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What does tooth mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tooth? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  3. 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.
  4. (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
  5. (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
  6. (figuratively) taste; palate
  7. (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
Verb
  1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
  2. To indent; to jag.
  3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.
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