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# tooth

noun (tooth, teeth)

«tooth» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. One of the hard white parts in the mouth used to bite and chew food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#m1)
2. One of the sharp points on a comb, saw, or gear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and health, teeth help us eat; children have baby (milk) teeth that fall out and are replaced by adult teeth. Brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, floss, and visit the dentist; sugar feeds germs that make holes (cavities). Phrases: brush your teeth, baby tooth, wisdom tooth, sweet tooth (likes sweets), tooth fairy, toothbrush, toothache.

### Examples

- I lost a tooth today! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#x1)
- Brush your teeth twice a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#x2)
- A shark has hundreds of teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#x3)
- Sugar can damage your teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#x4)
- My tooth hurts, so we will see the dentist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#x5)
- The saw has sharp teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#x6)
- Grandpa has a sweet tooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#x7)
- Children have twenty baby teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#x8)
- The witch began gnashing her teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/#x9)

### Note

Irregular plural: one tooth, two teeth (not "tooths"). Children have 20 baby teeth; adults usually have 32. The tooth fairy is a game for children. Enamel, the outside of a tooth, is the hardest part of the body.

## In Jewish tradition

Teeth stand for eating, strength or fierce beasts. "Tooth for tooth" is a law of fair payment. In the Psalms, gnashing teeth pictures the anger of enemies.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis read "eye for eye" as money compensation, not literal harm, so that justice is fair and the loss is repaid.

### Examples

- Round about his teeth is terror. (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x1)
- eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, (Torah EXO.21.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x2)
- His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. (Torah GEN.49.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x3)
- With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth. (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x4)
- The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth. (Writings PSA.37.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/#x5)

### Note

Irregular plural: one tooth, two teeth (not "tooths"). Children have 20 baby teeth; adults usually have 32. The tooth fairy is a game for children. Enamel, the outside of a tooth, is the hardest part of the body.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tooth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tooth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tooth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tooth.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «tooth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tooth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tooth» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/tooth.html) on Mova free.