noun
1 individual tooth
ADJECTIVE
▪ broken , chipped , missing
▪ bad , decayed , rotten
▪ loose
▪ capped , gold
▪ canine , eye ( AmE )
▪ wisdom
VERB + TOOTH
▪ extract , pull out , remove
▪ have out
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I've just had a ~ out at the dentist's.
▪ knock out
▪ lose
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I lost three teeth in the fight.
▪ break
▪ fill
▪ cut
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The baby's crying because he's cutting a new ~ (= a new one is coming through) .
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a reporter who cut her teeth working in Soweto ( figurative )
TOOTH + VERB
▪ be through , come through
▪
Billy's first ~ is now through.
▪ fall out
▪ ache
TOOTH + NOUN
▪ decay , loss
▪ abscess
▪ enamel
▪ fairy
▪
Does the ~ fairy really exist?
2 teeth set of teeth
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , huge
▪ gappy ( BrE )
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She wore a brace to correct her gappy teeth.
▪ buck , prominent
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I used to be self-conscious of my prominent teeth.
▪ even , straight
▪ crooked , jagged ( often figurative ), misshapen , pointy ( informal )
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Her smile showed crooked teeth.
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Skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth.
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a vampire with pointy teeth
▪ good , healthy , pearl-white , pearly , perfect , strong , white
▪ yellow
▪ false
▪ needle-sharp , razor-sharp , sharp
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Mink have razor-sharp teeth.
▪ clenched , gritted
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Alan hissed from behind his clenched teeth.
▪ back , front
▪ bottom , top
▪ baby , milk ( BrE )
▪
I still have one of my baby teeth.
▪ adult
▪ real
▪ permanent
VERB + TEETH
▪ have
▪ brush , clean
▪ rot
▪
Sugar rots your teeth.
▪ bare , reveal , show
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The dog bared its teeth at us and growled.
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The man smiled, revealing perfect white teeth.
▪ clamp , clench , grit
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He broke off what he was saying, clamping his teeth together.
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She answered through clenched teeth (= opening her mouth only a little because of anger) .
▪ clamp sth between , clamp sth in
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His pipe was firmly clamped between his teeth.
▪ gnash , grind
▪ sink
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The cat sank its teeth into his finger.
TEETH + VERB
▪ bite sb/sth , sink into sb/sth , snap together
▪ chatter
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Their teeth were chattering with cold.
▪ flash , gleam , glint , shine
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Her teeth flashed as she smiled.
PREPOSITION
▪ against the/your ~
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He clattered the spoon against his teeth as he ate.
▪ between the/your ~
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She answered the phone with a cigarette between her teeth.
▪ in the/your ~
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The cat came in with a mouse in its teeth.
▪ through the/your ~
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‘Come here now!’ she growled through her teeth.