toothed

/ (tuːθt) /

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adjective

having a tooth or teeth
(in combination)sabre-toothed; six-toothed

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Words nearby toothed

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How to use toothed in a sentence

I ask Cuco how The Verne Club gets illegal, over-proof alcohol like absinthe through the fine-toothed comb of Argentine customs.
The Absinthe-Minded Porteños of Buenos Aires|Jeff Campagna|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Seven children lost parts of fingers and toes to the sharp-toothed creatures.
How Climate Change Is Causing Chaos in the Animal Kingdom|Nina Strochlic|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His Fox News Channel is a shark-toothed star machine leaving its cable competitors in the dust.
Murdoch’s Dark Arts|Tina Brown|July 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Will Disney only be successful turning rides into movies when the stories are set around gold-toothed swashbucklers?
Film-Inspired Cocktails: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides|Brody Brown|May 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST

A toothed arc fixed to the revolving platform or to the live ring serves to give motion to the bridge.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Shadows of gloom dissolved and were replaced by a black-toothed, crescent-shaped smile of delight.
The Holes and John Smith|Edward W. Ludwig
Wherever your glory-toothed lightning bites, it crunches cattle, like a well-aimed bolt.
Sacred Books of the East|Various
The toothed edge is applied to the paper and the reverse edge tapped with a mallet or hammer.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
And far as his eyes could reach along the coast there lifted enormous, saw-toothed mountains.
The Hidden Places|Bertrand W. Sinclair

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