teeth
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/tiːθ/
English
Definitions
noun
- The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.“The international community's sanctions against the regime had some teeth to them this time around.”
verb
- To grow teeth.“Babies typically start teething at about six months.”
- To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.“She'll teethe on anything that she can get into her mouth.”
noun
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- 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.
- A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
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Synonyms
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