teeth
/tiːθ/noun
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The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
Example: The international community's sanctions against the regime had some teeth to them this time around.
verb
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To grow teeth.
Example: Babies typically start teething at about six months.
To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
Example: She'll teethe on anything that she can get into her mouth.
noun
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A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
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.
A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.