mouse
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Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A very small animal with soft fur, a pointed nose and a long thin tail, which often lives in houses or in fields.
A mouse ran across the kitchen floor and vanished behind the fridge.
Mice had eaten through the paper bag of flour in the cupboard.
We heard a mouse scratching somewhere inside the wall at night.
The owl dropped silently and caught a mouse in the long grass.
Common collocations: a field mouse · catch a mouse · a mouse hole · as quiet as a mouse · set a mousetrap
Part of: Animals
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- A2
A small object that you move with your hand to control the arrow on a computer screen.
Click the left button on your mouse to open the file.
My wireless mouse has stopped working, so it probably needs batteries.
He moved the mouse slowly and dragged the photo into another folder.
Common collocations: a wireless mouse · click the mouse · move the mouse · a mouse pad · right-click with the mouse
Part of: Phone and internet, Science and technology, The office
Forms
- plural
- mice