toothing

as inbite

Synonyms for toothing

verb grip or tear with teeth

Antonyms for toothing

Word Origin & History

Old English toð (plural teð), from Proto-Germanic *tanth, *tunth (cf. Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Dutch tand, Old Norse tönn, Old Frisian toth, Old High German zand, German Zahn, Gothic tunþus), from PIE *dont-/*dent- "tooth" (cf. Sanskrit danta, Greek odontos, Latin dens, Lithuanian dantis, Old Irish det, Welsh dent). Plural form teeth is an instance of i-mutation. Application to tooth-like parts of other objects (saws, combs, etc.) first recorded 1520s.

Example Sentences for toothing

If the cause can be detected, as in toothing or worms, it should be removed.

The strange feature in this case is the zig-zag "toothing" which is employed to represent the jaws.

Then comes a softening process to prepare the files for the men who grind or file them to a true form, and for toothing.