toot
toot

tooth


Definition: Meaning of, tooth in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tuːθ /

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tooth teeth
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  1. in mouth one of the hard white objects in your mouth that you use to bite and eat food
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  2. on a tool etc one of the sharp or pointed parts that sticks out from the edge of a comb or SAW
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  3. power have teeth if a law or an organization has teeth, it has the power to force people to obey it
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  4. fight tooth and nail to try with a lot of effort or determination to do something
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  5. get your teeth into something informal to start to do something with a lot of energy and determination
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  6. in the teeth of something in spite of opposition or danger from something
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  7. set somebody's teeth on edge if a sound or taste sets your teeth on edge, it gives you an uncomfortable feeling in your mouth
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tooth used in phrases

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (noun)
    1. a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant
  • abscessed tooth (noun)
    1. an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth
  • adult tooth (noun)
    1. with luck any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and can last until old age
  • baby tooth (noun)
    1. a tooth from the first set of teeth that young children have [=  milk tooth British English]
  • back tooth (noun)
    1. a tooth situated at the back of the mouth
  • bleeding tooth (noun)
    1. gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area
  • canine tooth (noun)
    1. two in each jaw one of the four pointed conical teeth located between the incisors and the premolars
  • carnassial tooth (noun)
    1. the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore; having sharp edges for cutting flesh
  • deciduous tooth (noun)
    1. one of 20 in children one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal
  • dog's-tooth violet (noun)
    1. perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
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1641-1707 french noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon
tooth and nail