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Radical 30 · 5 strokes

to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)

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MEANING

MEANING

  1. verb

    to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)

    • The dog ran off with a bone in its mouth.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A cunning thief holds something tightly in his mouth and won't let go.

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