- gun muzzle, muzzle - the open circular discharging end of a gun
--1 is a kind of opening
--1 is a part of gun
--1 has particulars: point, gunpoint - muzzle - forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
--2 is a kind of face
--2 is a part of head, caput
--2 has parts: snout, neb- muzzle - a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting
--3 is a kind of restraint, constraint
Derived form: verb muzzle1 - gag, muzzle - restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
--4 is a kind of restraint, constraint
Derived forms: verb muzzle3, verb muzzle2 - muzzle - a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting
- muzzle - fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers"
--1 is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun muzzle3, noun muzzler1
Somebody ----s something
- gag, muzzle - prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"
--2 is one way to hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun muzzle4
They want to muzzle the prisoners
- gag, muzzle - tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"
--3 is one way to tie, bind
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun muzzle4
Somebody ----s something