tooth
1. tooth \'tu:th\ \'te-th\ \-.li-k\ n or teeth [ME, fr. OE to-th; akin to
OHG zand tooth, L dent-, den] pl s, Gk odont-, odous 1a: one of the hard
bony appendages that are borne on the jaws or in many o f the lower
vertebrates on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx and serve
esp. for the prehension and mastication of food and as weapons of offense
and defense 1b: any of various usu. hard and sharp processes esp. about the
mouth of an invertebrate 2: TASTE, LIKING 3: a projection resembling or
suggesting the tooth of an animal in shape, a rrangement, or action {saw ~}
: as 3a: one of the regular projections on the circumference or sometimes
the fa ce of a wheel that engage with corresponding projections on another
wheel esp. to transmit force : COG 3b: a small sharp-pointed marginal lobe
or process on a plant 4a: something that injures, tortures, devours, or
destroys pl 4b: effective means of enforcement 5: a roughness of surface
produced by mechanical or artificial means - tooth.like aj
2. tooth \'tu:th, 'tu:th\ vt : to furnish with teeth; specif : INDENT, JAG
{~ a saw}