MOUSE (mice)
Dictionary entry overview: What does mouse mean?
• MOUSE (noun)
The noun MOUSE has 4 senses:
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 swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
3. person who is quiet or timid
4. 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 device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
Familiarity information: MOUSE used as a noun is uncommon.
• MOUSE (verb)
The verb MOUSE has 2 senses:
1. to go stealthily or furtively
2. manipulate the mouse of a computer
Familiarity information: MOUSE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOUSE (noun)
Meaning:
Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("mouse" is a kind of...):
gnawer; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mouse"):
house mouse; Mus musculus (brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide)
harvest mouse; Micromyx minutus (small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields)
field mouse; fieldmouse (any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens)
nude mouse (a mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials)
wood mouse (any of various New World woodland mice)
Meaning:
A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
shiner; black eye; mouse
Hypernyms ("mouse" is a kind of...):
bruise; contusion (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)
Meaning:
Person who is quiet or timid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mouse" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meaning:
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 device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
computer mouse; mouse
Context example:
a mouse takes much more room than a trackball
Hypernyms ("mouse" is a kind of...):
electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)
Meronyms (parts of "mouse"):
mouse button (a push button on the mouse)
• MOUSE (verb)
Meaning:
To go stealthily or furtively
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
mouse; pussyfoot; sneak; creep
Context example:
..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
Hypernyms (to "mouse" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Manipulate the mouse of a computer
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "mouse" is one way to...):
manipulate (hold something in one's hands and move it)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
