Meaning : The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth.
Meaning : The bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it. The bones that hold the teeth.
Meaning : Holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object.
Meaning : Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
Example :
The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze.
Synonyms : chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, natter, shoot the breeze, visit
Meaning : Censure severely or angrily.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce