teethe

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /tiːð/ UK /tiːð/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like tease /ð/ vs /z/

Freq #251562

Meanings

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verb
to grow or cut teeth

Puppies begin to teethe when they are a few weeks old.

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teething troubles
small, temporary problems that arise while a new system or activity is getting started

Etymology

From Middle English tethen, from Old English tēþan (“to teethe”), from Proto-West Germanic *tanþijan, from Proto-Germanic *tanþijaną (“to teethe”), from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”). Cognate with German zähnen (“to provide with teeth”).

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