mouse vs rat

Definitions

verb

1. to go stealthily or furtively
2. manipulate the mouse of a computer

noun

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

Examples

The 32-year-old actress spent a large proportion of the week playing cat and mouse with the press.

Here, human or mouse embryonic stem cells, in vitro representatives of the totipotent inner cell mass blastomeres, are placed into culture.

The sow, the mouse and the cow sounded a rousing song.

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Definitions

verb

1. take the place of work of someone on strike
2. give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
3. catch rats, especially with dogs
4. give away information about somebody
5. desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

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noun

1. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
2. someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
3. a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
4. one who reveals confidential information in return for money
5. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

Examples

When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu.

Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish.

You think Spielberg would only have a rattletrap third-rate spaceship like the Millennium Falcon to ensure his survival?

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