Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition of being dentate.
- noun A toothlike part or projection.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dentate character or condition.
- noun In entomology, an angular projection of a margin: used especially in describing the wings of Lepidoptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Formation of teeth; toothed form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Formation of
teeth ; toothed form.
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Examples
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I'll always think of this dude as the aggresively gay white supremacist with supplemental dentation.
Archive 2009-07-12 Sean Craven 2009
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I'll always think of this dude as the aggresively gay white supremacist with supplemental dentation.
Ten-In-One Part One: My Pal The Aggressively Gay White Supremacist With Supplemental Dentation Sean Craven 2009
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G. LYCAN: One thing that they'll do with the G.lden Retrievers is the G.lden Retrievers have -- supposed to have full dentation so you'll see the judge looking at the mouth, looking at all the way back into it to see the teeth.
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To run his hands over her skin, to shape the soft curve of her hips and the narrow in dentation of her waist, to cup the fullness of her breasts and place his mouth against their swollen crests.
So Close and No Closer Jordan, Penny, 1946- 1989
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To run his hands over her skin, to shape the soft curve of her hips and the narrow in dentation of her waist, to cup the fullness of her breasts and place his mouth against their swollen crests.
So Close And No Closer Jordan, Penny, 1946- 1989
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For the species of plants are usually characterised either by differences in the form, size, and colour of the flowers, or of the fruits; or, by peculiarities in the shape, size, dentation, or arrangement of the leaves; or by peculiarities in the spines, hairs, or down with which various parts of the plant are clothed.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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She must be loving and submissive, she must have a good dentation and must be based in Lagos, Abuja, or any of the big cities.
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"It would be irresponsible of me to speculate at this time how long that will take but that process has essentially now begun, now that these three from the boat have been taken into immigration dentation and care."
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So long as the nation shall not fortify itself, by the arts of affectation, against nature and passion, the repre* dentation of this tragedy and the ** Orphan, '' will still be attended with applause, and the perusal with delight.
Titus and Berenice, a tragedy, acted at the Duke's theatre. With a farce called the Cheats of Scapin 1677
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