tooth.html - See: BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH, CUT TEETH or CUT EYETEETH, EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH, FED TO THE GILLS or FED TO THE TEETH, GET ONE'S TEETH INTO or SINK ONE'S TEETH INTO, KICK IN THE PANTS or KICK IN THE TEETH, PULL ONE'S TEETH, SET ONE'S TEETH ON EDGE, TAKE THE BIT IN ONE'S TEETH, THROW SOMETHING IN ONE'S FACE or THROW SOMETHING IN ONE'S TEETH.

tooth.html - See: HAMMER AND TONGS.

tooth.html - {adv. phr.} With all weapons or ways of fighting as hard as possible; fiercely. - Used after "fight" or a similar word. * /When the Indian girl was captured, she fought tooth and nail to get away./ * /The farmers fought tooth and nail to save their crops from the grasshoppers./ * /His friends fought tooth and nail to elect him to Congress./

tooth.html - n. & v.
--n.

(pl. teeth)
1 each of a set of hard bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing.
2 a toothlike part or projection, e.g. the cog of a gearwheel, the point of a saw or comb, etc.
3 (often foll. by for) one's sense of taste; an appetite or liking.
4 (in pl.) force or effectiveness (the penalties give the contract teeth).

--v.

1 tr. provide with teeth.
2 intr. (of cog-wheels) engage, interlock.

armed to the teeth completely and elaborately armed or equipped. fight tooth and nail fight very fiercely. get one's teeth into devote oneself seriously to. in the teeth of 1 in spite of (opposition or difficulty etc.).
2 contrary to (instructions etc.).
3 directly against (the wind etc.). set a person's teeth on edge see EDGE . tooth-billed (of a bird) having toothlike projections on the cutting edges of the bill. tooth-comb = fine-tooth comb (see FINE(1) )). tooth powder powder for cleaning the teeth. tooth shell = tusk shell.

toothed adj. (also in comb.). toothless adj. toothlike adj. [OE toth (pl. teth) f. Gmc]

tooth.html - n.
a (usu. prolonged) pain in a tooth or teeth.

tooth.html - n.
a brush for cleaning the teeth.