Toothed
/tuːθt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of tooth form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having teeth. not-comparable
"The sperm whale is a toothed whale."
- 2 Having projections resembling an animal's teeth. not-comparable
"A cog is a toothed wheel."
- 3 Having teeth of the specified type. in-compounds, not-comparable
"A sharp-toothed rat."
Adjective
- 1 having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed wordnet
- 2 notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex wordnet
- 3 having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination wordnet
Example
More examples"A sperm whale is the biggest toothed whale."
Etymology
From tooth + -ed.