tooth

tooth
n.

1) to cut, get teeth (babies are often fretful when they are cutting teeth)

2) to brush (esp. AE), clean one's teeth

3) to cap; drill; extract, pull, take out; fill a tooth

4) to pick one's teeth

5) to clench, gnash, grind, grit one's teeth

6) an artificial, false; baby (AE), milk; back; front; lower; permanent; upper; wisdom tooth

7) an abscessed; decayed tooth

8) teeth ache; chatter; decay, rot; erupt ('appear'); fall out; get discolored

9) a set of teeth

10) (misc.) to have a sweet tooth ('to love sweets'); to sink one's teeth into smt. ('to become completely engrossed in smt.'); to show one's teeth ('to show hostile intentions'); tooth and nail ('with all one's strength')

* * *
[tuːθ]
clean one's teeth
decayed tooth
false
fill a tooth
get discolored
gnash
grit one's teeth
permanent
upper
wisdom tooth
erupt ('appear')
to sink one's teeth into smt. ('to become completely engrossed in smt. ')
to show one's teeth ('to show hostile intentions')
tooth and nail ('with all one's strength')
baby (AE)
get teeth (babies are often fretful when they are cutting teeth)
a set of teeth
an abscessed
an artificial
teeth ache
to cap
to clench
to cut
to pick one's teeth
(misc.) to have a sweet tooth ('to love sweets')
to brush (esp. AE)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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