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Antonyms for toothed

Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : tooth
Phonetic Transcription : tuθ

Definition of toothed

Origin :
  • Old English toð (plural teð), from Proto-Germanic *tanth, *tunth (cf. Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Dutch tand, Old Norse tönn, Old Frisian toth, Old High German zand, German Zahn, Gothic tunþus), from PIE *dont-/*dent- "tooth" (cf. Sanskrit danta, Greek odontos, Latin dens, Lithuanian dantis, Old Irish det, Welsh dent). Plural form teeth is an instance of i-mutation. Application to tooth-like parts of other objects (saws, combs, etc.) first recorded 1520s.
  • As in jagged : adj ragged, notched
  • As in serrated : adj jagged
  • As in ridged : adj crinkled
  • As in saw-toothed : adj with teeth like a saw's
  • As in serrate : adj jagged
  • As in bite : verb grip or tear with teeth
Example sentences :
  • The file (not glass or sand-paper) must not be of the toothed kind, but grooved.
  • Extract from : « The Repairing & Restoration of Violins » by Horace Petherick
  • If not entire it may be toothed, serrate (sawlike), crenate or wavy.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • At the base of each leafstalk there is a pair of toothed stipules.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • The leaves are smooth, deeply cut, toothed, and half clasp the stem.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • The upper leaves are entire and sessile, while the lower are toothed and stalked.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • Some have smooth margins, but the typical leaf is toothed like holly.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • They are very much cut up, and their edges are toothed like a saw.
  • Extract from : « Flowers Shown to the Children » by C. E. Smith
  • Each leaf is divided into seven parts, which are toothed round the edges.
  • Extract from : « Flowers Shown to the Children » by C. E. Smith
  • The seeds are very small, and each has a toothed, membranous wing.
  • Extract from : « Botany for Ladies » by Jane Loudon
  • The animal resembles the Anodon, but the shell presents a toothed hinge.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier

Synonyms for toothed

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