tooth

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. fang, tusk, canine, incisor, molar, cuspid, bicuspid, eyetooth, grinder (inf.), chopper (inf.); tine, cog; taste, relish; fondness. See sharpness, convexity.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A dental process]

Syn. fang, tusk, saber-tooth, tush, ivory, snag, artificial tooth, false tooth, edontate process, calcerous process, bony appendage.

Types of human teeth include: incisor, canine, cuspid, eyetooth*, bicuspid, premolar, first bicuspid, second bicuspid, molar*, grinder*, first molar, second molar, third molar, wisdom tooth; deciduous teeth, baby teeth*, permanent teeth.

2. [A toothlike or tooth-shaped object]

Syn. point, stub, projection; see gear , peg , root .

• get or [m1]• sink one's teeth into*,

Syn. become occupied with, involve oneself in, be busy at; see act 1 .

• in the teeth of,

Syn. in the face of, in conflict with, defying; see opposing 1 .

• long in the tooth*,

Syn. elderly, aged, ancient; see old 1 .

• show one's teeth*,

Syn. show hostility, oppose, be angry; see threaten 1 , 2 .

• throw in someone's teeth*,

Syn. reprimand, reproach, castigate; see attack 2 , censure .

Syn.- tooth is the general, inclusive word for the hard, bonelike structures in the jaws of most vertebrates used for biting and chewing; tusk refers to a long, pointed, enlarged tooth projecting outside the mouth in certain animals, as the elephant, wild boar, and walrus, and used for digging or as a weapon; fang refers either to one of the long, sharp teeth with which meat-eating animals tear their prey or to the long, hollow tooth through which poisonous snakes inject their venom

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. mouth grinder or cutter molar, incisor, fang, bicuspid, tusk, *chopper. see teeth

2. tine or cog prong, projection, sprocket, snag, spur.