Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tooth
Tooth
tooth
n. & v. --n. (pl. teeth) 1 each of a set of hard bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing. 2 a toothlike part or projection, e.g. the cog of a gearwheel, the point of a saw or comb, etc. 3 (often foll. by for) one's sense of taste; an appetite or liking. 4 (in pl.) force or effectiveness (the penalties give the contract teeth). --v. 1 tr. provide with teeth. 2 intr. (of cog-wheels) engage, interlock. Phrases and idioms armed to the teeth completely and elaborately armed or equipped. fight tooth and nail fight very fiercely. get one's teeth into devote oneself seriously to. in the teeth of 1 in spite of (opposition or difficulty etc.). 2 contrary to (instructions etc.). 3 directly against (the wind etc.). set a person's teeth on edge see EDGE. tooth-billed (of a bird) having toothlike projections on the cutting edges of the bill. tooth-comb = fine-tooth comb (see FINE(1)). tooth powder powder for cleaning the teeth. tooth shell = tusk shell. Derivatives toothed adj. (also in comb.). toothless adj. toothlike adj. Etymology: OE toth (pl. teth) f. Gmc
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noun (plural teeth) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tōth; akin to Old High German zand ~, Latin dent-, dens, Greek odont-, odous Date: before 12th century 1. one of the hard bony appendages that are borne on the jaws or in many of the lower vertebrates on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx and serve especially for the prehension and mastication of food and as weapons of offense and defense, any of various usually hard and sharp processes especially about the mouth of an invertebrate, taste, liking, a projection resembling or suggesting the ~ of an animal in shape, arrangement, or action , any of the regular projections on the circumference or sometimes the face of a wheel that engage with corresponding projections on another wheel especially to transmit force ; cog, a small sharp-pointed marginal lobe or process on a plant, 4. something that injures, tortures, devours, or destroys , effective means of enforcement , a roughness of surface produced by mechanical or artificial means, ~like adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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