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Teeth

/tiːθ/

The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

📖 Definitions of "Teeth"

noun
  1. 1

    The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

    "The international community's sanctions against the regime had some teeth to them this time around."

verb
  1. 1

    To grow teeth.

    "Babies typically start teething at about six months."

  2. 2

    To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.

    "She'll teethe on anything that she can get into her mouth."

noun
  1. 1

    A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.

  2. 2

    A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.

  3. 3

    A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.

  4. 4

    A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.

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