Past tense of tooth
regular verb
The past tense of tooth is toothed. The past participle is also toothed.
Forms of tooth
| Base form (V1) | tooth /tuːθ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | toothed /tuːθt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | toothed /tuːθt/ |
| Present participle | toothing |
| Third person singular | tooths |
Toothed in a sentence
- A rake is a long-handled toothed gardening tool.From the entry handled
- The sperm whale is a toothed whale.From the entry toothed
- A cog is a toothed wheel.From the entry toothed
- The horn is made by joining the toothed ends of two pieces of oxhorn together.2000, Howard L. Blackmore, Hunting Weapons: From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, page 134. From the entry oxhorn
- Twisting forces were taken by the huge brake-drums, whose toothed edges lock directly into the wheelrim.1992, Gordon Cruikshank, For Millionaires Only […] , London: Apple, →ISBN, page 121. From the entry wheelrim
Meaning of tooth
- noun A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- noun A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- noun A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
Questions about the past tense of tooth
- What is the past tense of tooth?
- The past tense of tooth is toothed.
- What is the past participle of tooth?
- The past participle of tooth is toothed.
- Is tooth a regular or irregular verb?
- Tooth is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tooth (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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