4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
toothed
adjective
1: having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often
used in combination; "saw-toothed" [ant: {toothless}]
2: notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn:
{serrate}, {serrated}, {saw-toothed}, {notched}]
3: having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though
gnawed [syn: {erose}, {jagged}, {jaggy}, {notched}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Toothed \Toothed\, adjective
1. Having teeth; furnished with teeth. ''Ruby-lipped and
toothed with pearl.'' --Herrick.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Having marginal projecting points;
dentate.
{Toothed whale} (Zo["o]l.), any whale of the order Denticete.
See {Denticete}.
{Toothed wheel}, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set
on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by
their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tooth \Tooth\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Toothed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toothing}.]
1. To furnish with teeth.
The twin cards toothed with glittering wire.
--Wordsworth.
2. To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.
3. To lock into each other. See {Tooth}, noun, 4. --Moxon.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "toothed":
acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform,
acuminate, acute, barbed, battlemented, bicuspid, chopped, clawed,
cornuted, crenate, crenated, crenellated, crenulate, cusped,
cuspidate, dental, dentate, dentated, dentiform, dentoid, digital,
digitate, digitated, embrasured, erose, fanged, fingered, gashed,
hispid, horned, horny, incised, indented, jagged, jaggy, jawed,
lacerate, lacerated, molar, mucronate, needle-pointed,
needle-sharp, nicked, notched, odontoid, pointed, prehensile,
pronged, raptorial, saw-toothed, sawlike, scalloped, scored,
serrate, serrated, serrulated, sharp-pointed, snaggle-toothed,
snaggled, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny,
taloned, tapered, tapering, tined, toothlike, toothy, tusked,
unbated
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