A1verb · intransitive · common

tooth

tooth · tooths · toothed · toothing

To provide or furnish with teethTo provide or furnish with teeth.

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UK/tuːθ/US/tuθ/

» One of my teeth came out.

У мене випав зуб. — uaspeaker

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Meaning

3 senses

To provide or furnish with teeth.
To indent; to jag.
to tooth a saw
To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

Examples

1300 sentences

One of my teeth came out.
У мене випав зуб. — uaspeaker
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I have to brush my teeth.
Мушу почистити зуби. — marko
ruЯ должен почистить зубы. — ae5s
deIch muss mir die Zähne putzen. — MUIRIEL
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Brush your teeth after each meal.
Чисти зуби після кожного прийому їжі. — aandrusiak
ruЧисти зубы после каждого приема пищи. — sharptoothed
dePutze deine Zähne nach jeder Mahlzeit. — MUIRIEL
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I'd like to brush my teeth.
Я хотів би почистити зуби. — deniko
ruЯ бы хотел почистить зубы. — odexed
deIch möchte mir die Zähne putzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Don't forget to brush your teeth.
Не забудь почистити зуби. — shanghainese
ruНе забудь почистить зубы. — Olya
deVergiß nicht, dir die Zähne zu putzen! — Waldelfe
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Origin

From Middle English toth, tothe, tooth, from Old English tōþ, from Proto-West Germanic *ta

From Middle English toth, tothe, tooth, from Old English tōþ, from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Doublet of dent, dens, tind, and tine. Related to tusk.

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Forms

tooths, toothing, toothed, toothed

Base form	tooth · to tooth
3rd person singular	tooths
Present participle	toothing
Past simple	toothed
Past participle	toothed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	tooth
he, she, it	tooths

Past simpleLesson

all persons

toothed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have toothed
he, she, it	has toothed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will tooth

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Plural nouns — Because the lesson uses it
A2Health and the body — Because the lesson uses it
A1Present simple — Because it is a verb

Collocations

12 patterns

brush my teeth
brush your teeth
brush his teeth
tooth pulled out
flosses his teeth
a tooth pulled
tooth pulled
teeth at least
my teeth after
wisdom teeth
a sweet tooth
teeth after every