toothless
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| —n , pl teeth | |
| 1. | any of various bonelike structures set in the jaws of most vertebrates and modified, according to the species, for biting, tearing, or chewingRelated: dental |
| 2. | any of various similar structures in invertebrates, occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal |
| 3. | anything resembling a tooth in shape, prominence, or function: the tooth of a comb |
| 4. | any of the various small indentations occurring on the margin of a leaf, petal, etc |
| 5. | any one of a number of uniform projections on a gear, sprocket, rack, etc, by which drive is transmitted |
| 6. | taste or appetite (esp in the phrase sweet tooth) |
| 7. | long in the tooth old or ageing: used originally of horses, because their gums recede with age |
| 8. | tooth and nail with ferocity and force: we fought tooth and nail |
| —vb | |
| 9. | (tr) to provide with a tooth or teeth |
| 10. | (intr) (of two gearwheels) to engage |
| Related: dental | |
| [Old English tōth; related to Old Saxon tand, Old High German zand, Old Norse tonn, Gothic tunthus, Latin dens] | |
| 'toothless | |
| —adj | |
| 'toothlike | |
| —adj | |
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Toothless
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