toothed

English

Etymology

From tooth +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːθt/

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• Rhymes: -uːθt

Adjective

toothed (not comparable)

1. Having teeth.

   The sperm whale is a toothed whale.

2. Having certain type of teeth.

   sharp-toothed animal

3. Having projections resembling teeth.

   The sharp-toothed cog tore his shirt when he brushed against it while installing it.

Synonyms

• (having teeth): dentate, dentiferous, dentigerous
• (having projections resembling teeth): dentate, dentilated, serrate; see also Thesaurus:notched

Derived terms

• Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse
• buck-toothed
• fine-toothed
• fine-toothed comb
• gap-toothed
• gat-toothed
• large-toothed aspen
• red-toothed shrew
• saber-toothed
• sabre-toothed
• saw-toothed
• scimitar-toothed
• sharp-toothed
• snaggle-toothed
• sweet-toothed
• toothed jelly fungus
• toothed jelly mushroom
• toothed whale

 

Translations

having teeth

Finnish: hammas- (fi)

having certain type of teeth

Finnish: -hampainen

having projections resembling teeth

Bulgarian: зъбчат (bg) (zǎbčat), назъбен (bg) (nazǎben) Finnish: hammastettu, -hammasteinen French: denté (fr) German: gezahnt (de) Romanian: dințat (ro)

Verb

toothed

1. simple past and past participle of tooth