A prefix used to mean "doing something against someone" or "similar to each other."

A prefix used to mean "face-to-face" or "in a similar way."

hold with one's lips or teeth; grit one's teeth; clench one's teeth; press one's lips together; squeeze one's lips together; bite; get; hold in one's mouth

To insert something between the upper and lower lips or teeth and press it by bringing the parted lips or teeth together.

To put the parted upper and lower lips or teeth together.

To insert something between the upper and lower teeth and press it hard by putting the parted teeth together to the extent that it causes a wound.

For an insect like a mosquito or bedbug to bite the skin with the sharp tip of its snout.

(slang) To get something or someone that benefits oneself.

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맞물다

ill-tasting; unsavory

tasty; delicious

net; guard; mesh; web; network

asylum; exile

hammer

hammering

be correct; be accurate; be sure; be certain; be identical; fit; be the same as; be suitable; be tasty; be in harmony; go well with; receive; deal with; treat; face; meet; greet; be exposed to; get; become a victim; take; accept; be beaten; be hit; be injected; be shot

bite each other; gear into; engage with

other side

A suffix used to mean "greeting a certain day, person, object, etc."

whip; rod; a bound noun that serves as a unit for counting the number of papers, photos, etc; each; hawk

medium; joint; link

medium

every term; every season; every period

being annual; year by year; annually

tie; bind; lace; wear; put on; be tied and hung; stay bound; weed; weed out

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To close and bite upper and lower teeth, lips, beaks, bills, etc., each other.

For two things to touch each other and be connected with each other, without being interrupted.

맞물다

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