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Muse

To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in thought.

Mouse

Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the house mouse, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.

Muse

To consider or say thoughtfully
Mused that it might take longer to drive than walk.

Mouse

Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.

Muse

A state of reflection.

Mouse

A cowardly or timid person.
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Muse

Greek Mythology Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science.

Mouse

(Informal) A discolored swelling under the eye caused by a blow; a black eye.

Muse

A guiding spirit.

Mouse

Pl. mice or mous·es (mousĭz) Computers A handheld, button-activated input device that when rolled along a flat surface directs an indicator to move correspondingly about a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely, as to select operations or manipulate text or graphics.

Muse

A source of inspiration
The lover who was the painter's muse.

Mouse

To hunt mice.
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Muse

Muse(Archaic) A poet.

Mouse

To search furtively for something; prowl.

Muse

(of people) A source of inspiration.
Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife, lover, and muse.

Mouse

Any small rodent of the genus Mus.

Muse

(archaic) A poet; a bard.

Mouse

(informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
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Muse

An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.

Mouse

A quiet or shy person.

Muse

A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb)

Mouse

(computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.

Muse

(intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.

Mouse

(computing) The cursor.

Muse

(transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought.

Mouse

(boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.

Muse

(transitive) To think on; to meditate on.

Mouse

(nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.

Muse

(transitive) To wonder at.

Mouse

(obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.

Muse

A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
Find a hare without a muse.

Mouse

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

Muse

One of the nine goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; - often used in the plural. At one time certain other goddesses were considered as muses.
Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring:What Muse for Granville can refuse to sing?

Mouse

(set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).

Muse

A particular power and practice of poetry; the inspirational genius of a poet.

Mouse

(historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.

Muse

A poet; a bard.

Mouse

Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.

Muse

Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.

Mouse

(intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).

Muse

Wonder, or admiration.

Mouse

(intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. 12

Muse

To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
He mused upon some dangerous plot.

Mouse

To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.

Muse

To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study.

Mouse

To navigate by means of a computer mouse.

Muse

To wonder.

Mouse

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Muse

To think on; to meditate on.
Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.

Mouse

Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed mouse, or deer mouse (Peromyscus leucopus, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.

Muse

To wonder at.

Mouse

A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.

Muse

In ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science

Mouse

A familiar term of endearment.

Muse

The source of an artist's inspiration;
Euterpe was his muse

Mouse

A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.

Muse

Reflect deeply on a subject;
I mulled over the events of the afternoon
Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate

Mouse

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

Mouse

To watch for and catch mice.

Mouse

To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something.

Mouse

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Mouse

Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

Mouse

A hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad;
A mouse takes much more room than a trackball

Mouse

To go stealthily or furtively;
..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house

Mouse

Manipulate the mouse of a computer

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