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Webster 1913 Edition


Teething

Teeth′ing

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Noun.
The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.

Webster 1828 Edition


Teething

TEE'THING

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ppr.
Breeding teeth; undergoing dentition.

TEE'THING

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Noun.
The operation or process of the first growth of teeth, or the process by which they make their way through the gums, called dentition.

Definition 2024


teething

teething

English

Noun

teething (countable and uncountable, plural teethings)

  1. The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
    • 2009, Katie Van Dyke, Unlikely Truths of Motherhood
      But with night feedings and night teethings, often the greatest challenge of all for a young mother is simply fatigue.

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Verb

teething

  1. present participle of teethe