Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To have the teeth emerge from the gums. Used of small children.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To grow or cut the teeth: as, a teething child.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
grow teeth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb grow teeth; cut the baby teeth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She filled my nose with all kinds of baby scents; plus, it was rather fun watching someone else teethe for a while.
The Art of Racing in the Rain (copy) ____Maggie 2009
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She filled my nose with all kinds of baby scents; plus, it was rather fun watching someone else teethe for a while.
Archive 2009-03-01 ____Maggie 2009
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He also loves to teethe on empty beer bottles and eat chocolate with his mommy.
ccfinlay: The Scion of Nerdlandia ccfinlay 2007
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I can see the 4 thing, since littler kids might try to snack or teethe on the Legos.
Archive 2008-07-01 Bardiac 2008
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She is also starting to teethe and is getting cranky cuz of it.
lauragusto Diary Entry lauragusto 2006
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Even the front steps were clean enough for Oscar to teethe on.
RUBY LU, BRAVE and true Lenore Look 2004
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Even the front steps were clean enough for Oscar to teethe on.
RUBY LU, BRAVE and true Lenore Look 2004
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Also, a cold, wet, baby washcloth given to a baby to suck/teethe on seems to help.
The Gallagher Guide To The Baby Years Stephanie Gallagher 2004
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Even the front steps were clean enough for Oscar to teethe on.
RUBY LU, BRAVE and true Lenore Look 2004
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But as is ... that is shaven, they resemble Gremlin teethe.
ugotsoul Diary Entry ugotsoul 2003
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