muzzle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws; the snout
2. 2
   noun The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from as opposed to the breech.
3. 3
   noun A device used to prevent animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
4. 4
   noun A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached; bridle
5. 5
   noun An openwork covering for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, and forming part of the bards in the 15th and 16th centuries.
6. 6
   verb To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.
7. 7
   verb To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); gag, silence, censor.
8. 8
   verb To veil, mask, muffle.
9. 9
   verb To fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle.
10. 10
    verb To bring the muzzle or mouth near.