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toothed

TOOTHT/tuːθt/

4 meanings of toothed

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Having teeth, the hard white parts in the mouth used for biting and chewing.

    Most mammals are toothed and use their teeth to chew food.

    The fossil showed a heavily toothed lower jaw.

    Oppositetoothless

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Having points or edges that stick out like an animal's teeth.

    Like the bumpy edge of a saw blade.

    The toothed blade ripped through the thick cardboard.

    Botanists noted the toothed margins along each leaf.

    Similarserrated, jagged, notched, dentate

    Oppositesmooth

  3. 3
    adjectivein compounds
    Having teeth of a certain kind, named by the word joined in front.

    The old blade was coarsely toothed, so it left rough cuts.

    A saw-toothed ridge lined the far horizon.

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  4. 4
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of tooth. Use this form for something that already happened.

    The carpenter toothed the new saw blade before starting the job.

    They toothed the gear wheel slowly by hand.

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toothed is a form of tooth

tooth, verb: To give something teeth, or to cut small points or notches along its edge. Full entry

Forms
toothtooths he/she/ittoothing -ing formtoothed past tense, past participle
Spelling
tooth → toothed: add -ed

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Origin

From the word "tooth" plus the ending "-ed".