Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having teeth, especially of a certain number or type. Often used in combination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having teeth; furnished with teeth.
  • Jagged; notched; dentate; serrate.
  • Specifically— Thorny.
  • In botany, having a series of regular or irregular projecting points about the margin; dentate: as, a toothed leaf, calyx, etc.; having tooth-like projections, as the roots of Dentaria.
  • In ornithology, having a tooth-like projection of the cutting edge of the bill, as a falcon's beak; dentirostral. See cuts under dentirostral and Thamnophilinæ.
  • In conchology, having a tooth-like projection, or such projections, about the margin of a bivalve, or the aperture of a univalve, as a unio or a helix. See tooth, n., 3 , and cuts under bivalve, Monoceros, and Monodonta.
  • In anatomy, odontoid or dentate: noting the axis, or second cervical vertebra. See axis, 3 .
  • In entomology, having one or more sharp tooth-like processes: as, a toothed margin or mandible.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having teeth; furnished with teeth.
  • adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) any whale of the order Denticete. See Denticete.
  • adjective 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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having teeth.
  • adjective Having projections resembling teeth.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of tooth.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
  • adjective having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination
  • adjective notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

tooth +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • Is there not something in our soil and climate exceptionally favorable to weeds, -- something harsh, ungenial, sharp-toothed, that is akin to them?

    The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879

  • It will be found that the two bows -- that is, the toothed or indented nervures -- cross one another obliquely.

    Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

  • Sperm whales, dolphins and other "toothed" whales hunt squid so deep in the ocean they must rely on biosonar.

    September 5th, 2007 2007

  • Mergansers Three species, all have "toothed" bill for catching fish.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • A "toothed" belt used to drive a pulley that turns the impeller of a centrifugal-style supercharger.

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  • A "toothed" belt that drives an overhead camshaft or camshafts (and in some vehicles a water pump).

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  • A "toothed" belt used to drive a pulley that turns the impeller of a centrifugal-style supercharger.

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  • A "toothed" belt used to drive a pulley that turns the impeller of a centrifugal-style supercharger.

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  • A "toothed" belt that drives an overhead camshaft or camshafts (and in some vehicles a water pump).

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  • A "toothed" belt that drives an overhead camshaft or camshafts (and in some vehicles a water pump).

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