MOUSE (mice)

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Irregular inflected form: mice   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mouse mean? 

• MOUSE (noun)
  The noun MOUSE has 4 senses:

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

2. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

3. person who is quiet or timid

4. 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 device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad

  Familiarity information: MOUSE used as a noun is uncommon.

• MOUSE (verb)
  The verb MOUSE has 2 senses:

1. to go stealthily or furtively

2. manipulate the mouse of a computer

  Familiarity information: MOUSE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mouse" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mouse"):

house mouse; Mus musculus (brownish-grey Old World mouse now a common household pest worldwide)

harvest mouse; Micromyx minutus (small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse inhabiting e.g. cornfields)

field mouse; fieldmouse (any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens)

nude mouse (a mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials)

wood mouse (any of various New World woodland mice)

Derivation:

mousey; mousy (infested with mice)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

black eye; mouse; shiner

Hypernyms ("mouse" is a kind of...):

bruise; contusion (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Person who is quiet or timid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mouse" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

mousey; mousy (quiet and timid and ineffectual)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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 device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

computer mouse; mouse

Context example:

a mouse takes much more room than a trackball

Hypernyms ("mouse" is a kind of...):

electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)

Meronyms (parts of "mouse"):

mouse button (a push button on the mouse)

Derivation:

mouse (manipulate the mouse of a computer)

• MOUSE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To go stealthily or furtively

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

creep; mouse; pussyfoot; sneak

Context example:

..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house

Hypernyms (to "mouse" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Manipulate the mouse of a computer

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "mouse" is one way to...):

manipulate (hold something in one's hands and move it)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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 device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad)

 Context examples 

A chimeric (made from human and mouse proteins) monoclonal antibody being studied in the treatment of advanced kidney cancer and other types of cancer.

(anti-IL-6 chimeric monoclonal antibody, NCI Dictionary)

Then the mice were unharnessed from the truck and scampered away through the grass to their homes.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Due to poor immunogenicity of GD3, anti-Id MoAb BEC2 (Ab2) was raised against a mouse anti-GD3 MoAb, R24 (Ab1).

(Anti-idiotypic Monoclonal Antibody BEC2, NCI Thesaurus)

An agonist mouse monoclonal antibody directed against TRAIL death receptor type 5 (DR5) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-DR5 Agonist Monoclonal Antibody TRA-8, NCI Thesaurus)

Crackower et al determined that ace2 -/- mice suffered significant heart defects at 6 months.

(Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2 Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Derived from mouse monoclonal antibody 7G3, anti-CD123 monoclonal antibody CSL360 binds to and neutralizes CD123 which is upregulated on leukemic stem cells (LSC) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

(Anti-CD123 Monoclonal Antibody CSL360, NCI Thesaurus)

Their relevance to human AAH and mouse adenomas remains to be determined.

(Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

“Well, here you are again,” said the mouse, “no doubt you have had a merry day.” “All went off well,” answered the cat.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

They also conducted an experiment on mice, infecting their gums with Pg.

(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers also found that the timing of a second head injury has a significant impact on the repair process in mice.

(Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury, National Institutes of Health)