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tooth
(to͞oth)n. pl. teeth (tēth)
1.
a. One of a set of hard, bonelike structures in the mouths of vertebrates, usually attached to the jaw or rooted in sockets and typically composed of a core of soft pulp surrounded by a layer of hard dentin that is coated with cementum or enamel at the crown and used for biting or chewing food or as a means of attack or defense.
b. A similar hard projection in an invertebrate, such as one of a set of projections on the hinge of a bivalve or on the radula of a snail.
2. A projecting part resembling a tooth in shape or function, as on a comb, gear, or saw.
3. A small, notched projection along a margin, especially of a leaf. Also called dent2.
4. A rough surface, as of paper or metal.
5.
a. often teeth Something that injures or destroys with force: the teeth of the blizzard.
b. teeth Effective means of enforcement; muscle: "This ... puts real teeth into something where there has been only lip service" (Ellen Convisser).
v. (to͞oth, to͞oth) toothed, tooth·ing, tooths
v.tr.
1. To furnish (a tool, for example) with teeth.
2. To make a jagged edge on.
v.intr.
Idioms: To become interlocked; mesh.
get/sink (one's) teeth into Slang
To be actively involved in; get a firm grasp of.
show/bare (one's) teeth
To express a readiness to fight; threaten defiantly.
to the teeth
Lacking nothing; completely: armed to the teeth; dressed to the teeth.
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tooth
(tuːθ)n, pl teeth (tiːθ)
1. (Dentistry) any of various bonelike structures set in the jaws of most vertebrates and modified, according to the species, for biting, tearing, or chewing.
2. (Zoology) any of various similar structures in invertebrates, occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal
3. anything resembling a tooth in shape, prominence, or function: the tooth of a comb.
4. (Botany) any of the various small indentations occurring on the margin of a leaf, petal, etc
5. (Mechanical Engineering) any one of a number of uniform projections on a gear, sprocket, rack, etc, by which drive is transmitted
6. taste or appetite (esp in the phrase sweet tooth)
7. long in the tooth old or ageing: used originally of horses, because their gums recede with age
8. tooth and nail with ferocity and force: we fought tooth and nail.
vb
9. (tr) to provide with a tooth or teeth
10. (Mechanical Engineering) (intr) (of two gearwheels) to engage
[Old English tōth; related to Old Saxon tand, Old High German zand, Old Norse tonn, Gothic tunthus, Latin dens]
ˈtoothless adj
ˈtoothˌlike adj
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tooth
(tuθ)n., pl. teeth, (ˈtu θɪŋ, -ðɪŋ) n.
1. (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usu. attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
2. (in invertebrates) any of various similar or analogous processes occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal, or on a shell.
3. any projection resembling a tooth.
4. one of the projections of a comb, rake, saw, etc.
5.
a. any of the uniform projections on a gear or rack by which it drives or is driven by a gear, rack, or worm.
b. any of the uniform projections on a sprocket by which it drives or is driven by a chain.
6. Bot. any small, toothlike marginal lobe.
7. a sharp, distressing, or destructive attribute or agency.
8. taste, relish, or liking.
9. teeth, effective power, esp. to enforce or accomplish something: to put teeth into a law.
10. a roughened surface, as on a sharpening stone, grinding wheel, or drawing paper.
v.t. 11. to furnish with teeth.
v.i. 12. to interlock, as cogwheels.
Idioms: 1. in the teeth of, straight into, against, or in defiance of.
2. long in the tooth, noticeably old; elderly.
3. set one's teeth, to become resolute; prepare for difficulty.
4. show one's teeth, to become menacing; reveal one's hostility.
5. to the teeth, to the fullest extent; fully; entirely: armed to the teeth.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English tōth, c. Old Frisian tōth, Old Saxon tand, Old High German zan(t), Old Norse tǫnn; akin to Gothic tunthus, Latin dēns, Greek odoús, Skt dánta]
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a full set of adult human teeth
tooth
(to͞oth) Plural teeth (tēth)
1. Any of the hard bony structures in the mouth used to grasp and chew food and as weapons of attack and defense. In mammals and many other vertebrates, the teeth are set in sockets in the jaw. In fish and amphibians, they grow in and around the palate. See also dentition.
2. A similar structure in certain invertebrate animals.
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tooth
Past participle: toothed
Gerund: toothing
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| Noun | 1. |  tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defensefang - hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog conodont - the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta teeth, dentition - the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal pulp cavity - the central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal) carnassial tooth - the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore; having sharp edges for cutting flesh anterior, front tooth - a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" back tooth, posterior - a tooth situated at the back of the mouth malposed tooth - a tooth that has grown in a faulty position adult tooth, permanent tooth - any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age baby tooth, deciduous tooth, milk tooth, primary tooth - one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children) canine, canine tooth, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetooth, dogtooth - one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars bicuspid, premolar - a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars cusp - small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth incisor - a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws crown - the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel tooth root, root - the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support pulp - the soft inner part of a tooth stump - the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed |
| 2. |  tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animalcomb - a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair comb - any of several tools for straightening fibers projection - any structure that branches out from a central support saw - hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting | |
| 3. |  tooth - toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shelldenticle - small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" | |
| 4. |  tooth - a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it" | |
| 5. |  tooth - one of a number of uniform projections on a gearcogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion projection - any structure that branches out from a central support |
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tooth
nounTeeth
canine, incisor or foretooth, molar, premolar, wisdom toothCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
سِنسِن المِنْشار أو المُشْطسِنّ
зъб
dent
zub
tandtændertak
ZahnSägezahn
hammas
دندان
hammas
zubzubac
fog
gigi
tönnsagartönn
歯
이 모양의 것치아
dens
dantisdantų krapštukasdantų pastadantų šepetėlisdantų skausmas
zobs
tandzaagtand
ząbzęby
dinte
zob
tand
ซี่หวี เลื่อย หรือซิปฟัน
răng
tooth
[tuːθ]A. N (teeth (pl))
1. (Anat) → diente m; (esp molar) → muela f
to clean one's teeth → lavarse los dientes
to cut a tooth → echar un diente
she's cutting her first tooth → le está saliendo el primer diente, está echando el primer diente
to have a tooth out → sacarse una muela
to show one's teeth (smiling or aggressive) → enseñar los dientes
to cut one's teeth on sth → foguearse con or en algo, dar los primeros pasos con algo
to be fed up to the (back) teeth with sth/sb → estar hasta la coronilla de algo/algn
to get one's teeth into sth → hincarle el diente a algo, meterse de lleno en algo
in the teeth of the wind → contra un viento violento
in the teeth of great opposition → haciendo frente a una gran resistencia
to lie through one's teeth → mentir descaradamente
long in the tooth → con muchos años a cuestas
to fight tooth and nail → luchar a brazo partido
it sets my/his teeth on edge → me/le da dentera
by the skin of one's teeth → por un pelo
to have a sweet tooth → ser goloso
see also armed, false, grit, wisdom
to clean one's teeth → lavarse los dientes
to cut a tooth → echar un diente
she's cutting her first tooth → le está saliendo el primer diente, está echando el primer diente
to have a tooth out → sacarse una muela
to show one's teeth (smiling or aggressive) → enseñar los dientes
to cut one's teeth on sth → foguearse con or en algo, dar los primeros pasos con algo
to be fed up to the (back) teeth with sth/sb → estar hasta la coronilla de algo/algn
to get one's teeth into sth → hincarle el diente a algo, meterse de lleno en algo
in the teeth of the wind → contra un viento violento
in the teeth of great opposition → haciendo frente a una gran resistencia
to lie through one's teeth → mentir descaradamente
long in the tooth → con muchos años a cuestas
to fight tooth and nail → luchar a brazo partido
it sets my/his teeth on edge → me/le da dentera
by the skin of one's teeth → por un pelo
to have a sweet tooth → ser goloso
see also armed, false, grit, wisdom
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tooth
[ˈtuːθ] [teeth] [ˈtiːθ] (pl) n (= part of body) → dent f
to have a tooth out → se faire arracher une dent
to brush one's teeth → se brosser les dents
to have a tooth out → se faire arracher une dent
to brush one's teeth → se brosser les dents
(= part of comb, cog) → dent f
in the teeth of sth (= despite) (difficulty) → malgré qch; [+ danger] → au mépris de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
tooth
n pl <teeth>
(of person, animal) → Zahn m; to have a tooth out/filled → sich (dat) → einen Zahn ziehen/plombieren lassen; to get one’s teeth into something (lit) → etw zwischen die Zähne bekommen; (fig) → sich in etw (dat) → festbeißen; armed to the teeth → bis an die Zähne bewaffnet; to show one’s teeth → die Zähne zeigen (also fig) → or fletschen; to fight tooth and nail → bis aufs Blut kämpfen; in the teeth of the wind → gegen den Wind; in the teeth of all opposition → ungeachtet allen Widerstands; to lie through or in one’s teeth → das Blaue vom Himmel herunterlügen; I’m fed up to the (back) teeth with that (inf) or sick to the (back) teeth of that (inf) → ich habe die Nase gestrichen voll davon (inf), → es hängt mir zum Hals heraus (inf); to give a law/an organization some teeth (fig) → einem Gesetz/einer Organisation Wirksamkeit verleihen; selling a car these days is like pulling teeth (esp US) → ein Auto zu verkaufen ist heutzutage ein mühsames Geschäft
tooth
in cpds → Zahn-;toothache
n → Zahnweh nt, → Zahnschmerzen pl
toothbrush
n → Zahnbürste f
toothbrush moustache
n → Bürste f
tooth decay
n → Karies f, → Zahnverfall m
tooth
:tooth fairy
n Fantasiefigur, die die Milchzähne der Kinder einsammelt und ihnen dafür eine Münze gibt
toothless
adj → zahnlos; (fig: = powerless) body → zahnlos, ohne Biss; law, agreement → wirkungslos; a tooth tiger (fig) → ein Papiertiger m
toothpaste
n → Zahnpasta or -creme f
toothpick
n → Zahnstocher m
tooth powder
n → Zahnpulver nt
toothsome
adj → schmackhaft, wohlschmeckend
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tooth
[tuːθ] n (teeth (pl)) (Anat, Tech) → dente mto clean one's teeth → lavarsi i denti
to have a tooth out, (Am) to have a tooth pulled → farsi togliere un dente
to have a sweet tooth → essere ghiotto/a di dolci
long in the tooth (fam) (old) → vecchiotto/a
to be fed up to the (back) teeth with sb/sth (fam) → averne fin sopra i capelli di qn/qc
to get one's teeth into (fig) (work) → impegnarsi a fondo in (subject) → immergersi in
armed to the teeth → armato/a fino ai denti
to fight tooth and nail → combattere con le unghie e con i denti
it sets my teeth on edge → mi fa venire i brividi
by the skin of one's teeth → per il rotto della cuffia
in the teeth of great opposition → malgrado la forte opposizione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tooth
(tuːθ) noun – plural teeth (tiːθ) –1. any of the hard, bone-like objects that grow in the mouth and are used for biting and chewing. He has had a tooth out at the dentist's.
2. something that looks or acts like a tooth. the teeth of a comb/saw.
teethe (tiːð) verb (of a baby) to grow one's first teeth. He cries a lot because he's teething.
toothed adjective having teeth. a toothed wheel.
ˈtoothless adjective without teeth. a toothless old woman.
ˈtoothy adjective showing a lot of teeth. a toothy grin.
ˈtoothache noun a pain in a tooth. He has / is suffering from toothache.
ˈtoothbrush noun a brush for cleaning the teeth.
ˈtoothpaste noun a kind of paste used to clean the teeth. a tube of toothpaste.
ˈtoothpick noun a small piece of wood, plastic etc for picking out food etc from between the teeth.
be/get etc long in the tooth (of a person or animal) to be, become etc, old. I'm getting a bit long in the tooth to climb mountains.
a fine-tooth comb a comb with the teeth set close together, for removing lice, dirt etc from hair etc.
a sweet tooth a liking for sweet food. My friend has a sweet tooth.
tooth and nail fiercely and with all one's strength. They fought tooth and nail.
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tooth
→ سِنّ zub tand Zahn δόντι diente hammas dent zub, zubac dente 歯 이 모양의 것, 치아 tand tann ząb dente зуб, зубец tand ซี่หวี เลื่อย หรือซิป, ฟัน diş răng 牙, 齿Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
tooth
n. diente;
impacted ___ → ___ impactado;
unerupted___ → ___ no erucionado;
___ decay → ___ careado;
to fill a ___ → hacer un empaste;
to pull a ___ → extraer un ___.
. English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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tooth
n (pl teeth) diente m, muela; baby — diente de leche; back — (fam) muela; canine — canino, colmillo; deciduous — diente deciduo or primario, diente de leche (fam); false teeth dentadura postiza, dientes postizos; front — incisivo; milk — diente de leche; permanent — diente permanente or definitivo; primary — diente primario or deciduo, diente de leche (fam); set of teeth dentadura; temporary — diente primario or deciduo, diente de leche (fam); wisdom — tercer molar (form), muela de(l) juicioEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.