Found 3 items, similar to MOUSE.
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Definition: mouse
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mouse
mouse
v 1: to go stealthily or furtively;
“..stead of sneaking around
spying on the neighbor's house” [syn:
sneak,
creep,
steal,
pussyfoot]
2: manipulate the mouse of a computer
[also:
mice (pl)]
mouse
n 1: any of numerous small rodents typically resembling
diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on
elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
2: a hand-operated electronic device that controls the
coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you
move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the mouse is a
ball that rolls on the surface of the pad;
“a mouse takes
much more room than a trackball” [syn:
computer mouse]
[also:
mice (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mouse
Mouse
\Mouse\ (mous), n.; pl.
Mice (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus,
AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. &
Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr.
my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf.
Muscle,
Musk.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus
Mus and various related genera of
the family
Murid[ae]. The common house mouse (
Mus musculus
) is found in nearly all countries. The American
white-footed mouse, or
deer mouse (
Peromyscus leucopus
, formerly
Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives
in houses. See
Dormouse,
Meadow mouse, under
Meadow,
and
Harvest mouse, under
Harvest.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to
prevent a running eye from slipping.
(b) Same as 2d
Mousing, 2.
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3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.
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4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]
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5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
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Field mouse,
Flying mouse, etc. See under
Field,
Flying, etc.
Mouse bird (Zo["o]l.), a coly.
Mouse deer (Zo["o]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
Mouse galago (Zo["o]l.), a very small West American galago
(
Galago murinus). In color and size it resembles a
mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.
Mouse hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A hawk that devours mice.
(b) The hawk owl; -- called also
mouse owl.
Mouse lemur (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of very
small lemurs of the genus
Chirogaleus, found in
Madagascar.
Mouse piece (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part
next below the round or from the lower part of the latter;
-- called also
mouse buttock.
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Mouse
\Mouse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Moused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mousing.]
1. To watch for and catch mice.
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2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry
about, on the lookout for something.
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Mouse
\Mouse\, v. t.
1. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. [Obs.] ``[Death]
mousing the flesh of men.'' --Shak.
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2. (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a
mousing. See
Mouse, n., 2.
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