Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having teeth, especially of a certain number or type. Often used in combination: saw-toothed.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having teeth; furnished with teeth.
- Jagged; notched; dentate; serrate.
- Specifically— Thorny.
- In botany, having a series of regular or irregular projecting points about the margin; dentate: as, a toothed leaf, calyx, etc.; having tooth-like projections, as the roots of Dentaria.
- In ornithology, having a tooth-like projection of the cutting edge of the bill, as a falcon's beak; dentirostral. See cuts under dentirostral and Thamnophilinæ.
- In conchology, having a tooth-like projection, or such projections, about the margin of a bivalve, or the aperture of a univalve, as a unio or a helix. See tooth, n., 3 , and cuts under bivalve, Monoceros, and Monodonta.
- In anatomy, odontoid or dentate: noting the axis, or second cervical vertebra. See axis, 3 .
- In entomology, having one or more sharp tooth-like processes: as, a toothed margin or mandible.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having teeth.
- adj. Having projections resembling teeth.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having teeth; furnished with teeth.
- adj. Having marginal projecting points; dentate.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
- adj. having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination
- adj. notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
Examples
“Is there not something in our soil and climate exceptionally favorable to weeds, -- something harsh, ungenial, sharp-toothed, that is akin to them?”
“It will be found that the two bows -- that is, the toothed or indented nervures -- cross one another obliquely.”
“Sperm whales, dolphins and other "toothed" whales hunt squid so deep in the ocean they must rely on biosonar.”
“Mergansers Three species, all have "toothed" bill for catching fish.”
“It is now possible for the first time to realistically simulate the production of three-dimensional parts such as toothed wheels in gear systems or washers in one-hand mixer taps for washbasins.”
“It stood fifteen feet high, maybe nine feet wide at its thickest point, gaping, many-toothed mouth in the front.”
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“Those nights I always took a bath and sometimes I got high and cleaned her little place with a fine-toothed comb.”
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“The gaping black-toothed maw of her mouth opens at me in what I can now tell is a smile.”
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