A projecting part resembling a tooth in shape or function, as on a comb, gear, or saw.
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A rough surface, as of paper or metal.
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A similar structure in invertebrates, such as one of the pointed denticles or ridges on the exoskeleton of an arthropod or the shell of a mollusk.
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A small, notched projection along a margin, especially of a leaf. Also called dent2.
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Effective means of enforcement; muscle: "This . . . puts real teeth into something where there has been only lip service” ( Ellen Convisser).
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idiom
Get Slang To be actively involved in; get a firm grasp of.
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Show To express a readiness to fight; threaten defiantly.
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To the teeth Lacking nothing; completely: armed to the teeth; dressed to the teeth.
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verb-intransitive
To become interlocked; mesh.
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verb-transitive
To furnish (a tool, for example) with teeth.
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To make a jagged edge on.
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