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Definition tooth

Etymology

From Middle English tothe, toth, tooth, from Old English t?þ (“tooth”), from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Scots tuth, tuith (“tooth”), North Frisian toth, tos (“tooth”), Dutch tand (“tooth”), German Zahn (“tooth”), Danish and Swedish tand (“tooth”), Norwegian tann (“tooth”), Icelandic tönn (“tooth”), Welsh dant (“tooth”), Latin d?ns (“tooth”), Lithuanian dantìs (“tooth”), Ancient Greek ????? (odoús)/???? (od?n, “tooth”), Armenian ???? (atam), Persian ?????‎ (dandân), Sanskrit ??? (dát, “tooth”). Related to tusk.

Noun

tooth (plural teeth)

1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
3. 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.
4. (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
5. (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
6. (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
7. (figuratively) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
8. (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.

Verb

tooth (third-person singular simple present tooths, present participle toothing, simple past and past participle toothed)

1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
2. To indent; to jag.
3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

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