- tooth
- noun1 individual toothADJECTIVE▪ broken, chipped, missing▪ bad, decayed, rotten▪ loose▪ capped, gold▪ canine, eye (AmE)▪ wisdomVERB + TOOTH▪ extract, pull out, remove▪ have out▪
I've just had a tooth out at the dentist's.
▪ knock out▪ lose▪I lost three teeth in the fight.
▪ break▪ fill▪ cut▪The baby's crying because he's cutting a new tooth (= a new one is coming through).
▪a reporter who cut her teeth working in Soweto (figurative)
TOOTH + VERB▪ be through, come through▪Billy's first tooth is now through.
▪ fall out▪ acheTOOTH + NOUN▪ decay, loss▪ abscess▪ enamel▪ fairy▪Does the tooth fairy really exist?
2 teeth set of teethADJECTIVE▪ big, huge▪ gappy (BrE)▪She wore a brace to correct her gappy teeth.
▪ buck, prominent▪I used to be self-conscious of my prominent teeth.
▪ even, straight▪ crooked, jagged (often figurative), misshapen, pointy (informal)▪Her smile showed crooked teeth.
▪Skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth.
▪a vampire with pointy teeth
▪ good, healthy, pearl-white, pearly, perfect, strong, white▪ yellow▪ false▪ needle-sharp, razor-sharp, sharp▪Mink have razor-sharp teeth.
▪ clenched, gritted▪Alan hissed from behind his clenched teeth.
▪ back, front▪ bottom, top▪ baby, milk (BrE)▪I still have one of my baby teeth.
▪ adult▪ real▪ permanentVERB + TEETH▪ have▪ brush, clean▪ rot▪Sugar rots your teeth.
▪ bare, reveal, show▪The dog bared its teeth at us and growled.
▪The man smiled, revealing perfect white teeth.
▪ clamp, clench, grit▪He broke off what he was saying, clamping his teeth together.
▪She answered through clenched teeth (= opening her mouth only a little because of anger).
▪ clamp sth between, clamp sth in▪His pipe was firmly clamped between his teeth.
▪ gnash, grind▪ sink▪The cat sank its teeth into his finger.
TEETH + VERB▪ bite sb/sth, sink into sb/sth, snap together▪ chatter▪Their teeth were chattering with cold.
▪ flash, gleam, glint, shine▪Her teeth flashed as she smiled.
PREPOSITION▪ against the/your tooth▪He clattered the spoon against his teeth as he ate.
▪ between the/your tooth▪She answered the phone with a cigarette between her teeth.
▪ in the/your tooth▪The cat came in with a mouse in its teeth.
▪ through the/your tooth▪‘Come here now!’ she growled through her teeth.
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Tooth — (t[=oo]th), n.; pl. {Teeth} (t[=e]th). [OE. toth,tooth, AS. t[=o][eth]; akin to OFries. t[=o]th, OS. & D. tand, OHG. zang, zan, G. zahn, Icel. t[ o]nn, Sw. & Dan. tand, Goth. tumpus, Lith. dantis, W. dant, L. dens, dentis, Gr. odoy s, odo ntos,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tooth — tooth; tooth·er; tooth·ful; tooth·i·ly; tooth·ing; tooth·less; tooth·let; tooth·pick·er; tooth·some; tooth·some·ly; tooth·some·ness; un·tooth; tooth·less·ly; tooth·less·ness; … English syllables
tooth — W2S2 [tu:θ] n plural teeth [ti:θ] ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in mouth)¦ 2¦(on a tool etc)¦ 3¦(power)¦ 4 fight tooth and nail 5 get your teeth into something … Dictionary of contemporary English
tooth — [to͞oth; ] for v., also [ to͞oth] n. pl. teeth [tēth] [ME < OE toth (< * tanth), akin to Ger zahn < IE * edont (< base * ed , to eat) > L dens (gen. dentis), Gr odous (gen. odontos)] 1. a) any of a set of hard, bonelike structures… … English World dictionary
tooth — [ tuθ ] (plural teeth [ tiθ ] ) noun count *** 1. ) any of the hard white objects inside your mouth that you use for biting and for CHEWING food: front/back teeth a loose/missing/broken tooth brush/clean your teeth: It s important to brush your… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Tooth — Tooth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toothed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toothing}.] 1. To furnish with teeth. [1913 Webster] The twin cards toothed with glittering wire. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw. [1913 Webster] 3. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tooth´i|ly — tooth|y «TOO thee», adjective, tooth|i|er, tooth|i|est. 1. showing many teeth prominently: »a toothy smile. 2. having teeth. –tooth´i|ly … Useful english dictionary
tooth|y — «TOO thee», adjective, tooth|i|er, tooth|i|est. 1. showing many teeth prominently: »a toothy smile. 2. having teeth. –tooth´i|ly … Useful english dictionary
tooth — (n.) O.E. toð (plural teð), from P.Gmc. *tanth, *tunth (Cf. O.S., Dan., Swed., Du. tand, O.N. tönn, O.Fris. toth, O.H.G. zand, Ger. Zahn, Goth. tunþus), from PIE *dont /*dent tooth (Cf. Skt. danta, Gk. odontos … Etymology dictionary
tooth — ► NOUN (pl. teeth) 1) each of a set of hard, bony enamel coated structures in the jaws, used for biting and chewing. 2) a projecting part, especially a cog on a gearwheel or a point on a saw or comb. 3) (teeth) genuine force or effectiveness. ●… … English terms dictionary
Tooth — Tooth. См. Зубец. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов