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Definition: Toothed |
ToothedAdjective1. Having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination; "saw-toothed". 2. Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex. 3. Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "toothed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references) |
Synonyms: ToothedSynonyms: erose (adj), jagged (adj), jaggy (adj), notched (adj), saw-toothed (adj), serrate (adj), serrated (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: toothless (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Notch | Adjective: notched; Verb: crenate, crenated; dentate, dentated; denticulate, denticulated; toothed, palmated, serrated. |
Sharpness | Adjective: sharp, keen; acute; acicular, aciform; aculeated, acuminated; pointed; tapering; conical, pyramidal; mucronate, mucronated; spindle shaped, needle shaped; spiked, spiky, ensiform, peaked, salient; cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated; cornute, cornuted, cornicultate; prickly; spiny, spinous, spicular; thorny, bristling, muricated, pectinated, studded, thistly, briary; craggy; (rough); snaggy, digitated, two-edged, fusiform; dentiform, denticulated; toothed; odontoid; starlike; stellated, stelliform; sagittate, sagittiform; arrowheaded; arrowy, barbed, spurred. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Toothed |
| Specialty definitions using "toothed": arc furnace tilt rockers ♦ BLENDER II, BRAKE ADJUSTER, BUFFER, AUTOMATIC, bull gear ♦ coalbreaker, cone-in-cone structure, crossed gears, crossed-axes gears, crossed-axis gears, crumbling machine, crusher rolls, crushing roll ♦ disintegrating machine, DITCHER OPERATOR ♦ Empire drill, excentric gear ♦ felling dog ♦ gear transmission, gears with intersecting axes, gear-system, Gyrfalcon, Gerfalcon ♦ hyperbolic gears ♦ Jeffrey single-roll crusher ♦ LOUSE TRAP ♦ non-crossed gears, Nusse and Grafer PIV/6 drilling machine ♦ offset-axes gears ♦ parallel gears, parallel-axes gears, plain gear ♦ rack gear, Rags and Jags, rolling contact gears ♦ serrate texture, shredder, single-roll crusher, single-shot exploders, skew axis gears, skew type gears, skew-axes gears, sliding contact gears ♦ toothed gearing, toothed-shoe cutter, tree dog ♦ wet shredding, worm gears. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "toothed": Dentation. (references) |
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| "Gear" by Lucian Binder Commentary: "Old rosty toothed wheels." |
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| "Toothed" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.38% of the time. "Toothed" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90.38% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 7.69% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 1.92% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 52 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "toothed": saber toothed ♦ sabre toothed ♦ toothed gearing ♦ toothed quadrant ♦ toothed spurge ♦ toothed sword fern ♦ toothed whale ♦ toothed wheel. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "toothed": toothed-plate. | |
Ending with "toothed": dog-toothed, sharp-toothed, sweet-toothed, wide-toothed. | |
Containing "toothed": big-toothed aspen, false saber-toothed tiger, fine-toothed comb, large-toothed aspen, large-toothed comb, saber-toothed tiger, saber-toothed tigers, small-toothed comb, sweet-toothed person. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
saber toothed tiger | 29 |
saber toothed cat | 16 |
toothed whale | 11 |
sabre tiger toothed | 9 |
cat sabre toothed | 5 |
toothed belt | 5 |
strip toothed | 4 |
picture saber tiger toothed | 4 |
sabor tiger toothed | 3 |
cat picture saber toothed | 3 |
beetle grain saw toothed | 3 |
belt drive toothed | 3 |
dolphin rough toothed | 2 |
toothed wheel | 2 |
al buck franken moron toothed | 2 |
toothed | 2 |
baleen toothed whale | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "toothed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i dhëmbëzuar (dentate, denticulate, dentiform, jagged, jaggy, jugged, rugged, saw edged, serrated), dhëmbë-dhëmbë (jagged, lacerate, ragged). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسنن (cogged, dentated, indented, jagged, serrate, serrated), مثلم (blunt, furrowed), ذو أسنان. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | назъбен (crenellated, dentate, denticulate, indented, iron-bound, jagged, lacerated, notched, ragged, rugged, saw edged, serrated), зъбчат (notched), зъбест, зъбат. (various references) | |
Chinese | 齿状 (Dentate). (various references) | |
Czech | ozubený (barbed). (various references) | |
Danish | tandskive (toothed disk), tandkrans (toothed rim), tandhjulsudveksling (gear, gear transmission, gearing, gears, gear-system, toothed gearing, wheelwork), tandhjul (cogwheel, gear), takvalse (beater, notched rotor, toothed rotor), tandstang (gear, gear-rack, rack, toothed rack), savblad med paasatte taender i segmenter (saw blade with inserted toothed segments), drev (actuator, drive, pinion, to beat, to drive, toothed pinion), hølæsseanordning (crop loader, rake stacker, rake type overshot stacker, toothed-bar type crop loader), hølæsseanordning med rivetænder (crop loader, rake stacker, rake type overshot stacker, toothed-bar type crop loader), harve med taender (toothed harrow), harver med tænder (toothed harrow), kilerem med tænder (toothed V-belt), klinge med taender (toothed blade), krogsneglebælg (hairy medick, toothed medick, US california burclover), bedejordloppe (beet flea beetle, brassy flea beetle, brassy-toothed flea beetle, hop flea beetle, mangle flea beetle, mangold flea beetle, tooth-legged flea beetle), rive til sammenrivning (crop loader, rake stacker, rake type overshot stacker, toothed-bar type crop loader), savklinge (toothed blade), skruedrev (helical gear, helical toothed gear, spiral gear, twist gear), stivtandsharve (peg tooth harrow, smoothing harrow, spike harrow, spike tooth harrow, spike toothed harrow, straight-tined harrow), rive med overfaldsstabler (crop loader, rake stacker, rake type overshot stacker, toothed-bar type crop loader). (various references) | |
Dutch | tandenegge (toothed harrow), tandeneg (toothed harrow), tandheugel (bolt, catch, click, gear-rack, latch, marionette, pawl, pin, rack, rack element, ratchet, toothed rack), tandkrans (toothed rim), tandriem (toothed belt), tandring (serrated washer, toothed washer), tandschijf (toothed disk), tandwieloverbrenging (cluster, counter gear, gear, gear drive, gear transmission, geared power, gearing, gears, gear-system, intermediate wheel, toothed gearing, wheelwork), tandwiel (cogwheel, gear), ruige rupsklaver (hairy medick, toothed medick, US california burclover), getande eg (toothed harrow), getande haspel (notched rotor, toothed rotor), getande V-snaar (toothed V-belt), groene aardvlo (beet flea beetle, brassy flea beetle, brassy-toothed flea beetle, hop flea beetle, mangle flea beetle, mangold flea beetle, tooth-legged flea beetle), heugel (rack, toothed rack), heugelstang (toothed rack), kam (comb, mountain ridge), spiraalvormige tandwieloverbrenging (helical gear, helical toothed gear, spiral gear, twist gear), pignon (toothed pinion), spiraalvertanding (helical gear, helical toothed gear, spiral gear, twist gear), eg met stijve tanden (peg tooth harrow, smoothing harrow, spike harrow, spike tooth harrow, spike toothed harrow, straight-tined harrow), zaagblad met opgezette tandsegmenten (saw blade with inserted toothed segments), zaagblad met vastgeklonken tandsegmenten (saw blade with inserted toothed segments), zaagblad (centaury, toothed blade), vlakke tandveerring met open buitenvertanding (externally toothed lock washer), vlakke tandveerring met open binnenvertanding (internally toothed lock washer), opraapinrichting met schuifstang (crop loader, rake stacker, rake type overshot stacker, toothed-bar type crop loader). (various references) | |
Finnish | sahalaitainen (serrate). (various references) | |
French | denté (dog's tooth bream). (various references) | |
German | zinkig (pronged), verzahnte (tooths), verzahnt (geared, interlocked, tooths), gezahnt (ridged, serrate), gezackt (dental, dentate, jagged, serrated), gezähnt (cogged, dentate, saw-toothed, serrated). (various references) | |
Greek | οδοντωτόσ (crenate, dentate, indented, jagged, notched, rowel, serrate, sinuate), οδοντωτός (serrated). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משונן (dented, jagged, serrated), מסורי (saw edged, serrated). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fogazott (denticulate, embattled, notched, serrate, serrated, serrulate, serrulated). (various references) | |
Indonesian | enggil (notched, serrated), bergerigi (jagged, serrated). (various references) | |
Italian | trasmissione ad ingranaggi (gear transmission, gearing, gears, gear-system, toothed gearing, wheelwork), guida dentata (gear-rack, rack, toothed rack), altica delle rape (beet flea beetle, brassy flea beetle, brassy-toothed flea beetle, hop flea beetle, mangle flea beetle, mangold flea beetle, tooth-legged flea beetle), caricaforaggio a forche (crop loader, rake stacker, rake type overshot stacker, toothed-bar type crop loader), caricaforaggio con barre di spinta (crop loader, rake stacker, rake type overshot stacker, toothed-bar type crop loader), cinghia dentata (toothed belt), cinghia trapezoidale a cresta (toothed V-belt), corona dentata (rear chain wheel sprocket, toothed rim), cremagliera (rack), disintegratore a denti (notched rotor, toothed rotor), erpice (Harrow), erpice a denti (toothed harrow), altica della barbabietola (beet flea beetle, brassy flea beetle, brassy-toothed flea beetle, hop flea beetle, mangle flea beetle, mangold flea beetle, tooth-legged flea beetle), estirpatrice (lifting shares, sugar beet lifter, toothed harrow), lama da sega a segmenti riportati (saw blade with inserted toothed segments), lama dentata (toothed blade), medica ispida (hairy medick, toothed medick, US california burclover), pettine (comb, crest, pecten, scallop), pignone dentato (toothed pinion), pignone elicoidale (helical gear, helical toothed gear, spiral gear, twist gear), rondella dentata (toothed disk), rondella elastica a dentatura esterna (externally toothed lock washer), rondella elastica a dentatura interna (internally toothed lock washer), ruota dentata (cogwheel), erpice a denti rigidi (peg tooth harrow, smoothing harrow, spike harrow, spike tooth harrow, spike toothed harrow, straight-tined harrow). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 歯付ベルト (toothed belt). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | はつきベルト (toothed belt). (various references) | |
Manx | feeacklagh (cogged, dental, dentate, indented, indented as leaf, jagged, serrated, snappy, stepped, toothlike, tusker). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oothedtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | denteado (cogged, dentation, jagged), dentado (cogged, dentate, dented, indented, serrate). (various references) | |
Romanian | zimţat (castellated, cogged, dentated, dentate-serrate, embattled, jagged), roatã dinţatã (cog-wheel, gearwheel, rack wheel), dinţat (castellated, cogged, dented, denticulated). (various references) | |
Russian | зубчатый (cogged, crenelated, dentate, denticulate, jagged, jaggy, jugged, serrate, serrated). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zubat (toothy), sa zubima, nazubljen (dentate, denticulate). (various references) | |
Spanish | dentado (dentate, indented, jagged, jaggy, serrate, serrated). (various references) | |
Swedish | tandad (dentate, jagged, jaggy). (various references) | |
Turkish | tırtıllı (ctenoid, milled, serrated), dişli (cogged, cogwheel, dentate, denticulated, dontic, formidable, gear, gearwheel, hustling, indented, jagged, notched, threaded, wheel). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có răng; khía răng cưa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Medicago Lenticulata Willd., Medicago polymorpha L.. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "toothed": bucktoothed, snaggletoothed. (additional references) | |
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"Toothed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: foothed, ooohed, Tomohei, toothe, toother, toothey, tootled, tothe, t'other, trothed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "toothed" (pronounced tuw"tht or tuw"thd) |
| 3 | -uw" th d | smoothed, soothed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-o-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: hooted, hotted, tooted. | |
-2 letters: doeth, oohed, tooth, toted. | |
-3 letters: dote, doth, hoed, hood, hoot, ohed, otto, teth, toed, toot, tote. | |
-4 letters: doe, dot, edh, eth, het, hod, hoe, hot, ode, oho, ooh, oot, ted, tet, the, tho, tod, toe, too, tot. | |
-5 letters: de, do, ed, eh, et, he, ho, od, oe, oh, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-h-o-o-t-t" | |
+2 letters: hotfooted, statehood, thecodont. | |
+3 letters: outshouted, statehoods, thecodonts, theodolite. | |
+4 letters: bucktoothed, buttonholed, orthopedist, outthrobbed, photostated, theodolites. | |
+5 letters: buttonhooked, orthopedists, orthopteroid, photocathode, photoexcited, photostatted, throttlehold. | |
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