tooth

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.

   tooth decay

2. 2
   noun

   Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.

   Jute has more tooth than polypropylene.

3. 3
   noun

   A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.

   Species XXXVI. Obliquaria bullata— (Unio bullata) […] Found at the falls of Ohio; rare; breadth almost two inches; cardinal and lamellar teeth like preceding species; apices rounded, decorticated, but not truncated

4. 4
   noun

   Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).

   I have a sweet tooth: I love sugary treats.

5. 5
   verb

   To provide or furnish with teeth.

   His Wife sate near him, teasing matted wool, / While, from the twin cards toothed with glittering wire / He fed the spindle […]

6. 6
   verb

   To indent; to jag.

   to tooth a saw

7. 7
   verb

   To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

   Whereas if the Header of one side of the wall, toothed as much as the Stretcher on the other side, it would be a stronger Toothing, and the joints of the Header on one side, would be in the middle of the Headers of the course they lie upon of the other side

8. 8
   noun

   a means of enforcement

Etymology

From Middle English tothe, toth, tooth, from Old English tōþ (“tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ (“tooth”), from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Related to tusk. Doublet of dent, dens, tind, and tine. Cognates Cognate with Scots tuith (“tooth”), North Frisian Ter, teän, tosch, toske, tuis, tus, tusch, täis (“tooth”), Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Bavarian Zåhn (“tooth”), Dutch tand (“tooth”), German Zahn (“tooth”), Limburgish tandj (“tooth”), Luxembourgish Zant (“tooth”), Vilamovian cōn (“tooth”), Yiddish צאָן…