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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈtooth and ˈnail, adv. - with all one's energy;
fiercely:fought tooth and nail.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tooth′ and nail′, - with all one's resources or energy;
fiercely:We fought tooth and nail but lost.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tooth /tuθ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. teeth /tiθ/USA pronunciation . - Dentistryone of the hard bony parts attached in a row to each jaw, serving to bite and chew food or, esp. in animals, as weapons.
- any part of something that sticks out and resembles a tooth, as a part of a comb, etc.
- teeth, [plural] effective power, esp. to enforce something:to put teeth into the new law by increasing the penalty for disobeying it.
Idioms- Idioms in the teeth of, straight into or in defiance of:The ship sailed on in the teeth of the storm.
- Idioms long in the tooth, elderly.
- Idioms set or put one's teeth on edge, to cause a feeling of irritation in one:The supervisor always sets my teeth on edge.
- Idioms show one's teeth, to become menacing;
reveal one's feelings of anger or hatred. - Idioms sink or get one's teeth into, [sink/get + one's + ~ + into + object] to work on (something) with enthusiasm:At last he found a project he could sink his teeth into.
- Idioms to the teeth, completely;
fully;
entirely:armed to the teeth.
toothed, adj. tooth•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tooth (to̅o̅th),USA pronunciation n., pl. teeth, v., toothed (to̅o̅tht, to̅o̅ᵺd),USA pronunciation tooth•ing (to̅o̅′thing, -ᵺing).USA pronunciation n. - (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
- (in invertebrates) any of various similar or analogous processes occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal, or on a shell.
- any projection resembling or suggesting a tooth.
- one of the projections of a comb, rake, saw, etc.
- [Mach.]
- any of the uniform projections on a gear or rack by which it drives, or is driven by, a gear, rack, or worm.
- any of the uniform projections on a sprocket by which it drives or is driven by a chain.
- [Bot.]
- any small, toothlike marginal lobe.
- one of the toothlike divisions of the peristome of mosses.
- a sharp, distressing, or destructive attribute or agency.
- taste, relish, or liking.
- a surface, as on a grinding wheel or sharpening stone, slightly roughened so as to increase friction with another part.
- a rough surface created on a paper made for charcoal drawing, watercolor, or the like, or on canvas for oil painting.
- by the skin of one's teeth, barely:He got away by the skin of his teeth.
- cast or throw in someone's teeth, to reproach someone for (an action):History will ever throw this blunder in his teeth.
- cut one's teeth on, to do at the beginning of one's education, career, etc., or in one's youth:The hunter boasted of having cut his teeth on tigers.
- in the teeth of:
- so as to face or confront;
straight into or against:in the teeth of the wind. - in defiance of;
in opposition to:She maintained her stand in the teeth of public opinion.
- long in the tooth, old;
elderly. - put teeth in or into, to establish or increase the effectiveness of:to put teeth into the law.
- set one's teeth, to become resolute;
prepare for difficulty:He set his teeth and separated the combatants. - set or put one's teeth on edge:
- to induce an unpleasant sensation.
- to repel;
irritate:The noise of the machines sets my teeth on edge.
- show one's teeth, to become hostile or threatening;
exhibit anger:Usually friendly, she suddenly began to show her teeth. - to the teeth, entirely;
fully:armed to the teeth; dressed to the teeth in furs.
v.t. - to furnish with teeth.
- to cut teeth upon.
v.i. - to interlock, as cogwheels.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English tōth; cognate with Dutch tand, German Zahn, Old Norse tǫnn; akin to Gothic tunthus, Latin dēns, Greek odoús (Ionic odó̄n), Sanskrit dánta
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fondness, partiality, predilection.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tooth /tuːθ/ n ( pl teeth /tiːθ/)- any of various bonelike structures set in the jaws of most vertebrates and modified, according to the species, for biting, tearing, or chewing
Related adjective(s): dental - any of various similar structures in invertebrates, occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal
- anything resembling a tooth in shape, prominence, or function: the tooth of a comb
- any of the various small indentations occurring on the margin of a leaf, petal, etc
- any one of a number of uniform projections on a gear, sprocket, rack, etc, by which drive is transmitted
- taste or appetite (esp in the phrase sweet tooth)
- long in the tooth ⇒ old or ageing: used originally of horses, because their gums recede with age
- tooth and nail ⇒ with ferocity and force
vb /tuːð; tuːθ/- (transitive) to provide with a tooth or teeth
- (intransitive) (of two gearwheels) to engage
Etymology: Old English tōth; related to Old Saxon tand, Old High German zand, Old Norse tonn, Gothic tunthus, Latin densˈtoothless adj ˈtoothˌlike adj |