What does tooth mean?
Definitions for tooth
tuθ; ˈtu θɪŋ, -ðɪŋtooth
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Princeton's WordNet
toothnoun
hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
toothnoun
something resembling the tooth of an animal
toothnoun
toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
toothnoun
a means of enforcement
"the treaty had no teeth in it"
toothnoun
one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
Wiktionary
toothnoun
A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
toothnoun
A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
toothnoun
A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
toothnoun
A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
toothverb
To provide or furnish with teeth.
The twin cards toothed with glittering wire. uE00017080uE001 Wordsworth.
toothverb
To indent; to jag.
to tooth a saw
Etymology: From tooth, from toþ, from tanþs, from h₃dónts. Cognate with toth, tos, Dutch tand, German Zahn, and tand, tönn, Welsh dant, Latin dens, Lithuanian dantis, Ancient Greek ὀδούς, Armenian ատամ, Persian دندان, Sanskrit. Related to tusk.
Webster Dictionary
Toothnoun
one of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food
Toothnoun
fig.: Taste; palate
Toothnoun
any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card
Toothnoun
a projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through
Toothnoun
one of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk
Toothnoun
an angular or prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant
Toothnoun
one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome
Toothnoun
any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish
Toothverb
to furnish with teeth
Toothverb
to indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw
Toothverb
to lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tooth
tōōth, n. one of the hard bodies in the mouth, attached to the skeleton, but not forming part of it, developed from the dermis or true skin, their function primarily the mastication of the food: the taste or palate, relish: anything tooth-like: a prong: one of the projections on a saw or wheel:—pl. Teeth.—v.t. to furnish with teeth: to cut into teeth.—ns. Tooth′ache, an ache or pain in a tooth; Tooth′-brush, a brush for cleaning the teeth; Tooth′-draw′er (Shak.), one whose business is to extract teeth with instruments, a dentist; Tooth′-draw′ing, the act of extracting a tooth: the practice of extracting teeth.—adjs. Toothed, having teeth: (bot.) having tooth-like projections on the edge, as a leaf; Tooth′ful, full of teeth.—n. a small drink of spirits, &c.—adj. Tooth′less, having no teeth.—ns. Tooth′-ornament, a Romanesque and Early Pointed moulding, consisting of a square four-leaved flower pointed in the centre; Tooth′pick, an instrument for picking out anything in the teeth; Tooth′-pow′der, a powder used with a tooth-brush for cleaning the teeth.—adj. Tooth′some, pleasant to the taste.—ns. Tooth′someness; Tooth′-wash, a liquid preparation for cleansing the teeth; Tooth′wort, a name for Lathræa squamaria, one of the insectivorous plants, as well as for Dentaria bulbifera, one of the Cruciferæ, common in England, also known as 'coral-wort' and 'tooth-violet.'—adj. Tooth′y, having teeth: toothsome: biting.—Tooth and nail, with all possible vigour and fury.—A sweet tooth, a relish for sweet things; In spite of one's teeth, In the teeth of, in defiance of opposition; Show one's teeth, to threaten, to show one's anger and power to injure; Throw, Cast, in one's teeth, to fling at one, as a taunt, or in challenge; To the teeth (Shak.), in open opposition or defiance. [A.S. tóth (pl. téth, also tóthas); cog. with Goth. tunthus, L. dens, dent-is, Gr. o-dous, o-dont-os, Sans. danta.]
Editors Contribution
tooth
A number of enamel structures in the mouth of an animal, human or vertebrate that are in the gum and connected to a root canal in the jaw.
Our teeth are an important part of our jaw and mouth and their functions.
Submitted by MaryC on December 18, 2016
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Entomology
Tooth
an acute angulation: a short pointed process from an appendage or margin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tooth in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tooth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of tooth in a Sentence
The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.
I just lost my tooth in a Fruit Roll-Up.
I have a lot of pain today on this wisdom tooth and it's causing a lot of stuff, on the right side of my face and neck it's really inflamed.
It is true that older individuals do present with tooth inflammation and tooth loss; but these same individuals also carry an unrelated overall risk of heart disease due to typical cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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- ахаԥыцAbkhaz
- أسْنَان, سِنّArabic
- цаAvaric
- dişAzerbaijani
- тешBashkir
- зу́бы, зубBelarusian
- зъб, зъ́биBulgarian
- দাঁতBengali
- dant, dentBreton
- dentCatalan, Valencian
- цергChechen
- zubCzech
- зѫбъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- шӑлChuvash
- dantWelsh
- tand, tänder, tænderDanish
- Sägezahn, ZahnGerman
- δόντιGreek
- dentoEsperanto
- dienteSpanish
- hammasEstonian
- hortzBasque
- دندان, دندانه, دندون, گازPersian
- hammasFinnish
- tonn, tennFaroese
- dentFrench
- toskWestern Frisian
- fiacailIrish
- fiacailScottish Gaelic
- denteGalician
- ãiGuaraní
- દાંતGujarati
- שןHebrew
- दाँत, दान्तHindi
- fogHungarian
- ակռա, ատամArmenian
- denteInterlingua
- gigiIndonesian
- ꎐNuosu
- dentoIdo
- tönnIcelandic
- denteItalian
- 歯Japanese
- კბილი, კბილებიGeorgian
- igegoKikuyu, Gikuyu
- тісKazakh
- ធ្មេញKhmer
- 니, 톱니, 이, 이빨Korean
- diran, دان, ددان, didanKurdish
- dansCornish
- тишKyrgyz
- dēnsLatin
- lǐnoLingala
- ແຂ້ວLao
- dantisLithuanian
- zobsLatvian
- nihoMāori
- заб, забецMacedonian
- പല്ല്, ദന്തം, യന്ത്രപ്പല്ല്Malayalam
- шүдMongolian
- danta, gerigi, gigiMalay
- သွားBurmese
- दाँतNepali
- tand, zaagtandDutch
- tannNorwegian
- awooʼNavajo, Navaho
- -bidOjibwe, Ojibwa
- дӕндагOssetian, Ossetic
- ਦੰਦPanjabi, Punjabi
- ząb, zębyPolish
- غاښPashto, Pushto
- dentePortuguese
- kiruQuechua
- dinteRomanian
- зу́бья, зубе́ц, зуб, зу́быRussian
- दन्तSanskrit
- zȗb, зу̑бSerbo-Croatian
- දතSinhala, Sinhalese
- zub, zubySlovak
- zobSlovene
- nifoSamoan
- dhëmbAlbanian
- huntuSundanese
- kugg, tand, sågtand, kugge, hjultandSwedish
- பல்Tamil
- పన్నుTelugu
- дандонTajik
- ทันต์, ฟัน, กราม, ฟันกรามThai
- dişTurkmen
- ngipinTagalog
- diş, dişlerTurkish
- tiş, тешTatar
- nihfiTahitian
- چىشUyghur, Uighur
- зуб, зу́биUkrainian
- دانت, دندانUrdu
- tishUzbek
- răngVietnamese
- tut, tutem, tutsVolapük
- dintWalloon
- צאָן, ציין, ציינערYiddish
- izinyoZulu
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