📖 Определения и значения для слова tooth
📒 any of the hard white structures in the mouth used for biting food
- I've just had a tooth out at the dentist's.
- to brush/clean your teeth
- tooth decay
📒 a narrow, pointed part that sticks out of an object
- the teeth on a saw
- The teeth of the cog should fit into these grooves.
📒 having many weapons
📒 to show your teeth in an aggressive and threatening way
- The dog bared its teeth and growled.
📒 if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just manage to do it
- He escaped defeat by the skin of his teeth.
📒 to do something that gives you your first experience of a particular type of work
- She cut her teeth on local radio.
📒 to grow a new tooth
📒 used to say that you should punish somebody by doing to them what they have done to you or to somebody else
- They advocate a justice system that works on the principle of an eye for an eye.
📒 to fight in a very determined way for what you want
- The residents are fighting tooth and nail to stop the new development.
- She fought tooth and nail to keep custody of the children.
📒 to become very enthusiastic about something that you have started to do so that you are unlikely to stop until you have finished
📒 to put a lot of effort and enthusiasm into something that is difficult enough to keep you interested
- Choose an essay topic that you can really get your teeth into.
📒 used when you are saying that you want something very much
- I'd give my eye teeth to own a car like that.
📒 to press or hit your teeth together because you feel angry; to feel very angry and upset about something, especially because you cannot get what you want
- He'll be gnashing his teeth when he hears that we lost the contract.
- The news caused great wailing and gnashing of teeth.
📒 to bite your teeth tightly together
- She gritted her teeth against the pain.
- ‘Stop it!’ he said through gritted teeth.
📒 to be determined to continue to do something in a difficult or unpleasant situation
- It started to rain harder, but we gritted our teeth and carried on.
📒 to like food that contains a lot of sugar
📒 to be powerful and effective
📒 used to express anger or surprise
- Hell’s teeth, I promised I’d be back by two.
📒 despite problems, opposition, etc.
- The new policy was adopted in the teeth of fierce criticism.
📒 in the direction that a strong wind is coming from
- They crossed the bay in the teeth of a howling gale.
📒 to treat somebody badly or fail to give them help when they need it
📒 something that hurts somebody/something emotionally; a great disappointment
- The job losses are a kick in the teeth for the union.
📒 to say something that is not true at all
- The witness was clearly lying through his teeth.
📒 used to say that it is very difficult to make somebody do something
- It's like pulling teeth trying to get him to talk.
📒 old or too old
📒 involving opposition or competition that is violent and without sympathy
- nature, red in tooth and claw
📒 to make somebody feel physically uncomfortable
- Just the sound of her voice sets my teeth on edge.