Definitions for MICE

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MICE mice

Spelling: [mahys]

IPA: /maɪs/

Mice is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in MICE (ceim).

Definitions for MICE

noun

1. plural of mouse.
2. any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
3. any similar small animal of various rodent and marsupial families.
4. a quiet, timid person.
5. Computers. a palm-sized, button-operated pointing device that can be used to move, select, activate, and change items on a computer screen. Compare joystick (def 2), stylus (def 3).
6. Informal. a swelling under the eye, caused by a blow or blows; black eye.
7. Slang. a girl or woman.

verb (used with object)

1. to hunt out, as a cat hunts out mice.
2. Nautical. to secure with a mousing.

verb (used without object)

1. to hunt for or catch mice.
2. to prowl about, as if in search of something:
3. to seek or search stealthily or watchfully, as if for prey.
4. Computers. to use a mouse to move the cursor on a computer screen to any position.

Origin of MICE

before 900; Middle English mous (plural mis), Old English mūs (plural mȳs); cognate with German Maus, Old Norse mūs, Latin mūs, Greek mŷs

Examples for MICE

Without the beeps and whirs of a cellphone, you can use your ears to detect crickets, mice, or other vermin in your home.

A just-published study in the journal Nature explored how mice reacted to a diet of artificial sweeteners.

The mice were grafted with 100% hairless human skin and then administered the drug.

Her solicitude was no less manifest when she brought me rats or mice.

The paper bags from which the mice had burst were still in the center of the floor.

All over the room ran the mice, and all about darted the frightened girls.

The mice, he avers, enjoyed the pleasures of the chase with composure.

Every day he brought Jack mice and squirrels and other game as long as he lived.

And Leighton Meester pens feminist essay on 'Of mice and Men.'

Then again, are all mice with round heads and ears copyrighted by Disney?