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물다

hold with one's lips or teeth

Verb

  1. 1

    hold with one's lips or teeth

    To insert something between the upper and lower lips or teeth and press it by bringing the parted lips or teeth together.

    Korean definition: 어떤 것을 윗입술과 아랫입술 사이에 또는 윗니와 아랫니 사이에 끼워 넣고 벌어진 두 입술이나 이를 다물어 누르다.

    • The mother bird diligently carried food in her beak for her chicks.

    • Seunggyu must have been hungry, because as soon as he got home he took a big bite of pizza.

  2. 2

    grit one's teeth; clench one's teeth; press one's lips together; squeeze one's lips together

    To put the parted upper and lower lips or teeth together.

    Korean definition: 벌어진 윗입술과 아랫입술 또는 윗니와 아랫니를 다물다.

    • I clenched my back teeth tightly so that a scream would not escape my mouth.

    • Seunggyu was angry with Jisu but didn't want to fight, so he pressed his lips together tightly and left.

  3. 3

    bite

    To insert something between the upper and lower teeth and press it hard by putting the parted teeth together to the extent that it causes a wound.

    Korean definition: 윗니와 아랫니 사이에 어떤 것을 끼워 넣고 벌어진 두 이를 다물어 상처가 날 만큼 아주 세게 누르다.

    • When the rabbit passed by, the fox quickly ran over and bit its tail.

    • Wild beasts may bite people, so you should always be careful in the mountains or fields.

  4. 4

    bite

    For an insect like a mosquito or bedbug to sting the skin with the sharp tip of its snout.

    Korean definition: 모기, 빈대 등의 벌레가 뾰족한 주둥이 끝으로 살을 찌르다.

    • A mosquito bit my face, so my face has been itchy all day.

    • Seunggyu first put antiseptic on the spot where the poisonous insect bit him and then went straight to the hospital.