MOUSE (mice)

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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