. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "jaw": lockjaw, underjaw. (additional references) | |
Words containing "jaw": lockjaws, underjaws. (additional references) | |
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"Jaw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aj, ajaw, ajew, ajh, Ajw, Djawa, eaw, gaw, ja, jaa, jac, jad, jae, jaf, jao, jaq, jas, jat, jau, jav, Jawa, jawd, jawe, jawi, jawk, jawl, jawp, jawz, jax, jeew, jeu, jewi, jewl, jewn, jewt, jewy, jiq, jiu, jiwn, Jka, joq, Jow, jowe, jown, jpa, jua, juw, Kaw, oaw, uaw. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-j-w" | |
-1 letter: aw. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-j-w" | |
+1 letter: jaws. | |
+2 letters: jawan, jawed, jowar. | |
+3 letters: ajowan, jawans, jawing, jigsaw, jowars, swaraj. | |
+4 letters: ajowans, jackdaw, jawbone, jawlike, jawline, jaywalk, jigsawn, jigsaws, lockjaw. | |
+5 letters: jackdaws, jawboned, jawboner, jawbones, jawlines, jaywalks, jigsawed, lockjaws, swarajes, underjaw. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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