toothed

English

Etymology

From tooth +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːθt/

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• Rhymes: -uːθt

Adjective

toothed (not comparable)

1. (of an animal) Having teeth.

   The sperm whale is a toothed whale.

2. Having projections resembling an animal's teeth.

   A cog is a toothed wheel.

3. (in combination) Having teeth of the specified type.

   A sharp-toothed rat.

   A fine-toothed comb.

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
• large-toothed aspen
• loose-toothed
• red-toothed
• red-toothed shrew
• rough-toothed dolphin
• saber-toothed
• sabre-toothed
• saw-toothed
• scimitar-toothed
• sharp-toothed
• small-toothed palm civet
• snaggle-toothed
• snaggletoothed
• spade-toothed whale
• sweet-toothed
• toothed jelly fungus
• toothed jelly mushroom
• toothed whale
• yellow-toothed cavy

Translations

having teeth

• Bulgarian: зъбат (bg) (zǎbat)
• Finnish: hammas- (fi)

having projections resembling teeth

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

having certain type of teeth

• Finnish: -hampainen

Verb

toothed

1. simple past and past participle of tooth