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muzzle
1. the open circular discharging end of a gun (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
gun muzzle
• Hypernyms:
opening
• Hyponyms:
point, gunpoint
• Part Holonyms:
gun
2. forward projecting part of the head of certain animals;
includes the jaws and nose (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
face
• Part Holonyms:
head, caput
• Part Meronyms:
snout, neb
3. a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting
• Hypernyms:
restraint, constraint
4. restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
• Syn:
gag
• Derivationally related forms:
gag (for: gag)
• Hypernyms:
restraint, constraint
1. fit with a muzzle
- muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers
• Ant:
unmuzzle
• Derivationally related forms:
muzzler
• Hypernyms:
equip, fit, fit out, outfit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. prevent from speaking out
- The press was gagged
• Syn:
gag
• Derivationally related forms:
gag (for: gag)
• Hypernyms:
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to muzzle the prisoners
3. tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
- The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
• Syn:
gag
• Derivationally related forms:
gag (for: gag)
• Hypernyms:
tie, bind
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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