maw

• Terme informel désignant la gueule ou les mâchoires d'un animal, en particulier grand ou effrayant, ou métaphoriquement quelque chose qui semble engloutir ou avaler.

An informal term referring to the mouth or jaws of an animal, especially a large or frightening one, or metaphorically to something that seems to swallow or engulf.

1. Mouth or jawsB2informal

   The mouth, jaws, or throat of a hungry or greedy animal, often used figuratively.

   Gueule, gosier (d'un animal vorace)

   • The lion opened its massive maw to roar.
   • The cave looked like the dark maw of a beast.
   • He stuffed food into his maw without pausing.

   Synonymesfaucesgulletmouththroat

2. Devouring or consuming forceC1informal

   Something that consumes or destroys greedily, like a powerful or threatening force.

   Force dévorante

   • The city was swallowed by the maw of the financial crisis.
   • The factory's maw of machinery devoured raw materials.
   • He felt drawn into the maw of the bureaucratic system.

   Synonymesmouth