ALL meanings of long in the tooth
long in the tooth
L l - noun plural long in the tooth (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel. 1
- noun plural long in the tooth (in invertebrates) any of various similar or analogous processes occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal, or on a shell. 1
- noun plural long in the tooth any projection resembling or suggesting a tooth. 1
- noun plural long in the tooth one of the projections of a comb, rake, saw, etc. 1
- noun plural long in the tooth Machinery. any of the uniform projections on a gear or rack by which it drives, or is driven by, a gear, rack, or worm. any of the uniform projections on a sprocket by which it drives or is driven by a chain. 1
- noun plural long in the tooth Botany. any small, toothlike marginal lobe. one of the toothlike divisions of the peristome of mosses. 1
- noun plural long in the tooth a sharp, distressing, or destructive attribute or agency. 1
- noun plural long in the tooth taste, relish, or liking. 1
- noun plural long in the tooth a surface, as on a grinding wheel or sharpening stone, slightly roughened so as to increase friction with another part. 1
- noun plural long in the tooth a rough surface created on a paper made for charcoal drawing, watercolor, or the like, or on canvas for oil painting. 1
- verb with object long in the tooth to furnish with teeth. 1
- verb with object long in the tooth to cut teeth upon. 1
- verb without object long in the tooth to interlock, as cogwheels. 1
- idioms long in the tooth by the skin of one's teeth, barely: He got away by the skin of his teeth. 1
- idioms long in the tooth cast / throw in someone's teeth, to reproach someone for (an action): History will ever throw this blunder in his teeth. 1
- idioms long in the tooth cut one's teeth on, to do at the beginning of one's education, career, etc., or in one's youth: The hunter boasted of having cut his teeth on tigers. 1
- idioms long in the tooth in the teeth of, so as to face or confront; straight into or against: in the teeth of the wind. in defiance of; in opposition to: She maintained her stand in the teeth of public opinion. 1
- idioms long in the tooth long in the tooth, old; elderly. 1
- idioms long in the tooth put teeth in / into, to establish or increase the effectiveness of: to put teeth into the law. 1
- idioms long in the tooth set one's teeth, to become resolute; prepare for difficulty: He set his teeth and separated the combatants. 1
- idioms long in the tooth set / put one's teeth on edge, to induce an unpleasant sensation. to repel; irritate: The noise of the machines sets my teeth on edge. 1
- idioms long in the tooth show one's teeth, to become hostile or threatening; exhibit anger: Usually friendly, she suddenly began to show her teeth. 1
- idioms long in the tooth to the teeth, entirely; fully: armed to the teeth; dressed to the teeth in furs. 1
- adjective long in the tooth (Idiomatic) Old, aged. 0
- phrase long in the tooth If you describe someone as long in the tooth, you are saying unkindly or humorously that they are old or getting old. 0
- noun long in the tooth old or ageing 0
- noun long in the tooth old or ageing: used originally of horses, because their gums recede with age 0
- noun long in the tooth elderly; old 0