verb🔗ShareTo move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around)."Hoping not to wake the baby, she moused around in the kitchen, trying to find a late-night snack. "animalactionnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats."The barn cats mouses every night, keeping the grain safe from the rodent infestation. "animalnatureactionbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire."Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack."nauticalsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo navigate by means of a computer mouse."He mouses through the spreadsheet, quickly updating the numbers. "computingtechnologyinternetmachineelectronicsdeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo tear, as a cat devours a mouse."The kitten mouses the string, batting at it and tearing it with her claws. "animalactionbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
